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Researchers Invent ‘Perfect’ Soap Molecule That is Better For the Environment
This soap molecule is made from natural products, like soybeans, coconut, and corn rather than fossil fuels, making it ten times better for the Earth.
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NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise has been underestimated by up to 28 percent in some areas. By Sarah Emerson.
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Watch 30 Years of Arctic ice shrinkage in chilling NASA timelapse
A new animation from NASA shows the movement of Arctic sea ice, the large mass of frozen water on the Arctic Ocean, in a stunning time-lapse spanning three decades.
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Here's what fruits and vegetables looked like before we domesticated them
Next time you bite into a slice of watermelon or a cob of corn, consider this: these familiar fruits and veggies didn't always look and taste this way. Humans have been tweaking the genetics of our favourite produce for millennia.
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This scientist uncovered problems with pesticides. Then the government started to make his life...
He was a golden boy at the USDA. Not anymore. By Tom Philpott.
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C-3PO Speaks: Man Behind 'Star Wars' Droid on 'The Force Awakens'
“I think he did once try and kiss R2-D2, but it wasn’t a good move,” says Anthony Daniels
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Bacon in 50 States
From coast to coast, America is a bacon nation. We are united through a primal love for those streaky strips. And wherever you go, there are a few simple rules to finding the best bacon:
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Ford Recalling Up to 452,000 Cars Because Fuel Tanks May Crack
Ford Motor Co. will recall as many as 451,865 cars, including 411,205 in the U.S., because their fuel tanks may crack and leak gasoline, potentially leading to fire. The company will recall its 2010-2011 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models and won’t charge customers if parts need to be replaced, according to a notice posted Saturday on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website. Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford said it isn’t aware of accidents...
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The 19th-Century Tomb That Inspired London’s Iconic Telephone Box
When you step into one of London’s iconic red telephone boxes, you’re entering the architecture of a tomb.
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Gmail Ending? Google Starts Migrating Users
Something rather interesting is happening at the Gmail.com domain right now. Google has started notifying users of its experimental ‘Inbox By Gmail’ service that this has replaced their Gmail account… The pop-up appears when Inbox users login and states “Thanks for trying Inbox! To make it easier we’ve updated Gmail to redirect you here”. In plain URL terms this means the standalone inbox.google.com address for the beta service disappears and Inbox instead resides at gmail.com.
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Are Tattoos Art?
The once-subversive 1,000-year-old form is seeing growing acceptance in auctions and museums—but it can be an uneasy fit.
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The $75,000 problem for self-driving cars is going away
Giving a car “eyes” once cost a fortune. Now it’s affordable, a good sign for autonomous vehicles. By Matt McFarland.
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For all you map lovers: These beautiful transit maps have been with us since the 19th century,...
Sometimes the most interesting thing about your commute is the map that shows your route. Enjoy it while you can.
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NASA has just released the closest images of Pluto's surface to date
Not that we needed another reason to celebrate it being Friday, but seemingly out of the blue, NASA has just released brand new, high-res images of Pluto from New Horizons' flyby this summer.
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If you want to see them, you’d better hurry. Iconic glaciers are disappearing — fast.
e river of ice that hugs Mount Grinnell’s high ridges is neither big nor particularly beautiful, but it may be the most accessible glacier in all of North America. In as little as three hours, an average hiker can traverse the mountain’s well-groomed trail to plant a foot on a frozen relic of the Little Ice Age. But if you want to see it, you’d better hurry. Grinnell Glacier is disappearing — fast.
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Pollinators
Not just bees!
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Albuquerque mayor: Here’s a crazy idea, let’s give homeless people jobs
There are more than 1,400 homeless people in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Now though, the state is working to get those people off the streets, by giving them jobs and living areas. Special Correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports on the city’s efforts.
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Family wraps home in greenhouse to warm up Stockholm weather
The greenhouse is just a part of this ecology friendly house.
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Why Do Some Bees Produce Hallucinogenic Honey?
For a short period each spring, bees in certain parts of the world add a little extra ingredient to their honey, giving it a trippy twist. By gathering nectar from the rhododendrons that come into bloom at this time of year, they infuse their sugary produce with certain toxins that cause a range of interesting effects when ingested by humans.
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Anthony Bourdain Explains His Hyper-Violent Sushi Master Epic, 'Get Jiro'
While he's best-known as a chef and host of shows like CNN's Parts Unknown, if you ask Anthony Bourdain to describe his profession in as few words as possible, he'd probably mention he's a writer first. "On a good writing day," Anthony Bourdain told Men's Journal in this month's cover story, "I'll write myself into a corner, then spend the rest of the day trying to solve the problem." Although his most well-known book is probably...
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It's official: NASA announces Mars' atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds
We finally have an understanding of how Mars transformed from a once habitable, Earth-like planet, into the dry world we see today. NASA researchers have just announced that Mars' once rich atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds in the early...
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Look At This: Rain Forest Was Here
The good news is: Brazil has already done more than most countries to protect its rain forest. The bad news is a fifth of its rain forest is already gone. How is this possible? Who is responsible?
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Organ waiting list policy benefits the wealthy, study charges
Wealthier patients can afford to get on more organ transplant lists, giving them an advantage, a new study says. By Laura Beil.
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Victoria's Secret perfume repels mosquitos just as good as DEET -
In a new study from New Mexico State University, researchers sought to find which repellants and perfumes were the most effective at repelling mosquitoes. While straight-up DEET reigns supreme as the most effective method of repelling mosquitoes, the next best thing is pretty surprising: Victoria’s Secret’s Bombshell perfume.
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Hands-on with eight great Android Marshmallow features
I put Google's latest version of Android to the test on my 2013 Nexus 7 tablet and I liked what I found.
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The 116 images NASA wants aliens to see
Here are all the photos flying through interstellar space on Voyager's Golden Record.
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Amazing Machine 'Prints' Brick Roads
In goes a truckload of bricks, out comes a road! Part printer, part pasta press, these remarkable machines spit out a perfectly uniform sheets of bricks to make walkways up to 20 feet wide. Several companies operate such machines, including Tiger Stone, RoadPrinter, and RPS. As construction workers insert bricks into the machine’s forward compartment, the machine automatically processes the bricks and spits the assembled road from its rear, leaving a meticulously crafted path in its wake.
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Twitter is teetering because it has turned into one big pyramid scheme
Numbers are great, aren’t they? Just look at all the things you can do with them. You can add, subtract, divide. You can calculate the number of atoms in the known, observable universe, or the times you had to ask your daughter to tidy her room; use them to order more than one pizza, underestimate the pace of global warming or exaggerate the size of things as various as planets and fish that got away. For quantitative assessment, numbers rule.
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What It's Really Like To 'Walk' In Space
The International Space Station conducted a spacewalk this week to mark 15 years in space. Three people who've walked in space share their miraculous — and miserable — experiences.
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India sues the Queen for return of 'stolen' £100m diamond
It was once the world's largest-known diamond, is worth a reported £100m and is currently part of Britain's crown jewels. But India wants it back. Bollywood stars and businessmen have united to instruct lawyers to begin legal proceedings in London’s High Court to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond.