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China's had a functioning telescope on the Moon for the past two years
Chinese researchers have reported that a small, robotic telescope they landed on the Moon back in 2013 has been working flawlessly this whole time. And although this is the first many of us are hearing about the device, it's pretty exciting news,...
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Benghazi, the attack and the scandal, explained
Let's start with what actually happened on September 11, 2012.
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Why is Ford's hi-tech factory using ostrich feathers?
The BBC takes a look at Ford's new hi-tech 'mega factory' in Valencia, Spain - one of the world’s most advanced and productive car plants.
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Is Life Special Just Because It’s Rare?
A rocket powered by kerosene and liquid oxygen and carrying a scientific observatory blasted off into space at 10:49 p.m., March 6, 2009 (by local calendars and clocks). The launch came from the third planet out from a G-type star, 25,000 light-years from the center of a galaxy called the Milky Way, itself located on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. On the night of the launch, the sky was clear, with no precipitation or wind...
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China's Space Station Planners Put Out Welcome Mat
China is soliciting international participation in its future manned space station in the form of foreign modules that would attach to the three-module core system, visits by foreign crew-transport vehicles for short stays and the involvement of non-Chinese researchers in placing experiments on the complex, the chief designer of China's manned space program said Oct. 12.
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More rain leads to fewer trees in the African savanna
In 2011, an influx of remote sensing data from satellites scanning the African savannas revealed a mystery: these rolling grasslands, with their heavy rainfalls and spells of drought, were home to significantly fewer trees than researchers had previously expected given the biome's high annual precipitation. In fact, the 2011 study found that the more instances of heavy rainfall a savanna received, the fewer trees it had.
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Why Midcentury Lawyers Spent 12 Years Arguing About Peanut Butter
America loves peanut butter. The country spends nearly $800 million a year on it. The average child in the U.S. gulps down 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating high school, if the National Peanut Board is to be believed. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa once asked rhetorically, “what’s more sacred than peanut butter?”
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D.C. church says a bike lane would infringe upon its constitutional ‘rights of religious freedom’
The District government is going through the rather municipally boring process of determining where to build a bike lane on the east side of downtown. And one church has given a charged response to some proposals, saying that a bike lane near its property would infringe upon “its constitutionally protected rights of religious freedom and equal protection of the laws.”
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What Not to Say to Someone Who Has Been Hurt By Church
Many of the responses below I’ve witnessed firsthand. In the past, I’ve even been guilty of saying a few of these myself. Here are a few things not to say to someone who has been hurt by their church:
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Toybox Demo for Oculus Touch
The Toybox demo for Oculus Touch demonstrates the power of social VR. You can use your hands to poke at things, pull objects apart, stack blocks, and play games with another person inside a virtual world.
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Can the Internet exist without Linux?
Yes, but it wouldn't be the Internet you know.
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Chasing Birds Across the Country…for Science
A team of researchers radio-tags various species to learn more about them. The catch: They have to follow them as they fly.
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Scientists Can Now Predict Intelligence From Brain Activity
Humans have a love/hate relationship with the cliques, clades, and classes that compartmentalize their world. That tension forms the backbone of so much dystopian sci-fi: The protagonist of Divergent is special because she doesn’t fit into her society’s rigid castes of personality traits; Minority Report is all about the follies of judging people before they act. These stories are fun to think about in part because they’re fiction, not fact.
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Does America Really Need The National Mall?
Center stage for many historic protests and demonstrations, the National Mall has fallen on hard times.
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The Rocket Man Who Wants To Beat the Billionaires
He's outmanned and out-financed, but Dave Masten just might pull it off. Deep in the California desert, an unknown entrepreneur is competing against famous billionaires for a chance to build the government's next great spacecraft. He's outmanned and out-financed. And Masten Space Systems just might pull it off.
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A Sleek Mountainside House By Kidosaki Architects
'House in Yatsugatake' is a sleek modern home with a dramatic cantilever located on the side of a mountain in Nagano, Japan.
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Guilds and the Future of Work
For some, the medieval guild represents a way of cultivating habits of excellence and communizing resources like office space, companionship, and broadband.
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Satellite Startup will get Your Experiment into Space on the Cheap
ThumbSat aims to make access to space for the scientific community a much more affordable endeavor.
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What Is Light?
We are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of.
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Advanced Robotic Deer Deployed to Catch Poachers in the U.S.
New animatronic deer feature lifelike moving head, tail, and legs.
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Flavor Science: What's Really in a Pumpkin Spice Latte
If you take a look at an ingredients list, odds are you’ll find natural and artificial flavors somewhere in there. Turns out there’s a whole science to making your pumpkin spice latte taste like pumpkin spice, or your potato chips taste like pizza.
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You're Never Too Old to Climb a Tree
The author of 'The Tree Climber’s Guide' explains why we quit climbing trees and how we can get back into the branches.
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If You're Young, The Job Outlook Is Grim No Matter Where You Live
The World Bank has an unsettling message for young people around the globe: Whether you're male or female, live in Tunisia or the U.S., you will struggle to find a job. Across regions and continents, people 15 to 29 years old are at least twice as likely as adults to be unemployed. The world will have to create 600 million jobs over the next 10 years, or 5 million a month, just to prevent the situation from getting worse...
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Fixing America’s roads would essentially pay for itself
If we were able to raise the gas tax by 40 cents and repair our highways and roads, we would create no new net burden on consumers. And as is fair, those who drive the most would both pay the most and benefit the most from reduced repair costs.
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Self-Driving Cars Are Coming to Canadian Roads in 2016
In just a few short months, some Ontario residents might look to the car next to them on the road and notice something a little strange: the driver isn’t holding the wheel. In a bid to compete with the US on developing self-driving cars—technologies that companies such as Google and Tesla are already working on—self-driving cars can be tested on public roads in Ontario beginning on January 1st, 2016, Ontario Minister of Transportation...
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Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed
Marshmallow brings a lot of user-requested features but still has no update solution.
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Whistleblower Investigator Fired From Own Agency
A federal whistleblower investigator who put his career on the line to expose what he calls bureaucratic dysfunction has been fired, NBC Bay Area has learned. Darrell Whitman, a former San Francisco-based investigator for the Whistleblower Protection Program administered by OSHA, claimed the agency failed to defend workers who faced retaliation for reporting illegal activity and public safety concerns.
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The Fourth Man To Walk On the Moon Also Paints Beautiful Space Art
Since you consume the internet excessively, you’ve probably at some point seen the image above, maybe with the added text: MY NOSE ITCHES. This is a very funny meme, well done internet.
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How filmmakers manipulate our emotions using color
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Microsoft Cortana is already available on Xbox one, if you know the right tricks
It was reported by one of the users over Reddit that Cortana ( voice assistant ) as a hidden feature is already available