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A last-ditch global warming fix? A man-made 'volcanic' eruption
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7 years ago
The international panel charged with reining in climate change said this week that the world needs to take "unprecedented" steps to remake its energy, transportation and agriculture systems...
A last-ditch global warming fix? A man-made 'volcanic' eruption
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7 years ago
The international panel charged with reining in climate change said this week that the world needs to take "unprecedented" steps to remake its energy, transportation and agriculture systems...
This teacher's favorite textbooks were taken from her classroom. Her principal did it
Via: split-personality
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7 years ago
Silverman, a 30-year veteran teacher whose scores deem her one of the best teachers in the state, has been using a textbook called "McDougal-Littell Literature" for a decade, although students...
Humanoid construction robot installs drywall by itself
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7 years ago
If Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can...
Texas family fighting for 9-year-old daughter declared brain dead
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7 years ago
From CBS News: FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas couple has 10 days to find a hospital willing to keep their young daughter on life support. But doctors in Fort Worth say 9-year-old Payton Summons is...
Have you ever wondered how hot it can get?
By: dave-2693993
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7 years ago
While doing some research this evening I came across a curious video about temperature and how hot temperatures can get. Here it is for viewing entertainment: While viewing the above video I...
GAIA spots stars flying between the galaxies
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7 years ago
A team of astronomers using the latest set of data from ESA’s Gaia mission to look for high-velocity stars being kicked out of the Milky Way were surprised to find stars instead sprinting...
This Japanese probe just took an epic hop on a strange little asteroid
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7 years ago
After a three-and-a-half-year journey of 2 billion miles, a Japanese space probe last week dropped a pair of hopping, grapefruit-size rovers on an asteroid called Ryugu and began beaming back...
Taxing soda won't end America's unhealthy obsession with sugary drinks. Better education might.
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7 years ago
When I talk to my personal fitness clients, one of the most common concerns I hear is, I know it’s bad for me, but I just love soda. Unfortunately, it’s a common refrain: A 2012 study stated...
Weight Watchers' rebranding won't help save the company that built its business around fat-shaming
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7 years ago
The company that gifted us classic dogmatic weight loss rhetoric such as, “the thinner, the winner” and “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” has decided to instead focus on promoting “wellness...
Jamie Lee Curtis Parents, put down your cellphones. Your kids are watching.
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7 years ago
How many times have you sat with somebody and they're looking at their phone? It's so rude, but that's what's happening to a generation of children with their parents. Our mothers were, for most...
If teens aren't reading, it might be what and how we ask them to read
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7 years ago
One is to blame the kids. We all know that kids these days don’t seem to be reading books as much as they could since they have so many pictures and videos on their smartphones to distract them....
Hard choices in training Americans for AI workplace of future
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7 years ago
The inaugural meeting of the National Council for the American Worker took place this week. Formed by an executive order , the council aims to equip workers for future workforce needs....
Nurse practitioners: A solution to America’s primary care crisis
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7 years ago
Key Points Despite decades of spending, tens of millions of Americans do not have adequate access to primary care (particularly in rural areas), a number that is projected to continue...
Tor Browser goes mobile: browse anonymously on Android
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7 years ago
Using incognito or private browsing mode when surfing the web will prevent your device from saving your history. But it won’t stop internet service providers, websites, or other entities from...
NASA's planet-hunting TESS spacecraft captures 'first light' image
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7 years ago
NASA's planet-hunting TESS spacecraft captures 'first light' image It shows one of the 26 sectors TESS will observe over the next two years. Mariella Moon , @mariella_moon...
The electric scooter boom — and cities’ misguided attempts to squash it
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7 years ago
Cities that take their own rhetoric about sustainability seriously should embrace the scooter. This summer, cities across America fought a strange new menace: electric scooters . They were...
Japan is about to launch a mini space elevator that could be a sign of things to come
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7 years ago
Getting into space can be a tricky thing. Right now, the hardware that can get you there — a rocket — is complex, pricey, and a bit dangerous. The idea of a space elevator which could haul...
Why sand scarcity is about more than ‘running out’ of sand
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7 years ago
Come along on our sand scavenger hunt he world is running surprisingly low on sand . Humans have found a staggering variety of uses for sand, from glass and concrete to electronics and...
Melissa Gilbert Finally allowing myself to age naturally was one of the best decisions I ever made
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7 years ago
There's this constant message, everywhere you go, on how to improve your looks through medical interventions. The message is so ubiquitous — just drive any significant long distance, and, if you...
Jupiter's 'Baffling' Magnetic Field Is Unlike Any Other
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7 years ago
A diagram of the magnetic field in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere, showing the Great Blue Spot. Moore et al (Nature 2018) Jupiter is strange for a number of reasons. It’s the biggest...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just spotted its next target, more than 100 million miles away
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7 years ago
NASA’s New Horizons mission is a pretty interesting one. Rather than heading to one specific location, as many other spacecraft do, the New Horizons craft has multiple points of interest it’s...
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