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Sen. Schatz’s new health care idea could be the Democratic Party’s future
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8 years ago
Democrats are ready to go on the health care offensive. And Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) may have a new plan for them to do it. In an interview with Vox, Schatz revealed that he’s preparing a new...
Woman Decapitated In Elevator Accident Minutes After Giving Birth In Spanish Hospital
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Mom Gives Birth, Then Dies in Freak Elevator Accident Rocio Cortes Nuñez had just delivered her 3rd child via C-section (Newser) – A Spanish woman who went to the hospital to...
When White Nationalists Get DNA Tests That Reveal African Ancestry
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8 years ago
Sarah Zhang Aug 17, 2017 For white nationalists, DNA tests are a way to prove their racial purity. Of course, their results don’t always come back that way. And how white nationalists try...
Nose Bleeds and Blood Loss
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8 years ago
Has anyone experienced serious nose bleeds or known someone who experienced serious nose bleeds over a short period of time? My blood level is still heavily depleted. I can not describe how that...
NASA’s risky decision to send maps into space could make us targets for alien marauders
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8 years ago
http://bgr.com/2017/08/16/nasa-aliens-news-space-maps/ Humanity’s vigorous drive to find — or be found by — intelligent life outside of Earth could one day lead to our total annihilation, or...
US firm reveals gun-toting drone that can fire in mid-air
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8 years ago
A US firm has armed a drone with a machine-gun and a grenade launcher in order to fight terrorism DUKE ROBOTICS A US technology firm has developed a drone that is able to aim and fire at...
Camel Spiders Are Fast, Furious and Horrifically Fascinating
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8 years ago
A close-up of a camel spider's multifaceted mouthparts, taken in Namibia's Namib Desert Nature Picture Library / Alamy Yet another mystery about these arachnids: Why are they so intent...
I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.
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8 years ago
I've been looking for a "good" article to seed on "the Google-women problem", among all the outrage and hand-wringing. I like this one a lot! -- Bob Nelson -------------------------------...
Someone Leaked a Major Federal Climate Change Report Before Trump and Pruitt Can Cook the Books
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8 years ago
On Monday, the New York Times published a leaked copy of the special science section of the draft 2018 National Climate Assessment, which federal climate researchers had completed but...
Mammalian Ancestors Went Airborne Earlier Than We Thought
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8 years ago
Reconstruction by April I. Neander UChicago The origin of flight remains a perplexing topic in the scientific community, as tends to be the case with any origin story. Flight probably...
The climate report scientists are afraid Trump will censor, explained
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8 years ago
Wait until these guys find out what the new scientific report says! Ron Sach-Pool/Getty Images The report is a reminder US climate politics are still insane There’s been some buzz...
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “No reason” for marijuana to be illegal
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8 years ago
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, among the most well-known living scientists this side of Stephen Hawking, said this week that "there's no reason for [marijuana] to ever have been made...
Trump administration won't answer questions about Obamacare enrollment
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8 years ago
People waiting to enter an Affordable Care Act enrollment event sponsored by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West and Community Coalition in Los Angeles in November 2014. AP Photo/SEIU,...
Here’s how climate change is already affecting the US
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8 years ago
Emissions spew out of a large stack at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station, in Newburg, Maryland Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images According to a new government report We...
Chantek, an Orangutan Who Knew Sign Language, Has Died at 39
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8 years ago
Zoo Atlanta The ape was raised by an anthropologist who taught him to clean his room, use the toilet and bargain for cheeseburgers Chantek, a male orangutan who lived at Zoo Atlanta,...
Tired of Mother Earth? Scientists discover two 'potentially habitable' nearby planets
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8 years ago
If you're a little bored of life on Earth, have no fear; scientists have discovered two potentially habitable planets orbiting a sun just 12 light-years away. The team of astronomers which...
BREAKING NEWS Scientists reported a breakthrough in gene-edited piglets that may open the way for organ transplants from animals to humans
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8 years ago
In a bold scientific step that helps open the door to organ transplants from animals, researchers at Harvard and a private company have created gene-edited piglets cleansed of viruses that...
US Military Can Now Blast Wayward Hobby Drones Out of the Sky
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8 years ago
Photo: Getty Drone enthusiasts take heed: If you don’t want to see your precious drone blasted into a million pieces, keep clear of US military installations. The Pentagon has approved a...
Army tells troops to stop using DJI drones immediately, because cyber
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8 years ago
"Halt use of all DJI products," Army Aviation commands The US military has a lot of drones—and an unending demand from troops in the field for more. As a result, the Army has for some time...
Protecting the planet from large meteor strikes
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8 years ago
Cosmic debris such as meteors pose a significant threat — how is technology shaping up to meet it? For the inhabitants of the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, the events of 15 February 2013 will...
NASA's Curiosity Sends 'Most Clearly Visible Images' Of Clouds Above Mars
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8 years ago
Clouds moving in the martian sky have been observed previously by Curiosity and other missions on the surface of Mars, including NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in the martian arctic nine years ago....
NOAA confirms 2016 as hottest year on record for the planet
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8 years ago
The federal government confirmed 2016 as the planet's warmest year on record, according to a report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The combined...
Over 90% of chemistry literature freely available at pirate site
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8 years ago
New analysis discovers Sci-Hub holds 69% of the world’s 82 million scholarly articles More than 92% of chemistry journal papers – most of which are paywalled – are available for free from...
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