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Solar Flares May Affect Earth, But the Space Station Will Be Just Fine
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A series of solar flares blasted waves of radiation and solar plasma toward Earth this week, and the geomagnetic storms that could result have the potential to damage orbiting satellites and...
It's Official! Pluto's 'Heart,' Plains and Mountains Get Names
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Pluto’s first official surface-feature names are marked on this map, which was compiled from images and data gathered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flight through the Pluto...
NASA Sets Plan for New Horizons Spacecraft's Next Superclose Flyby
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Artist's illustration of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flying by a possible binary 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019. Early observations of MU69 hint that the object is either a binary orbiting pair...
Five Denver Nurses Allegedly Unprofessionally Inspected And Discussed One Of A Deceased Person's Organs
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8 years ago
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-health-nurses-suspended-after-opening-body-bag-to-see-mans-genitals Denver Health nurses suspended after opening body bag to see man’s...
September's Full Corn Moon Rises Tonight!
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8 years ago
Look up tonight (Sept. 6) to see the Full Corn Moon glowing in the sky. If you have binoculars or a telescope, you can also see the planet Neptune glowing faintly nearby. The moon reached its...
6 INCREDIBLE ISRAELI DISCOVERIES THAT INFLUENCED THE WORLD
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6 INCREDIBLE ISRAELI DISCOVERIES THAT INFLUENCED THE WORLD BY JPOST.COM STAFF, Jerusalem Post, AUGUST 1, 2017 A exhibition from the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology highlights the...
Arkema CEO: Flood Damage Expected to Cause Chemical Plant to Explode or Catch Fire in Next 6 Days
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8 years ago
https://www.mediaite.com/online/arkema-ceo-flood-damage-expected-to-cause-chemical-plant-to-explode-or-catch-fire-in-next-6-days Arkema CEO: Flood Damage Expected to Cause Chemical Plant to...
flipped when the stand is closed and it will be used by stadium
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The Atlanta Falcons new billion dollar stadium features a Chick fil A, but if you re planning to attend a Falcons home game during the upcoming season, it s highly unlikely you ll be able to eat...
What Rep. John Conyers’s sweeping single-payer health care bill would actually do
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8 years ago
While Republicans were trying and failing to repeal Obamacare, Democrats in Congress were quietly lining up behind a single-payer health plan that, as written, would fundamentally reshape...
Why Medicare and Medicaid Can Outmatch Private Plans on Cost
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8 years ago
In recent days, Democrats have stepped into the health policy vacuum created by the Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Proposals making the rounds include...
AI and the continuous delivery model are the future of software development
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8 years ago
Software might be eating the world, but most businesses are sitting out the feeding frenzy because they can’t release software fast enough to meet changing customer needs. No matter what...
This Music Teacher Played His Saxophone While In Brain Surgery
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http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/25/545710598/this-music-teacher-played-his-saxophone-while-in-brain-surgery The idea behind the program is to learn as much as possible about the...
Donald Trump's NOAA Just Disbanded the National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee
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8 years ago
President Donald Trump and his administration’s assault on the climate science community has continued, the Washington Post reported , with the elimination of a 15-person advisory committee...
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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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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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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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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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...
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