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Someone Leaked a Major Federal Climate Change Report Before Trump and Pruitt Can Cook the Books
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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...
The pitfalls and follies of misgendering in the modern age.
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Why is proper gender identification so critical in the modern age? You do want to exterminate all the Males right? Why have any? There is no reason at all to let them live. They smell to high...
The ghostly radio station that no one claims to run
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In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate. Beyond its rusted bars is a collection of radio towers, abandoned buildings and power...
RAPID 3D PRINTING IN WATER DEVELOPED AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY
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RAPID 3D PRINTING IN WATER DEVELOPED AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY BYJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH, Jerusalem Post, AUGUST 2, 2017 The technology could lead to personalized creation of artificial body parts....
Briton who stopped WannaCry attack arrested over separate malware claims
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Source Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old British security researcher who was credited with stopping the WannaCry outbreak in its tracks by discovering a hidden...
NASA IS HIRING A PLANETARY PROTECTION OFFICER TO SAVE EARTH FROM ALIENS
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NASA is looking for a Planetary Protection Officer to protect the planet from potential alien contamination. The U.S. government’s official employment site posted the job advert , open to U.S....
Pluto Probe May Get 2 Objects for Price of 1 During Next Flyby
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Artist’s illustration of the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons mission. This binary concept is based on telescope observations made from Argentina on...
Hubble Telescope Detects Stratosphere on Huge Alien Planet
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This artist's illustration shows the "hot Jupiter" exoplanet WASP-121b, which presents the best evidence yet of a stratosphere on an exoplanet. Credit: Engine House VFX, At-Bristol Science...
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