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Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs
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6 years ago
https://www.space.com/40374-uranus-clouds-smell-rotten-eggs.html So it's true everybody, Uranus STINKS! On the bright side, It's only been probed once. There's a lot of really smelly stuff...
How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream
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6 years ago
At the northern end of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, the wind blows so hard that rows of trees grow in one direction, like gnarled flags. The relentless weather over this long strip of...
DIET SODAS Are the Dangers in the Chemicals or the Headlines?
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6 years ago
BY HARRIET HALL, M.D. I n April 2017, there was a flurry of news reports with alarming headlines: “Diet Sodas May Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke, Study Finds” “A Daily Diet Soda...
Red States Are Leading the Wind Energy Charge
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6 years ago
Republicans may be lukewarm on climate policy, but they’re all about that wind energy, according to a report on the state of wind power in the U.S. released Tuesday by the American Wind Energy...
Google Update Chrome v. 66 Arrives, kills auto-play
By: tfargo
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6 years ago
Google released the newest version of their Chrome browser and it kills auto-play. A uto-playing content that is muted still plays automatically. Autoplaying content with sound, whether it has...
China made solar panels cheap. Now it’s doing the same for electric buses.
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6 years ago
It is now more or less taken for granted that solar panels are getting cheaper and cheaper. But that didn’t just happen — solar PV did not jump onto that trajectory on its own. After all, solar...
The billion-dollar question: How does the Clipper mission get to Europa?
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6 years ago
ars technica : At one end of the conference room, four large window panes framed a view of the San Gabriel Mountains. Outside, ribbons of greenery snaked across the hills, a vestige of spring...
Rose Acre Farms Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Health Risk
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6 years ago
FDA recalls eggs. Check your fridge! https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm604640.htm For Immediate Release April 13, 2018 Contact Consumers (855) 215-5730...
The Skeptical Virtue of Seriously Just Being Quiet
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6 years ago
Apr. 10, 2018 by Daniel Loxton | Comments (9) This post is something of a personal reflection. If you’re looking for some straight up debunking, my latest is here . Recently I...
Ars Technica: FTC: Warranty-voiding language like Nintendo’s and Sony’s is illegal
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6 years ago
Cite: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/ftc-warranty-voiding-language-like-nintendos-and-sonys-is-illegal/ FTC warns companies to stop voiding warranties for unauthorized repairs....
Spaceflight Now: Investigation into Zuma failure reportedly lays blame on Northrop Grumman
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6 years ago
Article from Spaceflightnow.com : https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/09/investigation-into-zuma-failure-reportedly-lays-blame-on-northrop-grumman/ SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Jan....
Scientists Still Can't Decide How to Define a Tree
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6 years ago
Several years ago, after Thanksgiving dinner at my parents’ house in Vermont, lightning struck a backyard maple tree. There was a ferocious crack and the darkness outside the kitchen windows...
Socialized Medicine: A Dose of Reality
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6 years ago
Socialized Medicine: A Dose of Reality by Ileana Johnson , Gatestone Institute, March 31 2018 According to a recent Pew poll, support for universal health care, provided and...
What is good science?
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6 years ago
Demanding that a theory is falsifiable or observable, without any subtlety, will hold science back. We need madcap ideas. The Viennese physicist Wolfgang Pauli suffered from a guilty...
Trump considers stiffer environmental standards for imported cars
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6 years ago
The Trump administration is considering ways to require imported automobiles to meet stricter environmental standards in order to protect U.S. carmakers, according to two sources familiar with...
From Darkness To Everlasting Light
By: magnoliaave
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6 years ago
The day it all changed for me going from living a nightmare to living in reality started out as just another day. This was going to be different. In walked this young aide and the only thing...
Darkness (continued)
By: magnoliaave
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6 years ago
On January 15, I returned to my apartment and at some point collapsed. I didn't pass out, but just collapsed to the floor. It felt so good just lying there and not moving. The next day my two...
The real reason the U.S. spends twice as much on health care as other wealthy countries
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6 years ago
A sweeping new study of health-care expenditures found that the United States spends almost twice as much on health care as 10 other wealthy countries, a difference driven by high prices —...
Nine Weeks of Darkness
By: magnoliaave
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6 years ago
Nine weeks of darkness, fear, confusion, paralysis and even as I just began writing. I am overcome with emotion. I have never read anything like this before. Does it happen and people are too...
No, It's Not an Alien — Here's What That Tiny, Pointy-Headed Skeleton Really Is
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A tiny, pointy-headed skeleton that fits in the palm of a hand isn't an alien, despite conspiracy theories that have circulated for years. The skeleton, with a dramatically elongated skull...
Patients regain sight with experimental stem cell treatment
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From CBS NEWS : Nearly three years ago, 86-year-old Douglas Waters developed severe vision problems. He was diagnosed with severe wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a chronic eye...
The Quality of Abortion Care Depends on Where a Woman Lives
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6 years ago
The Quality of Abortion Care Depends on Where a Woman Lives, Says One of Most Comprehensive Reviews of Research on Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the U.S. WASHINGTON -- While legal...
A Year In Space Changed Astronaut's DNA
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NASA study: Astronaut's DNA no longer identical to his identical twin's after year in space A new study from NASA has found that astronaut Scott Kelly’s genes are no longer identical to...
Trump’s ‘Space Force’ sounds a lot like the Space Corps his administration didn’t want
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“I was not really serious, and then I said what a great idea.” By Loren Grush @lorengrush Mar 13, 2018, 7:21pm EDT Today during a speech to military members in San Diego,...
Frail, Old and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is a Coffin
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The New York Times By CHRISTIE THOMPSON Mr. Zeich during his time in prison. When he made the request for compassionate release, he was nearly blind, battling cancer, and virtually unable to...