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Residential solar is cheap, but can it get cheaper? Paths to $0.05 per kWh
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6 years ago
The price of solar panels has fallen far and fast. But the Energy Department (DOE) wants to bring those costs down even further, especially for residential homes. After all, studies have shown...
Gum disease and heart disease: The common thread
Via: sandy-2021492
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6 years ago
People with gum disease (also known as periodontal disease) have two to three times the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other serious cardiovascular event. But there may not be a direct...
Electric air taxis powered by hydrogen promise greater range for intercity commutes
Via: perrie-halpern
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6 years ago
By Tom Metcalfe Your daily commute may be about to take to the skies. More than 100 electric air taxi designs are already in the works for short hops in cities, including the Airbus...
Can science explain what people see and feel during a near-death experience?
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6 years ago
By Erika Edwards For hundreds of years, people of all ages, from all over the world, have told similar stories about moments their lives were in real peril: an intense white light, a sense of...
Should police body cameras have facial recognition tech? Axon, the largest U.S. maker of devices, says no
Via: perrie-halpern
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6 years ago
By Jon Schuppe The country's largest maker of police body cameras said Thursday that it would not add a facial recognition feature to its cameras, a move that coincides with growing public...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover detects 'unusually high' levels of methane
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6 years ago
By David Freeman In a finding that has renewed talk about the possibility of life on Mars, NASA said Sunday that its Curiosity rover had detected "unusually high" levels of methane on...
A Breakthrough in the Mystery of Why Women Get So Many Autoimmune Diseases
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6 years ago
Autoimmune diseases turn people’s own immune systems against their bodies. In the United States alone, women represent 80 percent of all cases of autoimmune disease. Women are 16 times more...
NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life
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6 years ago
Mars, it appears, is belching a large amount of a gas that could be a sign of microbes living on the planet today. In a measurement taken on Wednesday, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered...
Drug to increase women's sex drive wins FDA approval
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6 years ago
By Erika Edwards For women with low sex drive, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new EpiPen-like drug that promises to boost libido. AMAG Pharmaceuticals says that the drug,...
Marijuana Study Finds CBD Can Cause Liver Damage
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6 years ago
There is no denying that cannabidiol, more commonly referred to as CBD, is rapidly becoming more popular in the United States than sliced bread. It is a hot trend that got started several...
Physicists reverse time using quantum computer
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6 years ago
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology teamed up with colleagues from the U.S. and Switzerland and returned the state of a quantum computer a fraction of a second into...
Are You Sure You Actually 'Like' Your Private Health Insurance?
Via: bob-nelson
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6 years ago
When I talk to friends , family, and colleagues about Medicare for All, sometimes someone asks, “but don’t people like their insurance?” It’s not hard to see where they got that idea. Even...
The long-awaited upgrade to the US weather forecast model is here
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6 years ago
Weather forecaster s need a ton of knowledge and a fair bit of experience with local weather patterns to do their job well. They also need a good forecast model. These computer models take in...
Pinterest Blacklists PJ Media, Other Conservative Sites and This Is Just the Tip of the Censorship Iceberg
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6 years ago
This week we learned from a brave whistleblower that Pinterest, a site known primarily for recipes and home decorating ideas, is blocking content from websites that their Orwellian-monikered...
The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions
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6 years ago
The dossier on cancer researcher Xifeng Wu was thick with intrigue, if hardly the stuff of a spy thriller. It contained findings that she’d improperly shared confidential information and...
The Viral Sunburn Tattoo Trend Is Seriously Dangerous—Here’s Why
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6 years ago
Sure it looks like harmless summer fun. But no matter how you spin it, sunburn tattoos are extremely dangerous and can put you at serious risk of skin cancer. "In order for the stencil, or...
The Hidden Ocean Beneath Europa’s Frozen Crust May Contain Basic Table Salt
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6 years ago
“The potential habitability of Europa’s subsurface ocean depends on its chemical composition, which may be reflected in that of Europa’s geologically young surface,” opens a new study...
The Moon’s largest crater is hiding something, and astronomers don’t know what
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6 years ago
In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters , researchers reveal the discovery of a huge mass hiding beneath the crater. An incredibly dense area under the lunar surface...
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