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Mar-a-Lago Comes for British Health
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 years ago
Probably everyone who followed Donald Trump’s visit to Britain has a favorite scene of diplomatic debacle. But the moment that probably did the most to poison relations with our oldest ally...
Take a Moment to Admire These Passing Clouds on Mars
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 years ago
Curiosity is currently exploring the lower regions of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater, where it’s doing some important drilling and other fun science. From May 7 to May 17, the rover snapped...
10 Types of Internet Trolls You'll Meet Online
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6 years ago
An Internet troll is a member of an online social community who deliberately tries to disrupt, attack, offend or generally cause trouble within the community by posting certain comments,...
China’s Chang’E-4 may have landed near pieces of the Moon’s interior
Via: bob-nelson
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6 years ago
While some of the details are still being worked out , it's generally agreed that the Moon formed when a Mars-sized body collided with the early Earth. Some of the debris put into orbit by...
The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 years ago
He pulls up a video to show me what he means. In it, a black dog named Lucy approaches a series of six stations, each separated by a small barrier. At every one, a glass cup of human...
China’s lunar rover is helping to unravel a Moon mystery
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 years ago
In the days that followed, the lander deployed a rover, snapped photos, and even grew some plants . Its rover had some work of its own to do as well, and a new research paper published in...
The moon is shrinking, and a new study shows it's racked by moonquakes
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6 years ago
By Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky The moon may look serene and unchanging from a distance. But we’ve known for years that it’s slowly shrinking, and a surprising new study suggests the change may be...
NASA Says Metals Fraud Caused $700 Million Satellite Failure
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6 years ago
Sapa Profiles falsified thousands of aluminum test results A metals manufacturer faked test results and provided faulty materials to NASA, causing more than $700 million in losses and two...
Chinese scientists insert human brain gene into monkeys, spark ethical debate
Via: perrie-halpern
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 years ago
By Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky When scientists in China added human genes to monkeys, they were hoping to gain a better understanding of how human brains develop. In the process, they triggered an...
Hubble Measurements Confirm There's Something Weird About How the Universe Is Expanding
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6 years ago
Astronomers know that the Universe is expanding, and the expansion is accelerating. Sometimes you’ll hear news stories claim that the Universe is expanding “faster than we thought.” But...
The U.S. Military: Like the French at Agincourt?
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 years ago
Early on a Sunday morning in 1932, a fleet of some 150 fighters, dive-bombers and torpedo planes struck the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The ships lying at anchor on Battleship Row sustained...
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