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Falcon Heavy May Have Drastically Increased the Number of Asteroids We Can Mine
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7 years ago
Asteroid mining is about more than just heading up into space and bringing back a rock full of platinum—you actually need to land something on just the right asteroid. Falcon Heavy, the...
Before They Can Take Off, Flying Cars Must Defeat Bureaucracy
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At 8:52 on the morning of January 31, eight buzzing rotors lifted a black bubble of an aircraft off the ground for the first time. About 20 feet from nose to tail and the same from wingtip to...
After Trump clears the way, GOP states move to charge poor for health care
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Gregory James Tuck Sr., a former chef in Indianapolis who is now homeless, says he has been turned away by six different doctors over the last four months while seeking treatment for high blood...
Fuel follies ... Three seeds for the price of one!
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7 years ago
There's something about motor vehicles that drives legislators insane. ... oh, wait... that assumes they were once sane... ================== Maine Says EV and Hybrid Owners Don't Pay...
The red and green specialists: why human colour vision is so odd
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7 years ago
Most mammals rely on scent rather than sight. Look at a dog’s eyes, for example: they’re usually on the sides of its face, not close together and forward-facing like ours. Having eyes on the...
Is the Universe a conscious mind?
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In the past 40 or so years, a strange fact about our Universe gradually made itself known to scientists: the laws of physics, and the initial conditions of our Universe, are fine-tuned for the...
German Navy experiences “LCS affect” in spades as new frigate fails sea trials
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With 90% new systems, this bigger, lighter-crewed monster frigate is not ready for duty. The German Navy has a lot of problems right now. It has no working submarines, in part because of a...
NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Sends Home Spectacular Panorama
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From Sci-News.com A new panoramic image from Curiosity provides a sweeping vista of the interior and rim of Gale Crater, including much of the rover’s route during its first five-and-a-half...
Scientists say they can predict who you're friends with based on brain patterns alone
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Maybe your friends really do "just get you" after all. At least, that's what a new study of graduate students at an Ivy League school suggests. For that study, published Tuesday in the journal...
The idea that everything from spoons to stones are conscious is gaining academic credibility
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Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it’s the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter....
Man Killed After Being Sucked Into MRI Machine
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An Indian man was killed Saturday after being sucked into an MRI machine at a Mumbai Hospital, according to Indian news broadcaster NDTV. The man, Rajesh Maru, 32, was helping an elderly...
Georgetown in northern Queensland once part of North America
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Researchers found rocks in the area 412km west of Cairns were unlike any others in Australia, but similar to those in Canada The Georgetown terrane of present-day northern Queensland was...
So You Think You Know What Death Is....
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Death has not only been a mystery, but also very hard to define. For centuries, it was defined when the heart stopped. But there was no explanation for when the heart continued but no life was...
The Surprising Way New Zealand Could Soon Solve Its Predator Problem
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7 years ago
Early in the morning a few days before Christmas, I was sitting in the living room of my mom’s New Zealand apartment, typing away on my laptop, when a parrot flew up, perched itself on the...
US report: Medical cases of ADHD in young women are skyrocketing
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/us-report-medical-cases-of-adhd-in-young-women-are-skyrocketing/ar-AAuRZAH?OCID=ansmsnnews11 Over the last decade, the numbers have jumped 344% The...
Speed of universe’s expansion remains elusive
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Discrepancy between measures of Hubble constant suggests influence of some astronomical unknown In August of 2011, researchers discovered SN 2011fe, a type 1a supernova 21 million...
Concerns Grow That Infections From 'Zombie Deer' Meat Can Jump To Humans
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Would you eat venison if there was a chance it could slowly eat away at your brain? If there's a slight possibility, it doesn't bother Patrick States. On the menu this evening for his wife and...
Let’s remember: 9 million kids’ health insurance is at stake in this budget fight
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If Congress fails to reach a deal to avert a government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, federal workers won't be the only ones worrying. Parents of the 9 million children insured through the...
White House Made 24-Year-Old Campaign Staffer Second in Command at Its Anti-Drug Office
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When last we checked in on the Donald Trump’s response to the opioid crisis, the news was hardly encouraging: The closest thing to someone at the helm was wildly corrupt New Jersey Gov. Chris...
Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals large amounts of water ice on Mars
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New HiRISE Images Show 3D Structure of Martian Ice Sheets New images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal...
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