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Watch A Real 3D-Printed Reel Catch Trout

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The real test of a futuristic technology like 3D printing is how good it is at practical tasks. This Michael Hackney’s 3D fly reel, tested by a couple of fishermen over at…

Smart Keyboard Could Be Self-Powered, Self-Secured, Self-Cleaning

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Scientists have come up with a prototype keyboard that can recognize different typing styles, provide its own power, and possibly even keep itself clean.

Laser-Blasted Metal Forms A Self-Cleaning Non-Stick Surface

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Water, the key to life on our planet, can sometimes be one of our greatest enemies – especially when it comes to its interactions with metals. Air moisture triggers the…

The 5 Most Interesting Announcements from Microsoft's Windows 10 Event

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Microsoft unveiled many of the features of its upcoming Windows 10 operating system update today; we've picked the five most important/…

Fierce Dragon Fighter Gets a Restart

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The FC-1 fighter, a Sino-Pakistani joint project, rolls out a new model from the Chengdu factory, #0213 will have all sorts of new technology under its skin.

Should Beef Come From A Petri Dish? [Video]

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Raising livestock takes a huge toll on the environment, including the water and feed that cows consume and the methane and waste they emit. That's why Andras Forgacs…

Can Intelligence Analysts Predict The Future?

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Intelligence agencies, the spies and spooks and analysts grouped under three letter acronyms, exist in part to answer a difficult question that dates back to antiquity: Is…

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Mexican Meth-Smuggling Drone Crashes Near San Diego

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In the transitory space between Mexico’s Tijuana and America’s San Ysidro, the drone flew. Six rotors carried it forward, and strapped to its body were six packets of…

Bats Listen For Others' Snacking Sounds to Help Them Find Food

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Bats that hunt together feast together.

Why The Ebola Epidemic Isn’t As Devastating As Predicted (So Far)

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The havoc that Ebola is wreaking in West Africa cannot be understated. With a total of 21,200 people infected since March 2014, the disease is shredding the social fabric of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, leaving 8,400 dead. People live in fear, afraid to shake others' hands. Survivors are shunned, and those suspected of carrying the disease are being physically assaulted in some regions. Schools are closed, and economies have been ravaged. Yet the situation could have been much worse. Last fall, many scientists predicted that the epidemic would be raging out of control by now. The…

Watch These Great Horned Owls Eat, Sleep, And Look Majestic

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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology likes to spy on birds, and we’re okay with that. In fact, it’s kind of awesome, because we get to spy on them too. The lab has set up…

Scientists Adjust Doomsday Clock Over Nuclear Threats And Climate Change

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In a multitude of books, TV shows, and films dedicated to post-apocalyptic fiction, humanity loves to fantasize about its ultimate demise. But back in the real world, the actual apocalypse may be a little bit closer than we all would like to admit. On Thursday, researchers working for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the secondhand of the infamous Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight, changing it from five minutes to just three minutes away. According to Kennette Benedict, executive director and publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the combination of…

Translucent Fish Found Alive Deep Under Antarctic Ice

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Think of it as finding a very cool Nemo. Scientists announced yesterday that after drilling through 2,428 feet of ice they made a lively discovery—deep under all that ice…

See Iceland's Lava Field From Space

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Sometimes Iceland really lives up to its name. For instance, in the picture above, the entire country is basically covered in snow and ice. With one notable exception. See…

5 Cool Things We Just Learned About Rosetta’s Rubber Ducky Comet

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The Rosetta mission made history last year, by being the first manmade spacecraft to ever orbit or land on a comet. Things didn't go exactly as planned, though. The lander…

We’re About To Visit A Tiny Planet In The Asteroid Belt For The First Time

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While the world awaits the first visit of Pluto this July, another space mission will reach a strange world much closer to home. And months sooner. A small robot named Dawn is nearing the end of its seven-year, 3.1-billion-mile journey deep into the Asteroid Belt. By shooting ions out of its rear—and stealing a bit of Martian orbital energy back in '07—Dawn putters along at about 450 mph toward the largest unexplored object between the Sun and Pluto. This March, we'll arrive Ceres. It's the biggest thing in the Asteroid Belt, with a diameter of 590 miles, a surface area four times larger…

China Launches Three Warships In One Day, Setting A New Record

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China's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard sets a new record by launching three large warships, all in one day, to kick off a busy year.

Football Physics And The Science Of Deflategate

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News reports say that 11 of the 12 game balls used by the New England Patriots in their AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts were deflated, showing about 2…

A Robotic Water Snake To Sniff Out Pollution [Video]

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As it glides through the pool, its resemblance to an eel is eerie--an eel, perhaps, that someone borrowed from a backyard tool shed. This is the amphiBot -- a nearly…
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