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Older Cars Will Be Restricted In Paris Starting In July

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Traffic on the Champs-Élysée

Merci beaucoup, Pairis

Starting in July, cars 19 years or older will be banned from the streets of Paris.

Biotech Company Unveils A Synthetic Dog For Veterinary Students

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Bork

Researchers hope the new SynDog will end terminal surgery labs.

Street Lights Are Preventing Moths From Doing Their Job

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Elephant Hawk Moth

Moths join the ranks of other embattled pollinators, like bees

Reams of research has been done to understand loss of the daytime pollinators upon which we rely on so much for our foods, but little has been done on the nighttime…

Software Now To Blame For 15 Percent Of Car Recalls

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Ford Sync 3 Infotainment System

You can't just hold the home and lock buttons to solve this one

The number of software-related issues, according to several sources tracking vehicle recalls, has been on the rise. According to financial advisors Stout Risius Ross…

Why Did King Tut Have A Knife Made Out Of Meteorite?

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King Tut Burial Mask

It's not as weird as you'd think

I hate to tell you this, but aliens had nothing to do with ancient Egypt.

See How Star Wars Props And Replicas Get Made

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Not just old camera parts and glue anymore

Serious Star Wars fans get pretty intense about their collectables, and the resulting demand for accurate and authentic prop replicas means that the technology has come…

Radio Waves Provide Rare Glimpse Inside Jupiter's Atmosphere

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Radio Map

Tuning in to the turbulence

What's going on beneath the surface?

Businesses Could Make Solar Panels And Electric Cars As Commonplace As Home Computers

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Energy officials are working to bring companies into the fold

Energy officials from the world’s largest economies are meeting in San Francisco with the aim of accelerating the shift to zero-carbon power.

It May Be Harder For Women To Stop Smoking At Certain Times of the Month

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Woman Smoking Cigarette

It's a bad time for a bad habit

It’s well known that when you have your period you may reach for the ice cream or chocolate, but cigarettes? A new study out in Biology of Sex Differences says that at…

The Craziest Predictions At Code Conference This Week

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The best of Bezos, Musk, et cetera, ranked

At this week's Code Conference, the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos got a platform, and once they had it, they hit their audiences with some pretty crazy thoughts.

Watch A Lost Otter Pup Reunite With Its Mother

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Otter Pair

Via air

You've heard of a ring toss, but what about a pup toss?

Pebble Core And Amazon’s Alexa Officially Unite

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Echo's Virtual Assistant On The Go

The Pebble Core is about to get a serious upgrade in functionality.

How Chicks Learn To Sing May Give Clues For Human Education

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Zebra Finch

Learning with our bird brains

Like humans, baby birds learn their language while in social settings with adults. And a new study out from the Proceedings from the National Academy of the Sciences has…

Israeli Scout Robot Packs A Glock Pistol

'Ancient Greek' Ruins Actually Made By Ancient Microbes

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What scientists once thought was an ancient city underwater was actually made from microbes

The great artisans of nature

Scientists discover that what was thought to be an ancient Greek city was actually a fluke of natural systems…

A Synthetic Dog Made Of Nightmares, A Nerf Drone, And Other Amazing Images

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The Birth of a Star

Plus, the spectacular birth of a star

A vertical gallery of this week's best images.

Google Considers Making A "Big Red Button" To Stop Dangerous A.I. In An Emergency

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A big red stop button.

In conjunction with A.I. doomsayer Nick Bostrom's research institution

Google Researches "Big Red Button" To Stop Dangerous A.I.

Drone Films Flooded French Castle

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Arial view of the château de Chambord, France

No monarchists were harmed in the making of this video

Castle under water.

Bolder Fish Have Svelter Shapes

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A zebrafish

Scientists find a link between personality and body type

Researchers have found a link between zebrafish with bolder personalities and body type.

Wal-Mart Will Launch Inventory-Checking Drones By Next Year

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