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Masten Unveils Two New Reusable Rockets

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Masten Space System Rockets XaeroB and Xodiac

They're too small to reach orbit, but could be useful for science

Rocket manufacturer Masten Space Systems has unveiled its two new unmanned suborbital rockets today.

SpaceX Plans To Re-Use A Rocket For The First Time This Fall

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In the Hanger

After four successful upright landings

Here we go again. At least, that's the hope. Today, Elon Musk tweeted out a picture of SpaceX's used rockets hanging out in a giant hanger, itching to be re-used.

Adorable Baby Falcon Found At CERN

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Look at its angry little face

Someone found an adorable baby falcon at CERN…

Scientists Identify Gases Unique To Rotting Pigs And Human Bodies

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Pinpointing the smell of death will help cadaver dogs track down bodies more quickly

Scientists in Belgium have identified seven compounds that only pigs and people produce late into decomposition.

Man Lives For Over A Year Without Heart

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Larkin With His Artificial Heart

Device let him walk around heartless for 17 months before finally getting a transplant

Rather than fill the first few lines of this story with endless heart puns, we've decided to marvel at how a 25-year-old was able to live for 17 months without a heart.

This Is Why You Shouldn’t Let A Drone Cut Your Hair

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Barber Drone

See Simone Giertz’s latest brilliantly terrible robotic creation

Drone barber.

Old Porsches Get a New Nav System

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Porsche Classic Radio Navigation System

A retrofit for Porsches as old as the original 911

The Porsche Classic Radio Navigation System brings modern radio, connectivity, and navigation to generations of Porsche sports cars.

Can Gadgets Improve on the Simple Hot Dog?

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CrazyRussianHacker

Watch 8 hotdog innovations get put to the test

CrazyRussianHacker is at it again, taking on the world of potentially crappy gadgets meant to improve your hot dog eating experience. As if hot dogs needed improvements.

Pollen From Cesspits Provides A Glimpse Into Medieval Diets

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Ye Olde Food

It's the little things

People in Medieval Europe didn't actually eat giant turkey legs and funnel cakes, despite the offerings at many local Renaissance faires.

Women Are Being Excluded From Clinical Trials

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Jogging Woman in the Grass

"Complexities of the menstrual cycle" are to blame

Even though sex-based equality has progressed in other fields, women have been routinely excluded from clinical trials, the group of British and American experts say,…

Card Readers Allow Oklahoma Highway Patrol To Seize Suspects’ Money

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Police began using ERAD technology last month

State police in Oklahoma have begun using a device that can seize money on prepaid cards.

Sex Reversal In Bearded Dragons Creates Females That Behave Like Males

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Bearded dragon

The rare feature may be a way to adapt to environmental changes

The large, striking lizard of the Australian desert known as the bearded dragon lays genetically male eggs that can develop into females if the nest becomes particularly…

Technique For Making Three-Parent Babies Is Safe, Study Finds

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And it significantly reduces the risk of passing on faulty mitochondria

A new technique that would allow for doctors to perform three-parent in vitro fertilization to prevent the risk of inherited diseases was approved for use last year in…

HTC Has A New Vive VR Headset Specifically For Business

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It has essentially the same hardware, but with more perks

HTC has a new format for Vive VR headset purchases, and its audience is professionals. Vive Business Edition is less of a new piece of technology (everything you…

Robo Librarian Tracks Down Misplaced Books

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An autonomous robot developed by valuable resources is now possible thanks to robot technology developed at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore scans a shelf of library books

The robots have now become shelf-aware

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore has developed an autonomous library-shelf-scanning robot capable of finding missing or out of place books.

The First Smartphone With Google’s Augmented Reality Is Here

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Lenovo's Tango-enabled phone visualizes virtual elements into the real world.

Say hello to the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro

Google's Project Tango Finally Made It Into A Phone…

The Last Oil Company Has Begun To Pull Out of Alaskan Arctic Region

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Alaskan Sea Ice

Drilling in Chukchi Sea is almost at an end

The last oil and gas company has abandoned 55 of its drilling leases in the Alaskan arctic region of the Chukchi Sea and has announced that it will leave its remaining…

Partner Post: Enter This Auction To Win A Tour Of SpaceX's Rocket Factory

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SpaceX Spacecraft

And see a Dragon capsule that's returned from space!

Before you can shoot for the stars, rockets and spacecraft have to be built somewhere. Now you can see where they do it.

Stuck In A Nuclear Wasteland? You Can "Count" On This Device To Help You Out!

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