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Rapid Sea Level Rise Might Actually Benefit Some Coral Reefs

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Coral Reef At Low Tide

At least its good for something

While sea level rise remains bad news for people and cities, it might be good news for at least some residents of this planet: coral reefs.

General Chuck Yeager Is An Ace On Twitter

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Chuck Yeager In 2007

The pilot who broke the sound barrier answers questions on politics, UFOs, and his legacy

Chuck Yeager tweets…

Read Nikola Tesla's Drone Patent... From 1898

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Nikola Tesla Patent For Unmanned Vehicle Control

The inventor believed unmanned machines would end all wars

Nikola Tesla Drones…

Will The U-2 Cold War Spy Plane Get A Laser?

Searching for Climate Signals in an Epic Flood

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Sea surface temperatures grap
Extensive computer modeling will be required to answer questions such as how climate change might have affected the path of Louisiana's devastating rain storm, but it’s…

Meet Alrobot, Iraq's New Anti-ISIS Weapon

Microsoft’s Latest Acquisition Could End Your Scheduling Nightmares Forever

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the company's Build 2016 developer's conference.

‘Genee’ finds free space on multiple people’s calendars. Paired with Office and LinkedIn, it could be awesome.

Microsoft has acquired 2-year-old scheduling startup Genee, and will kill the service and integrate its functionality into Office 365 next week. As part of the Office…

'Pokemon Go' Finally Puts Its Team Leaders To Work

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Pokemon Go team leaders

Teams Valor, Mystic, and Instinct's leaders will figure out which is your most powerful Meowth

Pokemon Go is still massively popular with mobile gaming savants, and developer Niantic remains on top of things by continuing to roll out new updates to keep things fresh.

NOAA Captures The Extent Of Louisiana's Flooding In Aerial Images

Amazon Has Begun Testing Drones At This English Farm

Pokémon Go Lost A Third Of Its Users

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Pokémon Go Google privacy

There's been a 15 million user decline since its peak last month

Pokémon Go is having a rough time with the long-haul. After setting plenty of records and monopolizing the news in July, the game has lost some 15 million regular…

How Long Would It Take To Fall Through The World?

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Traveling Through The Earth

Longer than you might think

Would you fall through the world if there was a giant hole, or just die in the center?

Can You Eat Spotty Fruits and Vegetables?

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Blemished Food Waste

Maybe we shouldn't toss millions of dollars of blemished produce out every year

Blemished food may be a stigma we should erase. Marks on produce scare shoppers into health concerns, but a lot of food may be harmless, and wasted for aesthetic…

Tesla's Model S Now Drives Like A Ferrari, Thanks To Bigger Battery

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Elon Musk at the Tesla Model 3 unveiling event

Ludicrous Mode goes from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds

Tesla took Ludicrous Mode to new heights today. Some subtle wiring changes and a major battery upgrade improved mileage and gave the Model S a 0-60 mph time of 2.5…

Your Food Could Soon Come Packaged In Milk

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Casein packaging

A new biodegradable film made out of casein is being researched

The various types of packaging that protects the food you buy from the store is biodegradable and recyclable, but what about the small subsection that isn't, namely…

One Year Later, Face Transplant Recipient Just A Normal Guy

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His body hasn't rejected his new face, and he can see again

A year after the most extensive facial transplant ever performed, Patrick Hardison is able to live a more normal life than he ever thought possible. That could mean…

Scientists Want To Bring A Bird Back From Extinction

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This might complicate our “which came first” question

An organization dedicated to the “genetic rescue for endangered and extinct species” thinks it can bring the great auk back from the dead.

Scientists Gave Beetles An Extra Eye By Deleting Their Horns

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Onthophagus

What have we wrought?

In a feat of freaky genetics, scientists have created beetles with extra eyes where their horns used to grow.

Jeff Williams Breaks U.S. Record For Most Days In Space

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Jeff Williams

Cumulative record: 520 days and counting

Congratulations are in order. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams just broke the U.S. record for cumulative spaceflight hours previously set by Scott Kelly.

Good Drones Pilot Tests Refugee Drone To Save Others

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