NY court extends title rights to non-biological, non-adoptive parents
The definition of parenthood is changing. A New York court today expanded the definition of a parent (within the constraints of parental rights) to include…
The Definition of A "Parent" Is Changing
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Check Out The Gutted 747 At Burning Man
The redesigned plane is hosting speakers and parties throughout the festival
Burning Man is host to plenty of weird sites as a pseudo-apocalyptic festival-turned-design-conference. But one of the most "Mad Max" features this year is a redesigned…
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Parrot Unveils New X-Winged Drone
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What If Humans Could Photosynthesize?
What would it take to let us produce energy the way plants do?
What would it take to make a human into a photosynthetic organism, subsisting more or less entirely on sunlight? A lot more than you might expect.
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This Is The First Rocket SpaceX Will Try To Re-Launch
A first for second times
Today has been a good day for details-starved SpaceX news enthusiasts.
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Will Future Planes Fly On Wings Of Plasma?
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Forests On The Tibetan Plateau May Be Growing Faster Thanks To Climate Change
More nutrients, more water, and more carbon
The operative word of the phrase climate change is "change."…
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Breeze Drone Is Made For Selfies
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How To Watch Tomorrow Morning's Solar Eclipse From Anywhere In The World
The September 1 eclipse is the second this year
There's a solar eclipse tomorrow morning over southern Africa, but you can view it from anywhere on Slooh's live webcast.
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Cameras On The ISS Capture Gorgeous Time-Lapse Footage Of Three Hurricanes
Meet Gaston, Lester, and Madeline
In the eye of a hurricane there might be quiet, but seen from the above, these massive tropical storms are anything but demure.
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That Signal Wasn't Aliens — It Was Coming From Earth
They're already here
For a few precious days this week, the scientific community vacillated between enthralled or enraged by the news that a Russian telescope picked up what seemed to be a…
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Watch: How Self Driving Cars Could End Traffic Jams
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Researchers Uncover Basis Of Amputee Phantom Sensations
Implications for how we understand amputees and prosthetics
Researchers have painted a map of the brain's relationship with appendages.
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Samsung's New Gear S3 Smartwatches Always Show The Time
The Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier have other fancy new features, but no pricing (yet)
Samsung today unveiled the seventh smartwatch in its wearable line: the Gear S3, which comes in two models, the Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier.
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The International Space Station Is Getting A New HD Camera
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Astronauts Won’t Reach The ISS On Commercial Flights Until 2018
NASA’s partnership with SpaceX, Boeing continues to face delays
It’s going to be a few more years before the United States sends astronauts on commercial flights to the International Space Station.
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Zoo Monkeys Have Human Bacteria In Their Guts
Because like us, they don't eat enough plants
The microbiomes of monkeys held in zoos looks a lot like ours, and that may not be a good thing. Researchers from the University of Minnesota studied the poop of wild…
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New Plastic Fabric Keeps Its Cool Better Than Cotton
It could also help lessen energy demand
Cotton is a cool staple of many a summer wardrobes, but there might be even better fabric choices on the horizon.
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Airports Turn To Security Contractors To Combat Long Lines
But are they really just the TSA with bigger lapels?
Debate has roiled over whether airports should take advantage of the TSA's Screening Partnership Program (SPP), in which private security contractors are brought in to…
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Florida Mosquitoes Test Positive For Zika Virus
A first for the continental U.S.
Mosquitoes caught in traps in Florida were positively identified as carrying the Zika virus, the first time that the insects have been found to contain the virus in the…
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