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5 Questions You Should Have About Elon Musk's New Solar Roofs

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Slate Tile

It's too soon to say whether they have a bright future

Last week, on the set of Desperate Housewives, SolarCity and Tesla announced the development of solar roofs, or fully functional roofs that also happy to generate solar…

The Cosmic Crash That Created Our Moon Was Crazier Than We Thought

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A bigger smash solves everything.

Researchers put forth a new theory for how the Earth and moon started their relationship. Could this smash-up rewrite textbooks?

Sticking The Sea Landing

This May Be The First Dinosaur Brain Ever Studied. What Can It Teach Us?

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The new fossil is intriguing, but paleontologists have better ways of judging a dinosaur's smarts

Paleontologists can study dinosaur cognition by peeking inside their skulls – no brain matter required.

Albert Einstein Now Has His Own Emoji Keyboard

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EinsteinMoji of Arthur Sasse's iconic Einstein photo

How the late famed physicist became an icon on your phone

There is now an official Albert Einstein emoji keyboard, called EinsteinMoji, available on iOS and Android devices.

Iraq's War Robot Makes Battlefield Debut At Mosul

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Alrobot And Operator

Liberation through superior robotics

Iraq-made war robot gets battlefield debut in Mosul.

Google Home Versus Amazon Echo

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The Google Assistant faces off against Amazon's Alexa

The Google Assistant is ready to serve…

10 Disgusting Ways Your Body Betrays You In Space

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Sudden peeing, sweat balls, and so much more

Zero-gravity environments affect nearly every aspect of the human body, from our sense of up and down to little things, like our ability to cry.

FBI Now Investigating Its Own Bad Tweets

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FBI Headquarters At Night

Did the agency, against its own rules, publicly support a presidential candidate?

The FBI tweeted out FOIA documents that seem election-related, so now it's investigating itself.

Beyond The J-20: The Many Planes Of China

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J-20 Zhuhai 2016 China Stealth Fighter

The 2016 Zhuhai Airshow features new bombers, marsupial drones, and much more

Zhuhai 2016 shows off a wide array of Chinese combat aircraft, not just the J-20 stealth fighter but also the H-6K bomber and a smart little attack helicopter.

After 20 Years, NASA Finally Finished Building The James Webb Space Telescope

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James Webb Space Telescope

Now it's ready for the final tests before launch in 2018

NASA engineers have announced that construction of the James Webb Telescope (JWST) is finally complete and ready for testing before its scheduled launch in October…

Did a Male Contraception Study Prove Men Are Wimps? Not Exactly.

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The internet is freaking out over male birth control for all the wrong reasons.

Don't shrug off safety concerns around male contraception – demand safer options for women, too.

Dongle Me This: Why Am I Still Buying Apple Products?

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Macbook and dongles

Here we go again.

I should have kicked my Apple habit a long time ago.

The Yamaha YSP-5600 Creates A Hemisphere Of Sound

China's New Fleet Of Drones: Airshow Displays The Future Of Chinese Warbots And Swarms

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Cloud Shadow UAV drone China Zhuhai 2016

Zhuhai 2016 surprises with new drones, like the stealthy Cloud Shadow attack drone, helicopter-launched mini drones, a preview of a massive drone swarm

Zhuhai 2016 surprises with new drones, like the stealthy Cloud Shadow attack drone, helicopter-launched mini drones, a preview of a massive drone swarm.

A Disappearing Cardiac Stent

Password Managers Just Got A Lot More Accessible

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Stealing A Password

LastPass expanding free password manager service to multiple devices could protect us from the internet of things

Password managers are good, and free access to them is better.

China Launches The Long March 5, Its Largest Ever Rocket

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China Long March 5 Rocket

The 879-ton rocket flew an experimental satellite into space

China's space program took a huge step forward on Nov. 3, when the 879 ton rocket flew an experimental satellite into space.
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