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Shakespeare: Hoarder, Playwright, Fake? A Physicist Turns To Statistics For...
William Shakespearevia WikipediaIn the absence of solid evidence, statistics can help you decide for yourself. Shakespeare was a grain hoarder and a flagrant tax evader, according to a new study that...
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Obama Launching Massive Initiative To Map The Human Brain
NeuronsPatrick Hoesly on FlickrA coalition of scientists, with government funding starting at $100 million in 2014, will map brain circuitry in action. We've been expecting this announcement since...
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Distant Black Hole Wakes Up To Grab A Light Snack
Black Hole Snack A normally quiet black hole woke up to snack on a super-Jupiter, seen in this screengrab from a computer simulation. ESALater this year, the black hole in our own galaxy will do the...
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This Weird Crafty Fish Can Make Itself Invisible--And We Don't Know How
It fools prey into thinking it's not even there. Is it using some kind of never-before-seen chemical camouflage? The pirate perch, Aphredoderus sayanus, is a very strange creature: it's a small fish,...
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How Robots Are Revolutionizing Our World [Sponsored Post]
TRP Robotics AnalystWe're all familiar with images of lurching robots performing rote tasks on the factory production lines. But the capabilities of robots have evolved well beyond the banality of...
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Massive Digital Archive Contains Nearly Every Moment Of Beyoncé's Life Since...
Beyoncé in Central Park in 2011asterix611 on Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0We're living in the age of the completely documented existence. Beyoncé owns all likenesses of herself, and there are probably way...
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Baidu Working On Chinese Version Of Google Glass, Called Baidu Eye
Anyone Know?screenshot by Dan NosowitzChina's biggest internet company attempts another ripoff. Baidu, the kind of bizarro Chinese Google, is rumored to be working on a take on Google's latest...
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Three Smart New Ways To Actually Block Robocalls
Detecting Fraudulent CallsFrom "Nomorobo Demo Video" by Aaron Foss on YouTubeThe "Do Not Call" list sucks. Winners of a Federal Trade Commission contest propose some high-tech strategies to finally...
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Over Time, Nuclear Power Would Kill Fewer People Than Petroleum
Nuclear Power Plant in GermanyWikimedia CommonsJames Hansen, climate change researcher and activist, is retiring from NASA, but not without making some new waves. Using nuclear power for energy instead...
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NASA Is Using Tech From The Columbia Crash Investigation To See How Trees Fail
Research TreeNASAStereo photogrammetry will tell engineers if a tree falls in the forest. Stereo photogrammetry is a process used to determine the strain on a certain structure, which is why it was...
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These Are Immune Cells Grown In Space
Monocytes Grown In The International Space Station Fluorescence in these cells highlight actin and vinculin, two proteins involved in making the cell move. ESA/MIA G.PaniScientists have been studying...
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In Attempt To Break Gridlock, Los Angeles Becomes First City To Synchronize...
All of the Lights The view from Seventh Street in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, looking west toward the Bullocks Wilshire building. The Hollywood Hills are in the background. Wikimedia CommonsThe...
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China Makes 50% Of Your Stuff. How Many Chinese Brands Can You Actually Name?
Huawei Ascend P2 The recently-announced Huawei Ascend P2 is the company's flagship smartphone. Have you ever heard of it? Have you ever even heard of Huawei? HuaweiBefore you click through, think about...
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Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use
Mobile solar panels at the Nellis Air Force Base in NevadaNellis AFBAnd by 2020, the solar industry will have completely "paid back" the energy it took to produce the world's panels. Solar panels make...
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Watch This Golf Cart-Hovercraft Fly Over Hazards Like They're Nothing
Never get caught in the rough again. Golf carts aren't exactly marvels of horsepower, but that doesn't mean they can't be unique. Take this hovercraft-cart, for example. It's actually a promotion for...
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The Most Powerful Supercomputer Of 2009 Is Already Obsolete
Roadrunner Supercomputervia wikimedia commonsRoadrunner, the first petaflop computer, is being decommissioned at the ripe old age of five. Computers grow up so fast these days. The Roadrunner...
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A Muscle-Controlled Virtual Reality System
Researchers create a virtual environment system in which you can pick up fake objects with real effort. Maybe this is how we'll work out in the future: throw on a pair of shorts, strap on our virtual...
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Gallery: April 2013's Hottest Gadgets
A waterproof MP3 player, a boot that adapts to terrain, a football that can soar 100 yards and more
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The Goods: April 2013's Hottest Gadgets
Apex KeyboardCourtesy SteelSeriesA dozen great ideas in gear. Click here to enter the gallery
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Space Station's Giant Antimatter Magnet Finds Abundance Of Mysterious Particles
AMS on the ISSNASAThe Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's first results could be evidence of dark matter. Right in Earth's neighborhood, space is positively bubbling with high-energy antimatter particles--a...
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