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Climate Change Will Affect Non-White Americans Disproportionately
Trees and Streets in West Cambridge, Boston Metro Area, MassachusettsGoogle Earth image from Per Square MileThe effect holds true across the nation, according to a new study. Feel the heat? Sure you...
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Smog-Destroying Pavement Coating Can Cut Pollution In Half
Smart Pavement Ballari et al.Let them eat smog! A pavement coating tested in the Netherlands could reduce air pollution almost half, claims a paper in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. Tested over...
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True Color Of An Exoplanet Discovered For The First Time
Illustration of HD 189733bNASA, ESA, M. KornmesserLooks a bit like home! Looks a bit like Earth, doesn't it? You wouldn't find this planet very comfortable, however. Called HD 189773b, it's 1,000...
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Madagascar Species No Longer Evolving At Breakneck Speed
Giant Leaf-Tailed GeckoThis giant leaf-tailed gecko, one of the species studied in the paper, is displaying its bright red mouth to deter predators. Scary, kinda!Wikimedia CommonsHave we reached peak...
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Device Trains Blind People To 'See' By Listening
How The vOICe SeesThis image is reinterpreted as sound by the vOICe.Seeing With SoundSeeing without sight Researchers have found that newly blind people can learn to "see" with their ears. The key:...
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Language May Have Evolved Way Earlier Than We Thought
Neanderthal LifeNASANew research suggests our Neanderthal cousins might have been super chatty. Far from the traditional view of Neanderthals as heavy-grunting prehumans, a new theory suggests that our...
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Big Pic: The Solar System Has A Tail
Our Solar System's TailAn illustration of what our solar system's tail looks like, according to new observations from IBEX.NASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterWe thought there was something back there, but...
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The Periodic Table Of Humanity's Worst Vices [Infographic]
The Periodic Table of Social IssuesDorothyThe science of how much we suck From the design studio that created these cinematic star charts and musical color wheels comes a periodic table of human...
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Cadillac's Big Step Toward Automotive Autopilot
Automotive AutopilotA system in development integrates steering control with throttling and braking.Courtesy GMCadillac's Super Cruise has a processor that combines a camera, radar, and GPS data to...
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How I Tried Turning My Off-The-Shelf Drone Into A Weapon
Surveillance DronePRNewsFoto/Brookstone, Inc./ APThe unregulated, slightly terrifying frontier of personal flight My contact was a gruff, swarthy man, wearing a couple days' stubble, an immaculate...
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The World's Largest Building Is Open For Business
New Century Global CenterEntertainment Travel Group via InhabitatIt could fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses inside it and has its own artificial sun. The New Century Global Center, a behemoth Chinese...
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Obesity In The U.S., Visualized
Obesity In The U.S.Lih ChenA state-by-state view of the obesity epidemic. Inspired by a recent decision from the American Medical Association to start recognizing obesity as a disease, designer Lih...
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Big Pic: A Monster Waterspout Spins Over Florida
Waterspout In Tampa BayJeremy Kappell via io9The water tornado touched down in Tampa Bay this week, and some brave soul got video. Waterspouts, for the unfamiliar, are basically water-tornados, often...
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Finally, A Urinal You Can Wash Your Hands In
Urinal SinkStandIt's about time! Only about 5 percent of people wash their hands correctly. According to the same study, 15 percent of men and 7 percent of women don't even wash their hands at all....
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Nokia Introduces The 41-Megapixel Lumia 1020, Due For U.S. Soil
Nokia Lumia 1020NokiaAn embarrassment of pixels. At an announcement today, Nokia announced its newest, fanciest, yellowest smartphone to date: the Lumia 1020. Nokia makes great hardware, some of the...
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The X-47B Autonomous Warplane Lands On Aircraft Carrier
X-47B successfully lands on the U.S.S. George H.W. BushU.S. NavyYesterday, a robot made history. The X-47B, an experimental drone that flies itself, landed on the aircraft carrier U.S.S George H.W....
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When Do We Break Up Someone Else's Drunken Fight?
Take It OutsideAdriaen Brouwer via Wikimedia CommonsA new study examines when people decide not to mind their own business. When does alcohol-fueled conflict merit intervention? Not as often as you...
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After 33 Years, Team Wins Human-Powered Flight Contest
Human Powered FlightClick here to see this amazing image even larger.Ollie BlandThe winners of the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition will take home $250,000 and some serious...
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In Chicago, 3-D Printers Are Available To Anyone With A Library Card
MakerBot Replicator 2 MakerBotThe Harold Washington Library's new Maker Lab is free and open to the public. Get making! 3-D printing may be the way of the future, but for the average Joe, actually...
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Watch This Untrippable Robot Strut Its Stuff
Boston Dynamics' latest 'bot doesn't fall down easily. Boston Dynamics, makers of some of the coolest, most terrifying robots around, have already showed off prototypes of their humanoid Atlas robot,...
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