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How North Dakota Plans To Become The Drone Capital Of America
Draganflyer 6-rotor helicopter with cameraDraganflyWe chat with Al Palmer, director for the Center for UAS Research, Education and Training at the University of North Dakota, about creating a...
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Confirmed: Ancient Egyptian Jewelry Was Made From Meteorites
Egyptian BeadsPetrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Photo by Gianluca MiniaciBarraging ancient beads with tests tells archaeologists that jewelry came from space-rocks--and that iron-working was an...
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An In-Ear Brain Monitor Could Watch For Seizures Discreetly
Earpiece EEGLooney et al. via IEEE Life SciencesThe hearing-aid sized device could allow researchers to record EEG data over multiple days, even as patients move around. Measuring the brain's electric...
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The 10 Most Awesome College Labs Of 2013
Learn to blow things up for a living! John B. CarnettThinking about a science degree? Consider a lab where research meets white-knuckled adventure Each year, we scour the country for the coolest,...
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Big Pic: A Violent Young Star
A violent young starALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/ESO/H. Arce.New imagery from the Altacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and ESO's New Technology Telescope Like an especially unruly toddler, young stars...
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The 9 Coolest Space Photos From Astronaut Karen Nyberg
Sunset over the Rio de la PlataKaren NybergClick here to enter the galleryOur Earth can be a violent, desperate place. Sometimes it's nice to take a broader view and be reminded the blue marble can...
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Is It Possible To Escape From Everyday Surveillance?
And not hide in the woods? Is it possible to escape from everyday surveillance? Writing for New York Magazine and inspired by Edward Snowden's leak of the NSA PRISM program, Kevin Roose spent a day...
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Psychedelic Drugs Don't Make People Crazy, Study Says
Tripping On ScienceDreamstimeResearchers even found some associations between psychedelic drugs and fewer mental health issues. Contrary to what some anti-drug campaigns will have you believe, dropping...
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IPCC Surer Than Ever About Human-Caused Climate Change
Coal PlantA Intermountain Power Project coal-burning plant in UtahUtah Geological SurveyBut the international panel of experts is less sure how that will affect people in specific places. What debate?...
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What Blood Shows Scientists About Suicide Risk
Blood BiomarkersWikimedia CommonsA new study of bipolar patients brings researchers closer to creating a blood test for suicidal thoughts. Suicide was responsible for more deaths than motor vehicle...
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What Would Happen If I Ate A Teaspoonful Of White Dwarf Star?
Light MealiStock"Everything about it would be bad," says Mark Hammergren, an astronomer at Adler Planetarium in Chicago, beginning with your attempt to scoop it up. Despite the fact that white dwarfs...
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DARPA Wants To Build A Computer That Mimics The Human Brain
SyNAPSE ProgramThe Brain Wall, a neural network visualization tool built, was by IBM researchers as part of SyNAPSE, DARPA's project to mimic the mammalian brain.DARPAThe research group wants to...
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Tech-Law Blog Groklaw Shuts Down, Citing Government Surveillance
KolabKolab, the email service Jones switched to recently.KolabOne of the leading voices in discussing technology and law chooses to "get off the Internet to the degree it's possible." Groklaw is one of...
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Good Job, Humanity: As Of Today We Are Consuming More Than Earth Can...
Swirls of ice off the northern coast of JapanChris Hadfield via TwitterCue the slow clapping. Today is Earth Overshoot Day. Happy Earth Overshoot Day! Except, well, we don't much feel like celebrating....
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Crazy New Electric Car Folds Itself In Half To Park
Armadillo-T, folding itself in freaking halfKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyAn armadillo-inspired micro car from South Korea can shrink itself down to just 65 inches. This absolutely...
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Back-To-School Lunch: Students To See Healthier Fare This Fall
An Obama Administration act will phase in some school meal changes this year and next. Is that a whole-wheat pancake on your tray? When U.S. kids head back to school this fall, they'll see some changes...
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Iran Teaches Students How To Hunt Drones
You get an A+ in robot-hacking! Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard will teach Iranian teenagers how to hunt drones, according to reformist Iranian newspaper Etemaad daily and semi-official Fars news...
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The 4 Weirdest Jobs You Could Get At SpaceX Right Now
The SpaceX Dragon Craft Makes Contact With The International Space StationSpaceXA look at SpaceX's "open positions" page shows the company needs people in all types of positions, with a focus on its...
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This Truck Keeps The World's Largest Solar Plant Squeaky Clean
Solar ScrubberFive trucks use hydraulic and pneumatic arms to keep everything clean.Courtesy Masdar and Shams Power CompanyGetting the most out of the United Arab Emirates' Shams 1 solar panels Because...
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7 Amazing Living Fossils
Want to see history? You could go to a museum--or you could go to the zoo and check out these animals that haven't changed for tens of millions of years. Researchers recently uncovered a new and...
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