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A Famous Pianist Serenades Endangered Tortoises, To Get Them In The Mood
Let's Get It OnWikimedia Commons The world's most successful pianist visited the London Zoo to provide a sexy soundtrack, but the tortoises were not impressed. When you're an endangered species, people...
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A Shattered-Glass Dog And Other Amazing Photos From This Week
Shattered-Glass Dog Polish artist Marta Klonowska makes life-size animals, like this not-so-cuddly dog, out of precisely broken shards of glass. Marta Klonowska via ColossalIncluding robot elephants, a...
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Fox News Claims Germany Has More Solar Power Than U.S. Because It's Sunnier...
Why Germany Generates More Solar PowerE. ElertActually, Germany has significantly less sun--they're just putting their rays to better use. In this segment of Fox & Friends, called "Pulling the...
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This Week In The Future: From Tiny Drones, With Love
This Week In The Future, February 4-8, 2013BaarbarianIn the future, lovebirds will save the Postal Service. Want to win this awesome Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It's easy! The rules: Follow...
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Fact Check: Ex-Cop Fugitive Christopher Dorner Is Not Being Hunted By Drones
MQ-1 Predator UAVWikimedia CommonsA tale of drones hunting Dorner may have made headlines, but it isn't true. What is true is that police have used drones to hunt suspects before. A couple days ago,...
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BigPic: An Aircraft-Fire Simulator Goes Up In Smoke
Flame On! The NASA Ames Fire Department practiced with Kellogg Community College's training plane last fall. Courtesy NASAOn command, Daddy's Girl Rose Etta II burns down--and burns through 800 gallons...
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5 Terrible Things The Internet Does To Our Love Lives
Digital LoveDreamstimeAnd why that's good for science. Happy Valentine's Day! If you're the kind of person who's even vaguely aware of Valentine's Day, you're probably either Yelping a good restaurant...
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How Do You Depress A Rat? Harass It With A Robot
Stress TestTakanishi Lab/Waseda UniversityA new robotic rat helps create models of depression in lab rats. Rats and mice are often instrumental in testing new drug treatments before they reach the...
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Robot Maker Willow Garage Announces "Change." What Does That Mean?
PR2 Eyes DowncastWillow GarageWhat will happen to all the awesome PR2s? Details are pretty scarce, but it sounds like some big and possibly unfortunate changes are coming down the pike at Willow...
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Near-Miss Asteroid Highlights Earth's Risk Of A Nuke-Sized Collision
2012 DA14NASA/JPL-Caltech"Earth is a moving target, traveling around the sun at 65,000 miles per hour. [Asteroid 2012 DA14] is missing us by only about 14 minutes."--former astronaut Ed Lu The asteroid...
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Researchers Give Lab Rats Terminator-Like Infrared Vision
A neuroprosthetic device lets lab rats see in wavelengths beyond the visual spectrum. Researchers at Duke university have developed a neuroprosthesis that gives rats the ability to detect infrared...
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Stream (Or Steal) This Documentary About Digital Piracy
TPB AFK takes a look at file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, and you can stream it here or download it straight from The Pirate Bay. Last week, a documentary about the legal woes of the file-sharing site...
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Dallas's New $185 Million Science Museum Looks Ahhhh-mazing
Perot Museum Of Nature And ScienceIwan Baan/Morphosis via ArchDailyEven if some might take issue with the science on display. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science opened in December with some serious...
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How Did We Know North Korea Tested A Nuke?
SeismographWikimedia CommonsWhen North Korea tests a new nuclear weapon, seismographs are the first to know. Early Tuesday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) data detected a 5.1...
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New Poll: Americans Expect A Human Mission To Mars In 20 Years
Mars PioneerNASABut this might be misguided, because people also think NASA gets way more money than it really does. Here's some optimistic news: 71 percent of Americans are confident humans will get...
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You're Playing Smartphone Games In The Bathroom, Aren't You? [Infographic]
Mobile Gaming On The RiseSponsorPaySome fun stats about mobile gaming. Mobile gaming is big because it's just so darn convenient. You can play a round of something in bed, in transit, or--no judging...
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The 10 Best Toys From Toy Fair 2013
Toy Fair 2013Amber WilliamsBritish-accented robots, smartphone-controlled electric paper airplane kits, 10-inch-tall battlebots, and more from this year's awesome Toy Fair in New York City. Click to...
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Students Kickstart A Do-Gooder Drone
A new drone that's a rescuer not a predator When you see this quadcopter drone flying at you, don't run or shoot it down -- it's coming to help. A lot of drones serve as spies, assassins, or toys. But...
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Obama's Finally Serious About Climate Change
State Of Energy President Obama addressed energy and the environment during Tuesday's State of the Union speech. In his State of the Union Address, Obama promised executive action to reduce pollution...
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Gene Therapy Cures Diabetic Dogs In Only One Shot
Puppies Against DiabetesWikimedia Commons After one treatment, beagles were symptom-free up to four years later. Five lucky diabetic beagles have been cured of their canine type 1 diabetes using gene...
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