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The State of The Guardian's SOTU Infographic Is...Dumber
Dumb and DumberThe GuardianThis chart tells you that "the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined" over time. The problem is, it's wrong. Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama's State of...
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Why Obama's Executive Order On Cyberdefense Is So Important
Learning CyberwarWikimedia CommonsObama talked about the need for cyberdefense during the State of the Union Address last night. It's high time: America has been playing offense for years, now it's...
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Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab
iDichoticScreenshots via iTunes StoreA new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing. Josef Bless, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway,...
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Toy Fair 2013: Watch This Guy Bounce A Bubble Made With Soap And Dry Ice
Watch it bounce, then vanish in a puff of smoke! Playing with bubbles is fun and all, but you know what's more fun? Playing with smoke bubbles. Even more fun: Playing with smoke bubbles, then bouncing...
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This Is Why It's A Mistake To Cure Mice Instead Of Humans
Wild Lab Mouse Turns out they're nothing like humans, sometimes. Tambako the JaguarGenetic evidence that the mouse model is broken for some serious diseases. The good news for mice is that humans have...
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Live From The White House: A Q&A About Climate And Energy
UPDATE: Thanks, everyone, for your great questions! We'll post a recap of the Q&A in about a day. Our own senior editor Paul Adams is at the White House today at 4 p.m., conducting a live-streamed...
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Cyber Command Is Hiring Big Time
Navy Cyber Defense Operations CommandWikimedia CommonsWhile most of the US military is bracing itself for the belt-tightening that will come with scheduled budget cuts, Cyber Command is looking to...
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A Glimpse At Raytheon's Terrifying People-Tracking Software
Good guys can use social media to find out all about bad guys, and bad guys can use social media to find out all about you. In this screencast obtained by The Guardian, an investigator at the defense...
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We Have Life! Scientists Confirm Microbes Beneath Antarctic Glaciers
Lake Whillans What six inches of lake looks like half a mile under an Antarctic glacier, it's not much but some call it home. Dr. Alberto Behar, JPL/ASUFor real this time! In the race to find Earth's...
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Technology Means The End Of Reviewers Fudging Numbers
A Most Peculiar Test DriveElon MuskTesla now logs data for all test drives taken by journalists. This could be a scarily exposed new world for "creative" reviewers, in which fudging numbers could be a...
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A Computer Program Uncovers The Evolutionary History Of Words
Software performs feats of historical linguistics. Languages are hard; it takes a trained ear to tease out not just the verbiage but the idiomatic expressions, the tone, the regional trends and...
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World's First Bionic Eye Receives FDA Approval
First Bionic EyeSecond SightThe new retinal prosthesis, called Argus II, can restore partial sight to people blinded by a degenerative eye disease. This morning, I was speaking with Brian Mech, the...
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How Powerful New Telescopes Are Helping Us Spot More Asteroids, Maybe Just In...
NASA is watching closer than ever as another space rock gives Earth a close shave. Soon, we'll get even closer as a new spacecraft visits an asteroid. A giant space rock is hurtling toward Earth eight...
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5 Things Apple's Smartwatch Needs To Do To Not Suck
Neptune Android Watch What could be more comfortable to type on than a 2.4-inch screen attached to your wrist? Oh wait. NeptuneIt's so easy! Except for the fact that literally nobody else has ever...
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Scientists Engineer Mice That Can't Feel The Cold
Mice On IceRama via Wikimedia CommonsAnd that could mean better pain medication. In the depths of winter, nothing seems as tempting as the inability to feel how frostbitten your toes are. Thanks to a...
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A Jilted Babylonian Scribe Wrote This Heartbreaking Love Letter 4,000 Years Ago
"Modern science deciphers ancient love letters" September 1939Popular Science archivesHappy Valentine's Day from the Popular Science archives. Thousands of years ago, a hurt and confused Babylonian man...
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Report: Army Cancels Hybrid Airship Project [Updated]
LEMV at nightUS Army via Wikimedia CommonsOnce seen as the future of surveillance, the Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle has been terminated, InsideDefense.com reports. Is the military airship...
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NYT Tesla Model S Tester Responds To Elon Musk's Accusations
Tesla Model S, Full Frontal Tesla says the 3,825-lbs Model S, which is powered by a similar all-electric powerplant as the roadster, will get from zero to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds, around the same as a...
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Videos: Space Rock Explodes Over Russia, Slams Into Building
Incoming! A fireball streaks across the sky on February 15, 2013, as seen from the vantage of a Russian driver's dash-mounted video camera. NEproskochil/YouTubeA space rock detonated into flames and...
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Meteorite Blasts Russia [Live Update]
Fireball in the sky! ScreenshotA meteorite streaked through the sky Friday morning, exploding over central Russia. Plant your eyeballs here for the latest updates. 3:15 p.m. EST:Russia Today writes...
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