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Germany is about to start up a monster machine that could revolutionize the way we use energy
For more than 60 years, scientists have dreamed of a clean, inexhaustible energy source in the...
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is haunting the ISS in a creepy Halloween mask
Astronaut Scott Kelly has made it through seven months of his year-long stay on the International Space Station, and it looks like the sheer isolation of living in space — the vast, ever-expanding swirl of nothingness that completely envelopes us all and serves as a constant reminder that we live…
The VergeGates hoping to inspire love of STEM through genealogy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. hopes to trigger a love for science, technology and math among American students by turning them on to searching for their family roots.
Associated PressGoblin Sharks and 'Skeletorus': 6 Scary Beasts to Haunt Your Halloween
Some sport extra-long fangs, while others perform ghoulish acts. Some roam the deep sea, while others haunt the land. But if there's one thing all of the animals listed here have in common, it's this: They are ready for Halloween 365 days of the year. Here are 10 creepy critters to contemplate as…
LiveScience.comNew controls means Sistine Chapel won't need more restoration: Vatican
By Philip Pullella and Hanna Rantala VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The success of a new high-tech air purification, climate control and lighting system means the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel will likely not have to be restored again, a Vatican official said. "In our opinion, the most interesting thing…
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NASA reveals more Pluto and moon pix
NASA has releaed more images of Pluto and its moon, Charon, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Reuters Videos1963 Nobel Prize auctions for almost $800,000
Dr. Alan Hodgkin's 1963 Nobel Prize sold for $795,614 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on Thursday.
CNBCNASA data center consolidation saves more than IT space
Kennedy Space Center takes first step towards optimized environment.
ZDNetHere's Why Mass Murder Bores You
When tons of people far away are reported dead and you just want a snack, there's a reason (other than character deficit) for your lack of empathy.
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Business InsiderPodcast: You can’t solve the space junk problem with an orbital garbage truck—yet
This week, Actuality goes orbital and finds it’s quite a mess. Satellites and space stations are dodging orbital trash, and there’s business opportunity in cleaning up—but no “sexy space garbage trucks” yet. Plus, a mysterious piece of space trash is coming back to earth. You can also listen and…
QuartzCrop Insurance Reform in Budget
Farm Bill after farm bill, I raised the issue of how farm subsidies left out our black and other small, limited-resource farmers. In 2007, the National Black Farmers Association released a joint study (ewg.org/research/short-crop) with the Environmental Working Group. The study highlighted how the…
Huffington PostThe More Severe-Burn Patients Eat, the Faster They Heal (Op-Ed)
Dr. Larry Jones, director of the Comprehensive Burn Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, contributed this column to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Patients with severe burns, understandably, suffer from substantially diminished appetites because they're in a…
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Winemakers will survive, international body says of climate change
(This version of the October 28th story corrects timing of Treasury Wine quote to last year from earlier this month in paragraph 8) By Sybille de La Hamaide and Pascale Denis PARIS (Reuters) - Good news for wine drinkers: a leading international body says grape vines are a hardy little number and…
ReutersBiotech exec: Monsanto's RTP exit doesn't de-accelerate Triangle ag-science
Local agriculture giants aren’t commenting on Monsanto’s decision to vacate Research Triangle Park, but Bayer CropScience, BASF, Syngenta and Novozymes are, without a doubt, watching the headlines. While the companies themselves have no comment on whether they're looking at the real estate,…
American City Business JournalsScientists announce progress toward better battery to power cars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have created a battery whose technology in principle could power electric cars and other energy-hungry devices far better than current lithium-ion batteries, but it remains years away from commercial use. Researchers at the University of Cambridge on…
Reuters2013 CIC Finalist Elizabeth Beattie Hunter on Girls in Stem and the Collegiate Inventor Competition
Just three years ago, Elizabeth (Beattie) Hunter was an undergrad engineering student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science and finalist in the Collegiate Inventors Competition. Elizabeth and her colleagues had submitted their capstone project, the Titan Arm.…
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Apple's First United Arab Emirates Apple Store
Technology giant opens its first retail store in the Arab world.
ABC News VideosUN weather body: Antarctic ozone hole expands due to cold
GENEVA (AP) — The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, U.N. and U.S. scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer remains on track to long-term recovery but residents of the southern hemisphere should be on watch for high UV levels in…
Associated PressThe US should fix immigration and patents or kiss its innovation edge goodbye
Management theorist Peter Drucker famously declared that companies must “innovate or die.” Washington today is full of similar warnings, based on the premise that the US is losing its innovation edge. The fear is that industrial and technological advancements in other countries—and in China in…
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