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‘Dronestagram’ Shares Photos of Drone-Strike Targets Online
By sharing satellite photos and brief descriptions, writer hopes to make drone strikes seem less remote
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Bond Villains’ Evil Plans Could Have Worked Out in the Real World
There have been a range of ridiculous evil plans throughout the years. But which are the least ridiculous?
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NASA Uses Interplanetary Internet to Control Robot in Germany
We're not going to say these are the tools of the robot apocalypse. But, they're probably the tools of the robot apocalypse
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A Four-Point Plan For Feeding Nine Billion People
The world is set for food shortages as the population continues to climb. Here are four things we can do to stop it
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Having Trouble Finding the ISS in the Night Sky? Have NASA Text You
NASA will email or text you to let you know when the ISS will be in your area
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How Astronauts Take Such Beautiful Photographs in Space
How do astronauts capture such amazing photos? What gear do they use? What problems do they run in to?
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A Conservative Estimate For Dengue Fever Infections in India: 37 Million Each Year
Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
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Picking Up Bacteria Is Now As Easy As Playing a Video Game
Using your hands, a Microsoft Kinect, and some laser tweezers, you can push around nanoscale objects
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Researchers Find Fracking Might Cause Earthquakes After All
New research makes the previously-tangential relationship between fracking and earthquakes much more firm
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Island Nation Now Runs Entirely On Solar Power
A one-megawatt solar power plant now provides150% of the electricity demand of a small Pacific island nation
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One Day, Your House And Everything in It Could Be Made of Mushrooms
Houses, car parts, furniture--it could be a very mushroom-filled future
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Here’s Why We’re Not Living in an Ice Age (And Why That Matters for the Future)
The same feedback systems that took us from ice age to modern warmth are still around
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Finding Life on Other Planets May Be Even Harder Than We Thought
Some scientists think that to find advanced life, you need to look for an asteroid belt
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Some Places Hit by Sandy May See Another Big Storm Next Week
A possible nor'easter is brewing off the Atlantic shores
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Top Secret WWII Message Found In Surrey Chimney
A message, carried by a long-dead pigeon, was found 70 years later in a chimney
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In Canada, People Gladly Trade in Guns for Shiny New Cameras
Give up your pistol, get a new point-n'-shoot camera
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Newly Uncovered, 6,500-Year-Old Fortified Stone City the Oldest in Europe
This 350-person town is the oldest of its type found to date
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Dolphins Go Hunting In Fishers’ Nets
Dolphins deliberately enter trawlers' nets to look for food--sometimes they get caught
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The Closest Thing in Real Life to Myst’s Wormhole Book
A hand-built computer-in-a-book lets you play Myst in a replica linking book
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Laboratory Test Shows Psychics Aren’t Psychic (But Here’s How You Can Pretend To Be)
A controlled trial found that psychics lacked sight, but here are some tricks to help you fake it
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