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The planets of our solar system follow nice, predictable orbits, but it was not always so. In the chaotic early days of the solar system , Jupiter and its fellow giant planets seem to have migrated from their birthplaces into the stable orbits that we observe today
Read More »Expertise Provides Protection Against Bias
Money can’t buy you love.
Read More »Step Right Up And Guess the Star’s Age
Stars of the sky, like stars of the silver screen, hide their age well.
Read More »Carnival will watch your kids — until 3 a.m.
Carnival Cruise Lines is rolling out Camp Carnival Night Owls, a full schedule of late-night activities and nightly babysitting services until 3 a.m. for kids 11 and under.
Read More »Singh’s streak ends without a fight
PGT's Par 3: It's a shame that Vijay Singh let his majors streak ends at 67 without even trying to qualify for the U.S. Open.
Read More »Too Hard for Science? Seeing If 10,000 Hours Make You an Expert
Experiment Might Take Thousands of Volunteers and Decades of Effort In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people.
Read More »PGT: Singh no-shows at U.S. Open qualifier
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Read More »Can "Cambridge Crude" Sludge Revolutionize EV Battery Charging?
Breakthrough battery tech from MIT could mean recharging your EV would still involve the phrase "fill 'er up." MIT's been working on a really unusual new battery technology that turns upside-down the notions we currently have about rechargeable batteries. It involves a full rethinking of how a battery is designed, and could result in a reusable liquid that could be pumped into your battery to charge it in minutes
Read More »Xbox’s E3 Secrets Revealed: Voice-Controlled TV, Face-Scanning Avatars, New "Halos," More [Updated]
With mere moments to go before the E3 presentation where Microsoft will show its future wares, many of the choice details have leaked... Update 10:58am PST:
Read More »Facial wrinkles linked to weaker bones in new study
Menopausal women with lots of wrinkles have weaker bones, new study suggests
Read More »Not That Secure After All: Cryptography in a Connected World
You're not going to like hearing this: the arsenal of mental and physical resources is out there right now could easily bring down our cybersecurity system, which protects the trivial, such as emails, to the critical, think banking system. The only reason it hasn't happened yet: the intent hasn't been there. [More]
Read More »Yo-yo dieting better than staying obese
Losing weight and gaining it right back again is better for your health than remaining obese, according to a new study in mice.
Read More »The "New Normal" Weather
It seems like there is a new flood, tornado, or hurricane every day. Is this the kind of meteorological insanity we need to learn to expect? Snowpocalypse! Tornadoes! Floods! Climate change may seem like tired old news or ideological propaganda to some of us, but this year's weather has certainly been something to sit up and take notice of.
Read More »Mitch Hunter’s amazing new face: Transplant patient leaves hospital
Ten years after disfiguring accident, 30-year-old Indiana man gets full-face transplant
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