Thursday, October 11, 2018

Miracle Escape For U.S. - Russian Astronauts As Rocket Fails Mid-Launch -- News Roundup

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Daily Mail : Miracle escape for Space Station astronauts as rocket fails mid-launch: American and Russian hurtle back to Earth in h...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Google Drops Bid For $10 Billion Military Cloud Computing Contract Amid Employee Objections

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An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd WIegmann/File Photo Fortune: Go...
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Google Unveils New Products

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Google's new range: The firm unveiled the Home Hub, Pixel Slate and Pixel 3 at a New York event. It boasted AI technology is the core...

Are You Ready For YouTube's Mini-Player?

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YouTube's new mini-player allows viewers to browse while their current video plays in a smaller concern screen. PopSci Popular Scie...
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What Is Google Really Up To?

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Sky News Popular Mechanics: What Is Google Really Up To? The search giant's crusade against "annoying" ads isn't a...
Monday, October 8, 2018

Book Review: This Is How The Mona Lisa Was Saved During World War Two

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A new book reveals how Jacques Jaujard worked out a modus vivendi with the Nazis of civil co-existence which helped him to oversee the evacu...
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Hubble Space Telescope Has Been Hit By A Mechanical Failure

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Hubble has been been operational for 28 years BBC: Hubble telescope hit by mechanical failure The Hubble Space Telescope is operatin...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

How Do Some People Have The Ability To Quickly Learn And Speak Multiple Languages?

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Judith Thurman, New Yorker : People Who Speak Dozens of Languages What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us? Last May, Luis Miguel...

Close-Up Shark Pictures

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Kotteke.org: Close-up shark portraits I’m not sure how underwater photographer Todd Bretl manages to take such close-up snaps of sharks ...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

This Is How You Flip a Water Bottle

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Smithsonian: Hey Fellow Kids, This Is How You Flip a Water Bottle New paper by undergrads illuminates the physics behind the Water Bott...

Library Of Congress Digitizing Historic Archives

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CSN Editor: This is a cool video. From YouTube .... Reporting for Sunday TODAY, NBC’s Harry Smith takes a tour of the largest library in...
Friday, October 5, 2018

2018 Nobel Peace Prize -- News Roundup

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Daily Mail: Nobel Peace Prize is jointly awarded to a Yazidi former ISIS sex slave turned human rights activist and a Congolese doctor ...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Is The Pentagon Developing An Agricultural Bioweapon?

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Research programme with potential for dual use: scientists fear that the Insect Ally programme by the US could encourage other states to ...

Should The Nobel Prize Consider Diversity, Geography, And Gender When Awarding The Prize?

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Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards on the planet. This year's announcements have further highlighted questions about why so...

Apple’s Best Product Is Now Privacy

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Fast Company : Forget the new iPhones: Apple’s best product is now privacy Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple saw just how critical an i...

The Story Behind SpaceX

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The Falcon 1 rocket ascends toward space on its fourth flight. SpaceX Ars Techica: Inside the eight desperate weeks that saved SpaceX ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The Top 10 Most Expensive Books Ever Sold

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Luxatic: The Top 10 Most Expensive Books Ever Sold Used since hundreds of years ago, books are probably the most important step in man...

The $100 U.S. Bill Is The Most Popular Bill In The World

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Quartz: There are now more $100 bills than $1 bills in the world A funny thing happened on the way to a world of cryptocurrencies and mo...

Astronomers Have Found A Moon The Size Of Neptune In A Distant Star System

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An artist's concept of the star system where researchers think they've observed the first exomoon. Dan Durda Popular Science : ...

The Ultimate Guide To Cutting and Splitting Firewood

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Popular Mechanics : The Ultimate Guide To Cutting and Splitting Firewood From felled tree to kindling, how to safely turn fresh wood i...