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Google gathers 3D data with Street View »
Posted by: jeremytoday 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, a potential boon for those ...
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Are there nuclear reactors at Earth's core? »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Fission reactors may have been burning for billions of years.
(read more)Read (102) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at nature.com
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NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. The ...
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Astronomers baffled by weird, fast-spinning pulsar »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the ...
(read more)Read (114) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at reuters.com
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From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of "exergaming" »
Posted by: Jordan 1 year, 7 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
After hugely successful launches in Japan and Europe, Nintendo's Wii Fit exercise game is coming to the United States May on 19th, where it ...
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Teenager plans carrot 'panic buy' »
Posted by: Jordan 1 year, 7 months ago in Style
A teenager could be behind a surge in global carrot sales after setting up a popular Facebook page as a joke, urging people to "panic ...
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Low earnings at Nordstrom and Kohl's »
Posted by: Deidre 1 year, 7 months ago in Style
First-quarter earnings slid 24.2 percent at Nordstrom Inc. and 26.8 percent at Kohl's Corp. as both firms prepared investors for more difficulties ...
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Asian-antiquities expert held in SeaTac dies in custody »
Posted by: Deidre 1 year, 7 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
A renowned Asian-antiquities expert, indicted in Los Angeles in connection with a federal investigation into illegal trafficking of pilfered Southeast Asian art, died early Wednesday ...
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New time-lapse analysis could spell trouble for chemistry theory »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Chemists can now watch the structures of molecules as they change shape, much like shooting multiple frames of a galloping horse. The new view reveals ...
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Missing ecotourists located with satellite phone »
Posted by: Deidre 1 year, 7 months ago in News
Twelve American ecotourists who went missing Monday in China's earthquake used a satellite phone to let their loved ones know they are alive and ...
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Fla. to Consider Key Church-State Question »
Posted by: Deidre 1 year, 7 months ago in News
The potential repeal of a century-old Florida law barring state funding for religiously affiliated organizations is to be put before the voters there this fall ...
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Animal Prosthetics: A Leg Up on a Bad Break »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Family
Amputee animals have a hard life. In the last few years, more and more disabled creatures of different species are being helped by modern technology ...
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Astronomers measure temperature of the early universe »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
We cannot go back in time and stick a thermometer in the early universe, but astronomers have done the next best thing, using an indirect ...
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MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers ...
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Dunkin Donuts gives $1 million to Culinary Institute »
Posted by: Deidre 1 year, 7 months ago in Style
ith its pledge of $1 million to The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) announced today, Dunkin' Brands, Inc. becomes a founding donor of the college ...
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