Science, Technology and Knowledge

Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State-Owned Russian Oil Company

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Kepler astronomers discover ancient star with five Earth-sized planets

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A rare, risky mission is underway to re

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NASA looking at nuclear thermal rockets to explore the solar system

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Lab unveils 'heart-on-a-chip'

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Stratospheric solar plane makes first test flight

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The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever

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Seismologists Say A Fault Is At Fault For Irving Earthquakes

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Fascinating pictures show how Lockheed built the top secret SR-71 blackbird for the U.S. Air Force – which is STILL the fastest ever plane after 39 years

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On Darwin Day, 5 facts about the evolution debate

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Japan: Robot taxis get the green light for 2016

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Solar System’s Heliosphere Much More Compact, Rounded than Previously Thought

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Facebook and Microsoft to install “megacable” between Spain and US

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Cancer-fighting viruses win approval

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2 Jurassic Mini-Mammals Discovered in China

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Scientists just created the coldest substance on Earth, and it has some really weird properties

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129 Climate Scandals

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Search for Extraterrestrial Life Gets Help From Powerful New Tools

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Record breaking black hole pushes the limits of physics.

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A way to use water to convert methane into methanol

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Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan

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Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Kill Jobs, and Not Just for Drivers

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Computer scientists have created the most accurate digital model of a human face. Here’s what it can do

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Google AI algorithm masters ancient game of Go

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Update: AP’s Seth Borenstein at it again hyping Antarctic melt fears – Recycles same claims from 2014, 1990, 1979, 1922 & 1901! – Climate Depot’s Point-By-Point Rebuttal

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Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

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The world's fastest human-powered vehicle just topped 85 mph

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Self-repairing roads could also charge your electric car. The days of endless roadwork and range anxiety might be over.

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Battered Earth revived by mineral weathering after mass extinction

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Why Automakers Should Fear Apple, Not Tesla

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Scientists: Orbital Variations Main Cause of Climate Change

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New study determines there are too many studies

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State Department computer network goes dark after 'Russian' hackers infiltrate email systems

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Obama says doesn't text, tweet, or have a smart phone that records

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Welcome to Pleistocene Park

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Starfleet was closer than you think

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DNA editing of human embryos alarms scientists

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Here's the video of NASA's epic dive through Saturn's gap

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New Paper: Geothermal Heat A Leading Driver Of Surface Temperatures

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Another Arctic ice panic ends as world temperatures plummet

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Talking 'Interstellar' With Jonathan Nolan And Kip Thorne

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Researchers create first self-assembled superconductor

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How to weigh the Milky Way

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A Human-Made “Bubble” of Radio Waves Could Be Shielding Earth From Radiation

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Chesapeake Bay pollution extends to early 19th century

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U.S. Lawmaker Wants NASA Working on Interstellar Propulsion

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IU scientists create 'nano-reactor' for the production of hydrogen biofuel

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An Uber executive says driverless cars will hit the road ‘sooner than you think'

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Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

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Discovery in the early universe poses black hole growth puzzle

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One Week Into Spring And The Great Lakes Still Mostly Covered In Ice

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A wrinkle in space-time confirms Einstein’s gravitation

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Tennessee to be honored on periodic table of elements

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Could we get to Mars in 39 DAYS? Nasa selects companies to develop super fast deep-space engine

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Is this ET? Mystery of strange radio bursts from space

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Fukushima radiation has reached North American shores

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Listen up: Windows 10 updates will be mandatory for home users

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Astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disc surrounding a young star. The discovery reaffirms that the conditions that spawned the Earth and Sun are not unique

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Antarctic Ice Sheets Stable For Millions Of Years, New Study Finds

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AI detective analyses police data to learn how to crack cases

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Bespoke Produce? A New Farming Venture Tweaks Veggies To Suit Consumers’ Needs

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Nano-bullet tech shoots down brain cancer in Tel Aviv U study

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Analysis Confirms Global-Warming-Defying Protracted Northern Hemisphere Winter!

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Meteorologist: Northeast Has Snowiest Winter Since 1717

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Methane-munching microbes living in the deep biosphere for 400 million years: An analogue for extra-terrestrial life

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China starts assembling world's biggest radio telescope

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Scientists working in East Africa say they've unearthed the oldest stone tools ever found. They were apparently made 500,000 years before the human lineage evolved.

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Spacecraft Returns Its First Data on Martian Solar Irradiance

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Elon Musk Is Allegedly Working With The Pentagon To Build A Real-Life Iron Man Suit

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Japan planning moon mission: space agency

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THEWEATHERMOGIL: U.S. snow cover a Dec. 1 maximum; Climate Conference take note.

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Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm

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NASA decides not to put astronauts on the first launch of its very delayed new rocket

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Latest fast radio burst adds to mystery of their source

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Shocker on CBS: Earth 'Not As Warm...As the Climate Models Predicted'

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This creepy video was taken by a digital camera that never needs power

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Humanity won't survive another 1,000 years unless it escapes Earth, physicist Stephen Hawking warns

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Hidden, Briny Heart of Antarctica's 'Blood Falls' Uncovere

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Researcher says a sinking Santa Catalina could pose tsunami threat

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Francis Is Out of His Element: The Pope Should Focus on Fighting Poverty, Not Climate Change

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Catalyst for the carbon-free production of hydrogen gas from ammonia

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‘Irreversible’ Arctic Ice Loss Seems To Be Reversing Itself

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NASA will pay $5000 for your best ideas on what you'd need to survive on Mars

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Naked singularity might evade cosmic censor

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Has Facebook finally popped its filter bubble? Not quite

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Mysterious Light Flashes 1st Spotted by Carl Sagan Explained

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Carbon Nanofoam – The World’s Lightest Material

Started by Dexter

3-D printed ovaries produce healthy offspring

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3 Dead, Liverless Sharks Wash Ashore in Weird Whodunit

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There's no denying this label packs a political punch

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Paper: Climate Policy Models Are ‘Useless’

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Earth's atmosphere more chemically reactive in cold climates

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Carl Sagan's Solar Sail Is Ready For Its First Test Flight

Started by Dexter

B.C. doctor says perfect vision possible with Bionic Lens

Started by Dexter

Researchers create a T-shirt that monitors the wearer's breathing rate in real time

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These engineers 3D printed a mini jet engine, then took it to 33,000 RPM

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IBM's Watson computer can now do in a matter of minutes what it takes cancer doctors weeks to perform

Started by Dexter

Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%

Started by Dexter

'Saddle-shaped' universe could undermine general relativity

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GOP Wants Review of Internet Governance Handover

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