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Californians are experiencing some unusually nasty winter weather this week as an "atmospheric river" passes through most of the state, bringing howling winds and heavy rain.The storm arrived on Tuesday night (Feb. 12) in Northern Californi...
science / science - 5 years ago
The Mars rover Opportunity has died, NASA announced yesterday (Feb. 13). A layer of dust likely coated its solar panels, preventing it from juicing itself up after a 2018 sky-blackening dust storm on the Red Planet.But why couldn't NASA launch a...
science / science - 5 years ago
NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. The little solar-paneled robot apparently ran out of battery power during the Red Planet's awesome 2018 dust storm, and after one last attempt to contact it, NASA concluded yesterday (Feb. 13) that t...
science / science - 5 years ago
Swapping out regular soda for diet versions might seem like a healthy move. After all, it keeps you from consuming about 150 extra calories and 39 grams of sugars for every 12-ounce can you drink...
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On Wednesday, Darla Shine expressed her anti-vaccination views in a series of tweets in response to a CNN report on the measles outbreak in the United States. “The entire Baby Boom population alive today had the #Measles as kids. The MMR is the mea...
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The scratching of the superjumbo jet Airbus A380 echoes the sad fate of the supersonic Concorde, another feat of aviation technology that turned out to be a commercial flop. It was the first computer-controlled commercial aircraft in history and als...
science / science - 5 years ago
And it also comes with six ports and can quick-charge all your devices.
science / science - 5 years ago
Amazon.com Inc., which was previously ranked number one, dropped to fourth. Both stocks have been among the market’s strongest performers in recent years, although the gains in Amazon have far eclipsed the rally in Alphabet shares.
science / science - 5 years ago
Bitcoin’s wild ride -- it gained 1,400 percent in 2017, only to plunge in 2018 -- put off many casual buyers and made the tokens palatable only for true believers and those with high pain thresholds. Harnessing some of the gains while limiting losse...
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A polar vortex had descended on Chicago. I was preparing to fly in, scheduled to present a seminar at the University of Chicago. My boyfriend warned, from Massachusetts, that the wind chill effectively lowered the temperature to -50 degrees F. I’...
science / science - 5 years ago
"It is clear that we are responsible for our planet warming at an alarmingrate," Rep
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Former Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould quit unexpectedly on Tuesday after a newspaper reported she had been pressured by Trudeau's team to go easy on SNC-Lavalin Group Inc last year when she was justice minister and attorney general....
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Maduro lashed out at the congress leader, Juan Guaido, saying in an interview that he would face the courts "sooner or later" for violating the constitution, after Guaido invoked constitutional provisions last month to assume an interim presidency....
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After more than eight months without contact, NASA tried one more time to revive the Mars rover Opportunity before bidding it farewell – and failed.
science / science - 5 years ago
Now Republicans have pivoted to actually talking-about-talking-about a solution. Also, cows and planes.