20 years after Katrina, New Orleans remembers
Twenty years earlier, Ivor Van Heerden alerted of impending catastrophe in New Orleans. Are his cautions still going unheeded? A guy is stranded on a roof in the consequences of…
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Ancient DNA suggests ancestors of Estonians, Finns and Hungarians lived in Siberia 4,500 years ago
The Saami individuals, who are native to Finland, speak a Uralic language. (Image credit: Getty Images ) Contemporary speakers of Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian have considerable Siberian origins, a brand-new…
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Robots eating other robots: The benefits of machine metabolism
If you specify “metabolism” loosely enough, these robotics might have one. For years we’ve been attempting to make the robotics smarter and more physically capable by simulating biological intelligence and…
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Scientists detect gargantuan ‘pimple’ that has plagued a star for at least 7 years
Sunspots photographed in 2014. Areas that are this little are challenging to find on far-off stars, considering that they lead to brightness changes that are too tiny to prevent being…
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Why is heart cancer so rare?
When heart cancer does occur, it can be especially severe. (Image credit: Olga Pankova by means of Getty Images) Why is heart cancer so uncommon?– Jackson, age 12, Davis, California…
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Virginia opossums: The American marsupials that have barely changed since the time of the dinosaurs
The earliest recognized family members of opossums appeared over 65 million years back. (Image credit: Leonid Korchenko/Getty Images) FAST FACTS Call: Virginia opossum(Didelphis virginiana Where it lives: Central and The…
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Microsoft to stop using China-based teams to support Department of Defense
Recently, Microsoft revealed that it would no longer utilize China-based engineering groups to support the Defense Department’s cloud computing systems, following ProPublica’s examination of the practice, which cybersecurity specialists stated…
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This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable
Earth has to do with 71 percent water. A frustrating 97 percent of that water is discovered in the oceans, leaving us with just 3 percent in the kind of…
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Could we ever build a transatlantic tunnel?
To reduce chauffeur tiredness, building and construction employees in China set up an LED ceiling on part of a 6.7-mile-long(10.8 kilometers)expressway tunnel under Taihu Lake. Could we ever make a…
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Science news this week: Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen
In this week’s science news, we found out that the interstellar item speeding through our planetary system is the biggest of its kind ever seen, while specialists pressed back on…
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