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Afghan girls will be allowed into US for robotics contest

Jul 13 2017

Afghan girls will be allowed into US for robotics contestWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.

No need to worry, just hundreds of thousands of fire ants forming living towers

Jul 13 2017

No need to worry, just hundreds of thousands of fire ants forming living towersScientists have made a terrible, yet fascinating, discovery: fire ants can form into livi

Astronomers just discovered the smallest star ever

Jul 13 2017

Astronomers just discovered the smallest star ever

We typically think of stars as colossal balls of fusion-driven fire that absolutely dwarf everything else, but researchers just made a discove

Harry Reid, Nevada governor push bipartisan energy effort

Jul 13 2017

Harry Reid, Nevada governor push bipartisan energy effortCARSON CITY, Nev.

No monkeying around: Court weighs if animal owns its selfies

Jul 13 2017

No monkeying around: Court weighs if animal owns its selfiesSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A curious monkey with a toothy grin and a knack for pressing a camera button was back in th

MIT Media Lab uses machine learning to analyze how neighborhoods improve

Jul 13 2017

MIT Media Lab uses machine learning to analyze how neighborhoods improveResearchers at MIT and Harvard used a computer vision system to analyze more than a million pairs of stree

Surge in crop circles caused by drone users, police say

Jul 12 2017

Surge in crop circles caused by drone users, police sayA recent surge in crop circles is being caused by drone users who upload their aerial footage on social media, a police force has said a

Scientists Just Teleported an Object Into Space for the First Time

Jul 12 2017

Scientists Just Teleported an Object Into Space for the First TimeIt's the first time that was ever done


A frozen chunk of land that scientists thought would never thaw is melting — and the effects could be catastrophic

Jul 12 2017

A frozen chunk of land that scientists thought would never thaw is melting — and the effects could be catastrophic

Americans Are Really Bad at Drawing These 3 States

Jul 12 2017

Americans Are Really Bad at Drawing These 3 StatesWhile some of the results were to be expected, other states were surprisingly confounding.


Just how big is this new, trillion ton Antarctic iceberg, anyway?

Jul 12 2017

Just how big is this new, trillion ton Antarctic iceberg, anyway?The iceberg that broke off from Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf between July 10 and July 12 is gargantuan.

The 7 best views of the Larsen C iceberg breaking off Antarctica

Jul 12 2017

The 7 best views of the Larsen C iceberg breaking off AntarcticaA giant iceberg breaking off Antarctica is a disconcerting sight, but it's also fascinating to watch.

‘Expect more turbulence’: Five ways climate change will affect air travel

Jul 12 2017

‘Expect more turbulence’: Five ways climate change will affect air travelIt’s an inconvenient truth that jetting off to foreign shores for your holidays directly contribute

3D TVs could come back from the tech graveyard, thanks to this new display

Jul 12 2017

3D TVs could come back from the tech graveyard, thanks to this new display3D TV is dead. Buried. Done. Or so it seemed.

Australian man checks single beer can as luggage for flight

Jul 12 2017

Australian man checks single beer can as luggage for flight