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NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface...
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New research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to the demise of large mammals in Africa over the last...
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Using machine-learning and an integrated photonic chip, researchers from INRS (Canada) and the University of Sussex (UK) can now customize the properties of...
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A new method for simultaneous measurement of 71 inorganic elements in liquids -- including water, beverages, and biological fluids -- makes element testing...
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Not all stars are like the sun, so not all planetary systems can be studied with the same expectations. New research from a...
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Transition-metal complexes -- that is a cumbersome word for a class of molecules with important properties: An element from the group of transition...
Tech: Explaining a fastball’s unexpected twist — (Report)
An unexpected twist from a four-seam or a two-seam fastball can make the difference in a baseball team winning or losing the World...
Tech: Making X-ray microscopy 10 times faster — (Report)
Microscopes make the invisible visible. And compared to conventional light microscopes, transmission x-ray microscopes (TXM) can see into samples with much higher resolution,...
Tech: Electrical cable triggers lightweight, fire-resistant cladding discovery — (Report)
A University of Melbourne researcher has led the successful development of an organic, non-combustible and lightweight cladding core -- a product that was...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...