NASA astronaut, first to fly untethered in space, dies at 80
NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2017
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Tribe will move from shrinking island to farm in Louisiana
Louisiana officials have chosen a sugar cane farm as the next home for residents of a tiny, shrinking island—a move funded with a 2016 federal grant awarded to help relocate communities fleeing the effects of climate change.
Environment
Dec 22, 2017
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Suit: Apple slowed iPhones, forcing owners to buy new ones (Update)
IPhone owners from several states sued Apple Inc. for not disclosing sooner that it issued software updates deliberately slowing older-model phones so aging batteries lasted longer, saying Apple's silence led them to wrongly ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 22, 2017
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Scientists identify hidden genetic variation that helps drive evolution
Identifying complex mutations in the structure of an organism's genome has been difficult. But in a new study published online in Nature Genetics, a research team led by J.J. Emerson, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary ...
Biotechnology
Dec 22, 2017
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Re-assessing Alaska's energy frontier
Less than 80 miles from Prudhoe Bay, home to the giant oil fields that feed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, lies the site of USGS' latest oil and gas assessment: the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and adjacent areas. Managed ...
Environment
Dec 22, 2017
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New study visualizes motion of water molecules, promises new wave of electronic devices
A novel approach to studying the viscosity of water has revealed new insights about the behavior of water molecules and may open pathways for liquid-based electronics.
Condensed Matter
Dec 22, 2017
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Electronically-smooth '3-D graphene': A bright future for trisodium bismuthide
Researchers have found that the topological material trisodium bismuthide (Na3Bi) can be manufactured to be as 'electronically smooth' as the highest-quality graphene-based alternative, while maintaining graphene's high electron ...
Nanophysics
Dec 22, 2017
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Scientists describe how solar system could have formed in bubble around giant star
Despite the many impressive discoveries humans have made about the universe, scientists are still unsure about the birth story of our solar system.
Astronomy
Dec 22, 2017
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Arecibo radar returns with asteroid phaethon images
After several months of downtime after Hurricane Maria blew through, the Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar has returned to normal operation, providing the highest-resolution images to date of near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon ...
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2017
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Bitcoin goes on wild ride and it may only get crazier (Update)
What's a bitcoin worth? Lately nobody knows for sure, but after a wild ride on Friday, it's worth a good deal less than it was Thursday.
Internet
Dec 22, 2017
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