This has been a month of extreme weather around the world
Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange.
Environment
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Google puts virtual reality in reach with cardboard
Google said this week one of its least expensive innovations—virtual reality headgear made of cardboard—has become a huge hit.
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 29, 2015
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EPA says first day of oil spill spent 'planning'
On the afternoon of the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, graduate student Natalie Phares quickly organized a volunteer bucket brigade to clean a beach north of Santa Barbara.
Environment
May 29, 2015
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Insect mating behavior has lessons for drones
Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter's pheromone (odor) plume, often flying hundreds of meters to do so. Two strategies are involved to accomplish this: males must find the outer envelope of the pheromone ...
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2015
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Amazon ups Ohio jobs to 1,000, begins collecting sales taxes (Update)
Amazon has selected Ohio as a major Midwest hub for its cloud computing operations, a decision the governor hailed Friday as a victory for the high-tech future of a state whose legacy was built on heavy manufacturing.
Business
May 29, 2015
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Snapchat gets $537 million in fresh funding
Snapchat on Friday informed US regulators that it has raised $537 million in a new round of equity funding that could climb as high as $650 million.
Internet
May 29, 2015
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Modeling storm surge to better protect Texas
The recent floods in Texas have caused some of the worst flooding since Hurricane Ike in 2008, causing the rainiest month in the state's history.
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2015
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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: Unlocking the secrets of dark matter and dark energy
At a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th, construction officially began of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). This ambitious international astrophysics project is slated to start ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2015
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Researchers engineer E. coli to produce new forms of popular antibiotic
Like a dairy farmer tending to a herd of cows to produce milk, researchers are tending to colonies of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) to produce new forms of antibiotics—including three that show promise in fighting ...
Biochemistry
May 29, 2015
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Two NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Andres intensify
The first tropical depression of the eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season strengthened into tropical storm Andres. NASA's Aqua and Global Precipitation Measurement mission core satellite both provided information showing ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2015
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