 Robot Scout: Fly Me (Safely) to the Moon 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The first attempt to land humans on the moon -- Apollo 11 -- was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts ... | |
Pill that boosts productivity gaining favor, raising concerns among medical ethicists 3 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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In a place like Silicon Valley, where career prospects often hinge on a person's intelligence and ability to work hellishly long hours, "brain doping" probably was inevitable. | |
 Sims creator's long-awaited 'playing god' game hits stores 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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"Spore", the eagerly-awaited computer game five years in the making allowing people to play God by re-creating the universe, hits stores worldwide this week. | |
LHC switch-on fears are completely unfounded: new research paper 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to ... | |
Physicists investigate how time moves forward 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ... | |
 Astronomer Discovers Upper Mass Limit for Black Holes 4 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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There appears to be an upper limit to how big the universe’s most massive black holes can get, according to new research led by a Yale University astrophysicist. | |
 Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert 3 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said. | |
 Pyrenees glaciers will melt by 2050: Spanish study 7 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Climate change will melt the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains before 2050, a group of Spanish researchers said Friday. | |
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