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Amazing! NASA’s Time-Lapse Video of Sea Currents Creates a ‘Perpetual Ocean’(0)
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One photo captures 100,000 swarming stars in cluster(0)
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This Weekend’s ‘Supermoon’ Will be Year’s Largest(0)
Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month’s full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year’s biggest. Check out this Infographic The moon will swing in 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from our planet, offering skywatchers a spectacular view of an extra-big, extra-bright moon, nicknamed a supermoon. And not only does the moon’s perigee coincide with full moon this month, but this perigee will be the nearest to Earth of any this year, as the distance of the moon’s close approach varies by about 3 percent, according to meteorologist Joe Rao, SPACE.com’s skywatching columnist. This happens because the moon’s orbit is not perfectly circular. |
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From the Minds of Babes – Insights From the Youngest Intellects(0)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Seated in a cheerfully cramped monitoring room at the Harvard University Laboratory for Developmental Studies, Elizabeth S. Spelke, a professor of psychology and a pre-eminent researcher of the basic ingredient list from which all human knowledge is constructed, looked on expectantly as her students prepared a boisterous 8-month-old girl with dark curly hair for the onerous task of watching cartoons. Read More |
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Junior high school students build 358 mpg car(0)
Is Detroit looking for interns? |
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Cassini Telescope sees ‘snowball fight’ in Saturn ring(0)
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What Your Dog Says About Your Personality(0) They can’t talk, but dogs say a lot about their owners’ personalities, a new study has found. |
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10-Year-Old Invents Groundbreaking Video Game For The Visually Disabled(0)
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Are EVs worth it? Study helps calculate savings on emissions, fuel.(0) How much an EV saves on fuel or cuts greenhouse gas emissions depends on many variables, including gas prices and whether the local electric grid is fed mainly by coal power. The Union of Concerned Scientists helps out with the calculations. Read More |
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A Baby Quantum Internet Was Born Today(0)
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Amazing iPad App Helps Injured Woman Speak Again(0)
OMAHA, Neb. – Thirteen months ago, Judy Miles died on the operating table. Twice. |
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An Elephant on Mars? At Least According to This NASA Photo(0)
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WATCH: Autonomous Robot Band Plays the Beatles’ ‘Come Together’(0)
Today’s non-conformist robots don’t want to work in your factories and vacuum your floors, maaan. These babies were born — or more accurately, carefully constructed in a laboratory — to rock. Read More |
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Astronauts snap 1 millionth photo from Space Station(0)
Astronauts on the International Space Station have the ultimate 24/7 view of planet Earth, and the photo album to prove it: The shutterbug astronauts recently snapped the millionth photo from the orbiting lab. Read More |
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Mysterious animal-shaped structures are oldest known(0)
Manmade mounds shaped like orcas, condors and even a duck may be the oldest evidence of animal mounds outside of North America, according to former University of Missouri anthropologist. |
