Science articles

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  Burn notice: NASA discovers that fireproof materials ignite in space

  By Carl Franzen on May 9, 2013 09:00 am + 27 comments

  Still frames showing a piece of cotton-fiberglass, similar to the cotton civilian clothing worn by Continue reading…

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  Google's Timelapse project shows how the Earth has changed over a quarter of a century

  By Matt Brian on May 9, 2013 08:14 am + 53 comments

  Google has expanded its mapping platform to launch a new project called Timelapse, taking you back Continue reading…

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  EasyJet will recreate Iceland volcanic eruption to test ash warning system

  By Matt Brian on May 9, 2013 05:29 am + 12 comments

  Budget UK airline Easyjet will help create an artificial volcanic ash cloud for the final test of Continue reading…

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  Virgin Galactic hires former NASA and military pilots to take passengers into space

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 8, 2013 10:56 am + 9 comments

  As Virgin Galactic prepares for its first commercial space flights planned for later this year, the Continue reading…

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  New technique could identify deadly superbugs within minutes

  By Amar Toor on May 8, 2013 09:30 am + 3 comments

  Researchers in the US have developed a technique that could prove critical in the fight against Continue reading…

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  Experimental headsets let you see the invisible, hear the inaudible

  By Matt Brian on May 8, 2013 05:18 am + 16 comments

  Students at the Royal College of Arts in London have designed headsets capable of augmenting the Continue reading…

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  SpaceX signs three-year deal with Spaceport America to test Grasshopper reusable rocket

  By Sam Byford on May 8, 2013 03:49 am + 2 comments

  SpaceX has secured a three-year lease to make use of New Mexico's Spaceport America. The commercial Continue reading…

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  Straightforward robot girl tells you if your breath stinks

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 7, 2013 09:09 pm + 13 comments

  There’s no polite way to tell someone their feet or breath stink, leaving society with one clear Continue reading…

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  Google's Deep Learning project and the search for a brain-like computer

  By Adi Robertson on May 7, 2013 10:54 am + 28 comments

  Stanford Professor Andrew Ng is bringing back the idea of an artificial intelligence that can think Continue reading…

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  Visualize every meteorite observed hitting the earth over the past 4,500 years

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 7, 2013 10:53 am + 8 comments

  It's rare to actually witness a meteorite falling toward Earth. Only 1,042 meteorites were observed Continue reading…