Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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When Typhoon Rammasun swept through the South China Sea in July, a tiny ship was trapped in its path. The deadly storm whipped up waves over 10 meters high and winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Any regular boat would have been smashed to pieces, but this craft just a few feet long sailed through without pausing in its work.
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NASA maps out geysers, finds evidence of liquid water on surface of Saturn moonupdated 1 day ago

On the surface of one of Saturn's icy moons, scientists have discovered the possible existence of a very important, life-sustaining element: liquid water.
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Repairing yourself: Self-healing buildings, bodies, and machinesupdated July 25, 2014

Crumbling buildings, burnt-out PCs, potholes, and cracked smartphone screens -- all these damaged goods could soon be distant memories, as a new generation of "self-healing" technologies emerge.
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Robot furniture that builds itselfupdated July 24, 2014

Imagine that the chair you're sitting on became a sofa on demand as the day moved from light to dark. Or if all your furnishings could move out of your way as you walk through a room. These thoughts could one day become reality through research being conducted at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL).
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Out of this world: The best selfies from spaceupdated July 22, 2014

"Gee whiz! Look at that horizon. It's curved a little bit and the clouds are way down there. I wonder what the picture's going to look like?" recalls famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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Now you feel it, now you don't: Nanomaterial cloaks the sense of touchupdated July 21, 2014

A real invisibility cloak may still be the stuff of fantasy, but scientists have figured out a way to hide objects from touch.
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Marines test new beach assault vehicleupdated July 16, 2014

Call it part tank, part boat and part beer cooler. But it's unquestionably all cool.
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After Apollo: Do we need to go back to the moon? updated July 16, 2014

"Neil Armstrong is going to walk on the moon on Monday, July 21st."
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Electronic noses sniff out cancerupdated July 16, 2014

It's the second most common cancer for men worldwide, but prostate cancer remains difficult to diagnose, with standard blood tests criticized for delivering a high rate of false positives.
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Here's what you learn when you put a baby mammoth in a 3-D scannerupdated July 16, 2014

Newly released 3-D images of two mummified baby mammoths provide a window into the lives and deaths of creatures that roamed Siberia over 40,000 years ago.
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Japan's robot revolutionupdated July 15, 2014

From an android newscaster, to a realistic humanoid, CNN's Will Ripley examines what's next for Japan's robot revolution.
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Space weather: Fine, with a chance of solar flaresupdated July 15, 2014

From Earth, the sun appears as a constant circle of light, but when viewed in space a brilliant display of motion is revealed.
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Elon Musk promises $1 million for Tesla museumupdated July 10, 2014

On Nikola Tesla's 158th birthday, it was the effort to build a museum in the influential scientist's honor that got the gift.
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Kill switch: breeding kamikaze mosquitoesupdated July 8, 2014

The Aedes Aegypti mosquito is just two to three millimeters long but its impact is devastating. Of the thousands of mosquito species, this one bears primary responsibility for one of the world's deadliest and fastest growing diseases.
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This robot valet will park your carupdated July 3, 2014

In Germany, high tech has come to airport parking.
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Forget selfies -- make way for 'dronies'updated July 3, 2014

Forget selfies. Those are so 2013.
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