Limits of endurance as marathon stars run out of time
The Olympic motto is "Faster, Higher, Stronger", but what if we have reached the limits of the human body?
Other
Nov 3, 2017
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Climate science update: bad news gets worse
Scientists monitoring Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news in 2017, adding to the urgency of UN talks in Bonn next week tasked with ramping up efforts to tame global warming.
Environment
Nov 3, 2017
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Hundreds of dead sea turtles found floating off El Salvador
Hundreds of dead sea turtles have been found floating off El Salvador's Pacific coast, leaving officials scratching their heads as to what caused the massacre.
Ecology
Nov 3, 2017
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Drones become crime-fighting tool, but perfection is elusive
The armed robbery suspect hiding out in a camper in rural Michigan heard state troopers closing in, so he dashed into a field and crouched among the 6-foot-tall cornstalks. What he didn't know was that police had eyes on ...
Engineering
Nov 3, 2017
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Estonia blocks electronic ID cards over identity-theft risk
Cyber-savvy Estonia said on Thursday it would suspend security certificates for up to 760,000 state-issued electronic ID-cards with faulty chips as of Friday midnight to mitigate the risk of identity theft.
Security
Nov 3, 2017
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Boston College announces $150M expansion in the sciences
Boston College is betting big on the sciences.
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2017
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Can Apple to live up to the hype for the iPhone X?
The iPhone X's lush screen, facial-recognition skills and $1,000 price tag are breaking new ground in Apple's marquee product line.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 3, 2017
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Wrinkles give heat a jolt in pillared graphene
Pillared graphene would transfer heat better if the theoretical material had a few asymmetric junctions that caused wrinkles, according to Rice University engineers.
Nanomaterials
Nov 3, 2017
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