Space sports car now flying toward asteroid belt beyond Mars
The world's first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars.
Space Exploration
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Baby, it's cold in there: Explorers test endurance in Poland
Using a group of explorers, scientists are testing the endurance of humans and equipment in temperatures around minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit) at a laboratory in southern Poland.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2018
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How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely
The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. The move came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemic sweeping Western society.
Other
Feb 7, 2018
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Image: Kubik on Space Station
A miniaturised laboratory inside the orbital laboratory that is ESA's Columbus module, this 40 cm cube has been one of its quiet scientific triumphs.
Space Exploration
Feb 7, 2018
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Rail industry says key safety technology not due until 2020
The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end of the year.
Business
Feb 7, 2018
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Los Angeles Times sold to local billionaire for $500 million (Update)
A billionaire doctor struck a $500 million deal Wednesday to buy the Los Angeles Times, ending the paper's quarrelsome relationship with its Chicago-based corporate overseers and bringing it under local ownership for the ...
Business
Feb 7, 2018
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Why some fireflies become femme fatales in their race for survival
Fireflies are the flashy stars of the insect world. At night, you can see them coming because each little bug shines like a lamp – and, appropriately, they belong to the beetle family Lampyridae.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2018
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Are traffic-clogged U.S. cities ready for congestion pricing?
New York is the latest city to contemplate congestion pricing as a way to deal with traffic problems. This strategy, which requires motorists to pay fees for driving into city centers during busy periods, is a rarity in urban ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2018
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A step toward sensitive and fast gluten detection
For people with celiac disease and gluten-sensitivities, the number of food options in the stores is growing. But current tests for gluten are not finding all of the substance in foods, resulting in some products being labeled ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 7, 2018
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A genetic trigger adds branches to plants, could boost crop yields
When it comes to agriculture from branched plants, such as apple trees, the more branches that bear fruit, the better. But in the real world, there's a limit to the number of branches that plants make—a gene tends to put ...
Biotechnology
Feb 7, 2018
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