On the morning of March 21, a white Austin police bomb squad truck pulled out of an obscure city facility near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and rolled north, toward Pflugerville.
Robotics
Apr 6, 2018
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The eastern United States experienced a very severe winter storm last week, which caused damaging winds, heavy snow and the highest tide on record for Boston. Meteorologists call this type of storm a "bomb cyclone", or simply ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2018
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Military robots are not all bad.
Robotics
Nov 13, 2017
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Setsuko Thurlow was 13 years old and standing only a mile away from ground zero when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945.
Other
Oct 28, 2017
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North Korea is believed to have conducted a hydrogen bomb test. Seismic shockwaves from the underground test were felt in China, and quickly detected by both South Korea and Japan – both independently confirmed it was a ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2017
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An ancient artifact lost in the chaos of World War II. An American scientist hunting for Nazi secret weapons. An archaeologist who dug into dusty archives to prove a hunch.
Archaeology
May 30, 2017
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Why do football fans feel so passionate about their team even if it is languishing at the bottom of the league and why is such loyalty so deeply entrenched? New research by the University of Oxford could provide the answer.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2016
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The French government has created an emergency alert application intended to send swift warnings to smartphone users in the event of a bombing, shooting or other disaster.
Software
Jun 8, 2016
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified promising drugs that could lead to the first antidote for radiation exposure that might result from a dirty bomb terror attack or a nuclear accident such ...
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2016
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German forces in Norway have surrendered, and after five long years of occupation, the country is finally free.
Earth Sciences
May 30, 2016
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