POSSESSION SOUND, Wash. — Steering a five-person submersible is like playing a video game, except for the fact that you’re piloting a nine-ton piece of hardware at watery depths that are inaccessible to all but the most experienced divers. I got my chance to play this week during a survey dive in a pocket of […]
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The tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of what the New York Times called “a strange population anomaly”. It has now been almost a decade since the last boy was born in this place, with the most recent 12
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tech2 News StaffSep 01, 2019 19:31:42 IST Chandrayaan 2, India’s second moon mission, has completed its final orbit-lowering manoeuvre around the moon at 6.21 pm this evening. With this final adjustment to the spacecraft’s altitude, the Chandrayaan 2 composite was lowered from an elliptical orbit of 126 x 168 km (nearest x farthest distance) elliptical orbit to an almost-circular orbit of 119 x 127
Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then suddenly, the memories vividly resurface. Alcohol disinhibits us, making us say and do things that we’d otherwise keep under wraps. People will often drink to gain
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Olive oil at its finest quality is a product that brings alive the Mediterranean cuisine of which it is a staple. Unfortunately for many of us not fortunate enough to possess our own olive grove, commercial olive oils are frequently adulterated, diluted with cheaper oils such as canola. As consumers we have no way of
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Mongabay- IndiaAug 30, 2019 11:36:54 IST In India’s IT capital Bengaluru, sprinkled within its concrete jungle, are shady peepal trees adorned with serpent stones, bells and sacred threads, standing majestically atop gated raised platforms. Often a pit-stop for tired travellers or an informal gathering place, these culturally-important open-air tree shrines or ‘kattes’ and temples, with
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Enlarge / Crown Sterling’s presentation at Black Hat triggered cryptography experts. Crown Sterling Robert Grant is a reluctant cryptographer. “The last thing I would’ve wanted to do is start another company,” Grant, the CEO and founder of Crown Sterling, told Ars. “It’s like my wife asking me if we can have another child… I have
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When UHU glue meets a bathroom faucet, these strange water bubbles ensue. Before you try this strange experiment with any off-the-shelf glue, make sure that you’re using UHU glue because it’s made of resin which turns gummy upon contact with water or friction. This means when you squeeze some on a faucet and then turn
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Unchecked capitalism is driving the Amazon fire, YouTube is making everyone mad, and experts have found the next Flint, Michigan. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s Headlines Who’s burning the Amazon? Rampant capitalism Fires
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For most of us, when we hear the word “cloning” we think of that famous sheep that shocked the science world of the 1990s, or some late night science-fiction movie. Cloning isn’t all about doubling your livestock. It’s an important scientific breakthrough that has helped create medicines and cure diseases. What Is Gene Cloning? Cloning
