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Universe May Have Lost 'Unstable' Dark MatterHow much dark matter has gone missing since the Big Bang? New research suggests anywhere from 2 to 5 percent.
cosmology -
Flying Robotic Ambulance Completes First Solo Test FlightA new automated, flying ambulance completed its first solo flight, offering a potential solution for challenging search and rescue missions.
robotics -
Physicists Twist Light, Send 'Hello World' Message Between IslandsA new way of getting information into light waves could mean faster fiber-optics.
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NASA Probe Snaps Stunning New Pics of Dwarf Planet CeresNASA's Dawn probe is snapping stunning new views of the dwarf planet Ceres as the spacecraft pushes ever higher above the small world.
planets -
Bright Idea: Glow-in-the-Dark Dye Could Power Carselectric-vehicles -
Twisters Pop Up in Weird 'Big Bang' SoupSimulations of quarks and gluons show strange spinning twisters and spokes.
cosmology -
Why Not Paper Ballots? America's Weird History of Voting MachinesThe long strange trip: a history of voting machines.
human-behavior -
New Particle May Hide in Old Atom-Smasher DataA study of some old data from a 1990s-era particle-accelerator experiment could be a hint at new physics. Or it could be a fluke.
particle-physics -
How a DDoS Cyberattack Caused Widespread Internet OutageMany people in the U.S. were affected by a widespread internet outage early today due to a so-called DDoS cyberattack. How does this attack work, and what does it do?
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Are the Nobel Prizes Missing Female Scientists?physics-mathematics -
Where Is the Rest of the Universe?particle-physics -
Physics Nobel Goes to 3 Who Studied Matter's Odd Statesphysics-mathematics -
Robo Rocker: How Artificial Intelligence Wrote Beatles-Esque Pop Songartificial-intelligence -
Religion May Motivate Humanity's Future Expansion into Spacehuman-behavior -
U-2 Spy Plane Crash: Why 'Cold War' Aircraft Are Still Relevant TodayThe U-2 plane has a long and storied history that stretches back to the late 1950s, but how is the reconnaissance aircraft used today?
technology -
Shrinking Camera Tech Turned Smartphones Into Super Shooterselectronics -
Apple of My Eye: Handheld Device Tells You If Fruit Is RipeScientists at MIT have developed a handheld device that can evaluate how ripe an apple is by measuring the glow of chlorophyll in the fruit's skin under ultraviolet light.
engineering -
What Earth's Oldest Fossils Mean for Finding Life on MarsIf recent findings on Earth are any guide, the oldest rocks on Mars may have signs of ancient life locked up inside.
extinct-species -
Computers Can Sense Sarcasm? Yeah, RightBut they may soon. Researchers have written a program that detects sarcastic people on social media and the internet.
computing -
Proxima b: Lasers Might One Day Power Ship to Closest Alien PlanetCould lasers be humanity's ticket to Proxima Centauri?
extraterrestrial-life -
'RNA World': Scientists Inch Closer to Recreating Primordial LifeResearchers recreate a small piece of the world that formed the very first life.
genetics -
Ghost in the Machine: Atom Smasher's 'New Particle' Was Illusionparticle-physics -
Where Did Earth's Water Come From?Water covers about 70 percent of the Earth's surface, but where did it come from?
planet-earth -
CO2 Gets Stoned: Method Turns Harmful Gas Into SolidEngineers have taken a tip from Medusa, it seems. They have stared down the pesky greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and turned it to stone.
planet-earth
