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Here's How NASA is Keeping The Satellites Around Mars From Running Into Each Other

NASA is beefing up traffic monitoring as more satellites enter orbit around the red planet.

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The Very First Self-Driving Semi Truck Has Hit the Road

The Freightliner Inspiration is the first commercially-licensed autonomous truck

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Department of Justice Says it’s Time to Reevaluate the Stingray Phone-Tracking System

New report says agency to take a look into cell phone snooping.

Diamond crystal on kimberlite from Eastern Siberia

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This African Plant Leads the Way to Diamond Deposits

A palm-like plant seems to grow only on top of diamond-rich deposits called kimberlite pipes

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This is How Bombardier Beetles Fire Explosives From Their Butts

The beetls have a special chamber in their abdomens where they mix together chemicals to produce an explosive reaction

Lenin's body in 1991. Thanks to the Lenin Lab, the corpse still looks virtually the same today.

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Meet the Group of Scientists That Keeps Lenin’s 90-Year-Old Corpse Fresh

90 years later, Vladimir Lenin’s body is still maintained by a Russian lab

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Report Suggests Top Psychologists Worked With the C.I.A. on Torture Program

Newly-published emails reveal secret collaboration between the A.P.A. and Bush Administration

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Here's Why The Italian Army is Growing Weed

They want to lower the price of medicinal marijuana by growing their own

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The U.S. Military Has Developed Self-Steering Bullets

Hi-tech bullets can help snipers hit moving targets

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Have a Tattoo? The Apple Watch Might Not Work For You

Some people with wrist ink say the Apple Watch can't detect their skin

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This Is the View From Inside the Cockpit of a Solar-Powered Plane

There won’t be much sightseeing as the solar-powered airplane crosses the Pacific

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Laptops of the Future May Not Have Space Bars

A recent Google patent points to a time when trackpads replace the trusty key

Brewers at work making beer

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Brewmasters Now Using DNA Techniques to Spot Bad Batches

Instead of waiting for bacteria to grow, a quick genetic test can identify problem brews

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Harnessing the Power of Peer Pressure Could Help Reduce Traffic

People are more likely to carpool if they think their peers are doing it too

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Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones

A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent

An unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / drone used for aerial surveillance is flying in the air.

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SOS! The FAA Gives the Go-Ahead for Emergency Rescue Company to Use Drones

A Maine-based search and rescue company is the first of its kind to win FAA approval to experiment with drones

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An Imagined Catalogue of Self-Assembling Furniture

The furniture of the future will put itself together

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A Record-Breaking Clock Won’t Lose a Second For Another 15 Billion Years

Strontium atomic clocks could eventually help scientists map the Earth’s shape

The Magellan probe captured radar images of the surface of Venus

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Lifeless Venus Could Hold the Key to Life on Earth

Earth’s sister planet is astonishingly hostile to life, but exactly how it got that way has researchers intrigued

An illustration of some of the debris in low Earth orbit

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Scientists Want to Use Lasers to Shoot Down Space Junk

The idea sounds farfetched, but it may be better than previous solutions

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