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The Case for Sending Women to Mars
Because women are smaller than men, they’re cheaper to send into space
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This Umbrella Creates an Air “Force Field” to Keep Rain Away
The umbrellas are still in the testing phase but are expected to ship out by next December
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In an Effort to Stop Poaching, Namibia Will Remove All of Its Rhinos’ Horns
That extreme measure will likely not be enough to stop the killing, however, so the country is also bolstering its anti-poaching patrols
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All the Things a Hacker Can Find Out About You on Public Wifi
Your vacation, your job, your passwords
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Watch Adorable Meerkat And Otter Live Streams, Help Combat Poaching
Google and the London Zoo have teamed up to offer live streams of animals in an effort to test conservation tech
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Robot Ships And Pepper Spray—the Latest in Pirate-Fighting Tech
New technology developments are looking to combat piracy and terrorism on the high seas
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Instead of Growing Meat in a Lab, Why Not Make It Out of Plants?
“Plant blood” is the secret behind the I-can’t-believe-it-isn’t-meat company, Impossible Foods
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The Fake Story of a Blond Child Bride Made This the Most Visited Blog in Norway
The campaign is meant to increase awareness and also is seeking sponsors of individual girls
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To Detect Bombs Before They’re Used, Sweden Is Looking at Its Sewers
The EU’s Emphasis Project is designed to detect people manufacturing IED’s
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This Drone Could Live on Your Wrist And Help You Take Selfies
Holding a camera at arms length is so passe
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Movies and deliveries are moving on up, while fines and bans go into effect in parks
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New Marine Robots Could One Day Patrol the Oceans
How do you keep an eye on the oceans? With robots
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A New MIT Challenge: Hack the Breast Pump
Last weekend, MIT’s Media Lab hosted the “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck” Hackathon
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A New Search Engine For Metaphors
Yossarian offers a new way of searching for inspiration online
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Meet the Teen Winners of Google’s Science Fair
A flying fruit fly-inspired robot and a bacterial solution for world hunger are among the three winners
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The US Is Trying to Expedite Sunscreen Innovation
Sunscreen is currently subject to an approval process similar to that of new pharmaceuticals
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Law Enforcement Can Now Search for Faces, Not Just Fingerprints
The Next Generation Identification system is an upgrade from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System used today
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Programmers Are Creating a Way for Your Phone to Get Online Even When Data Is Down
The Cosmos Browser uses text messages to browse the web
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America: The Land of the (Romantically) Free
For the first time on record, more Americans are single than married
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Weird Ways People Have Tried To Stop Lava
People living near volcanoes have tried a lot of different methods to redirect lava flows
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