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This weekend, the Moon will pass between Earth and the Sun, giving rise to what sky-watchers call an annular eclipse...
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On Sunday, the moon will pass in front of the sun from Earth's perspective, blocking out about 94 percent of our star's light in parts of East Asia and the Western U.S.
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Today is International Fascination of Plants Day, so I wanted to share some plant science that I have recently been fascinated by. I've become a bit ...
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The first annular solar eclipse visible in the United States in nearly 18 years will occur on Sunday, May 20...
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A wee while back, we featured Italian artist Denis Medri's designs for a rockabilly take on the Dark Knight...
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Spacecraft designers look at blueprints for a real-world version of Star Trek's USS Enterprise.
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A round-up of the top climate and energy news. Please post other links below. Vermont Gov...
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A round-up of the top climate and energy news. Please post other links below. Vermont Gov...
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Jack Algiere has no qualms about letting his kids eat their veggies straight out of the ground from the fields and greenhouses he manages in Pocantico Hills, N.Y...
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The feds just sold 400 million tons of mineable coal at bargain-basement prices to a company that's now going to strip-mine public land and screw the climate.
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Inspired by steampunk graphic novel The Five Fists of Science, Dr. Horrible Rob Flickenger set out to make his own handheld, field-generating Tesla coil gun.
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Following over a year of pressure to clean up its energy act, Apple announced that by next year, the power for its worldwide data centers will all come from renewable sources.
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The trailer for the Harry Potter web series Auror's Tale follows the newest member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, as he cleans up the magic streets of New York City.
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Ticks are known for transmitting disease, but they've also been known to make people deathly allergic to meat...
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Check out Wired's website this weekend for all your space needs: the SpaceX launch on Saturday May 19, and an annular solar eclipse in Sunday May 20.
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Dragon is slated to become the first commercial craft to visit the International Space Stationand it should return with used gloves.
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On Sunday, the moon will pass in front of the sun from Earth's perspective, blocking out about 94 percent of our star's light in parts of East Asia and the Western U.S.
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Chimerism, the phenomenon of having parts of a body made from a completely different being, is a much more common occurrence than previously thought. Are you a mother?
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A dog has been hailed a hero for activating a panic alarm after his owner fell and blacked out, the Telegraph reports.
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This is our new favorite piece of fan-art ever. The Doctor faces off against Darth Vader, and uses his sonic screwdriver to go all "cortosis blade" on Vader's lightsaber.
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The future may seem to be closer or farther off, depending on the era you're living in...
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When Thomas Keller, the iconic chef at The French Laundry, made a point to privilege flavor over sustainability in the New York Times recently, he did us all a disservice.
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The Hugo Awards are given to the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year. Unfortunately, they've only been awarded since 1953...
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Sea Shepherd group vows to fight founder's possible extradition from Germany to Costa Rica over 2002 incident at sea
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"Network" is such an overused word that it feels like it's lost some of its meaning...
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A prominent retired psychiatrist is apologizing to the gay community for a decade-old study that concluded some gay people can go straight through what's called reparative therapy.
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Large items hitting western shores already; Senators told no cash for cleanup; Impact on marine life, economy unclear
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Now that the week of television upfronts are coming to a close, it's time to take a look back at all the new TV we've been promised (and what we missed out on).
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A landslide in the Swiss Alps caused 300,000 cubic meters of rock to slide down a mountainside, reports CNN. The collapse happened in intervals over the course of several hours.
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The coolest thing about Battleship? The sleek look of its alien spaceships and war machines...
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Far from destroying the British love of nature, our cities have become urban oases for wildlife, says naturalist Stephen Moss
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Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan on Friday as anticipation built ahead of a "ring" solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the planet.
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Does an ice-cold drink actually taste better than the same beverage at room temperature? Depends on what its taste is: a new study finds that the intensity of some flavors varies with temperature...
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The weather forecast was largely favorable Friday as SpaceX prepared to launch its Dragon capsule on a bid to become the first private spacecraft to reach the International Space Station.
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Meet Norman. He's a budding Hollywood star, and he's got mad skills on the scooter, skateboard and surfboard.
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang in as much as $20billion in wealth this morning as Facebook went public under Nasdaq symbol 'FB,' eight years after he created it in his Harvard dorm...
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Our universe may exist inside a black hole. This may sound strange, but it could actually be the best explanation of how the universe began, and what we observe today...
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Celebrity chef and real-food champion Jamie Oliver has declared May 19 Food Revolution Day -- and people all over the world are answering the charge.
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When the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon this Sunday, for many observers across much of the world it will be temporarily replaced by a beautiful ...
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