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How Nasa Fights To Keep Our Dying Spacecraft Alive
Sometime in the next 10 or so years, the massive antennas that comprise NASA's Deep Space Network will pick up a faint, distant signal for the final time.
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Creating 3D Hands to Keep S Safe and Increase Security
Researchers say without a lifelike three-dimensional model to test and calibrate fingerprint scanners, there is no consistent way to determine their accuracy.
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Webcams sed to Attack Reddit and Twitter Recalled
Chinese electronics firm Hangzhou Xiongmai issued the recall soon after its cameras were identified as aiding the massive web attacks.
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Icy Heart Could Be Key to Pluto's Strange Geology
Pluto's icy heart beats with a planetary rhythm.
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New Technique Allows Scientists to 'listen' to Proteins
Researchers have come up with a bold new method for representing and understanding a protein's shape: translating it into music.
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Designing the Future Internet
Connecting many smart objects to the Internet will result in an enormous boost in online traffic, which one researcher aims to make manageable with a network redesign...
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Wits Researchers Find Techniques to Improve Carbon Superlattices For Quantum Electronic Devices
The quantum properties of carbon-based superlattices could lead to a fundamental shift in the design and development of electronics.
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A New Era of Internet Attacks Powered By Everyday Devices
When surveillance cameras began popping up in the 1970s and '80s, they were welcomed as a crime-fighting tool, then as a way to monitor traffic congestion, factory...
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The Amazing Cloud Cities We Could Build on Venus
It's hot enough to melt lead, the acid rain will scorch the flesh from your bones – and it's the perfect place to raise a family. Venus, not Mars, might be the...
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Inside Microsoft's Quest For a Topological Quantum Computer
The race is on build a "universal" quantum computer. Such a device could be programmed to speedily solve problems that classical computers cannot crack, potentially...
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If Planet Nine Is Out There, It Tilts Our Solar System
Most people think the eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun along a straight plane, like a disc on a record player.
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Camera on Mars Orbiter Shows Signs of Latest Mars Lander
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified new markings on the surface of the Red Planet that are believed to be related to Europe's Schiaparelli test lander...
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Lego-Like Wall Produces Acoustic Holograms
Researchers at Duke University and North Carolina State University have demonstrated a system that can create and control three-dimensional acoustic holograms.
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The Power of Prediction Markets
It was a great way to mix science with gambling, says Anna Dreber.
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New Horizons: Possible Clouds on Pluto, Next Target is Reddish
The next target for NASA's New Horizons mission—which made a historic flight past Pluto in July 2015—apparently bears a colorful resemblance to its famous, main...
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The Perpetual Lineup: Half of S Adults in a Face-Recognition Database
Half of American adults are in a face-recognition database, according to a Georgetown University study released Tuesday.
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Europe Lost Contact with Mars Lander 1 Minute Before Touchdown
After a suspenseful night waiting for a signal from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed today that the spacecraft went silent...
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The Polling Crisis: How to Tell What People Really Think
Hillary Clinton is heading for a landslide victory over Donald Trump. But wait.
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The Surprisingly Easy Way to Visit Mars
It's midday on Mars. The scarlet skies are clear and it's a balmy zero degrees—the perfect conditions for a day out.
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