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NASA: Du Kan Sikkert Gøre Vin I Rummet
Som menneskeheden udvider sig til at blive et multi-planetariske arter, nogle vigtige spørgsmål, der skal overvejes: Kan vi bringe katte? Hvad om hunde? Også, kan vi lave vin i rummet? Heldigvis, nogle forskere, der arbejder på at besvare de to første spørgsmål—og nu, en forsker fra NASA ‘ s Vegetabilske Produktion System kaldet “Veggie” siger…
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Senatet Sundhed Bill Virkelig Er så Slemt, som Du troede
Senatet Flertal Leader Mitch McConnell på Capitol Hill i Washington. Billede: AP Billeder Senatet ‘ s health care bill forslag ville betyde, 22 millioner færre mennesker ville have sygesikring, ifølge skøn fra Congressional Budget Office, der leveres på mandag. Denne projektion er lige omkring en million færre end en tidligere version af lovforslag vedtaget af…
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The Amazon Echo Show Is the Best Dumb Smart Machine in My Home
Image: Carmen Hilbert/Gizmodo The first night the Amazon Echo Show was in my bedroom I had to carefully lay it face down on my nightstand. The display, which was cycling through my upcoming meetings, most recent news, and the weather, was simply too bright. It was like having a little super informative sun shining in…
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Super Nintendo Classic Edition Arrives September 29th With 21 Games [Updated]
After the insanely successful NES Classic Edition completely sold out until Nintendo inexplicably stopped making it, the company is following up with a miniature version of the Super Nintendo that will come bundled with 21 classic 16-bit games including Super Mario World and F-Zero. The SNES Classic Edition will include two controllers According to a…
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The Far-Right Alliance Is Over
Richard Spencer in front of the Lincoln Memorial All images: Bryan Menegus & Sophie Kleeman/Gizmodo We were promised a showdown at high noon. Instead, Washington DC was host to two pitifully-attended competing rallies this Sunday, followed by a Twitter slapfight between two 39-year-old men. What was scheduled to be a single rally for free speech…
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Facebook Wants Kids in Juvenile Detention to Get Internet Access
Photo: AP Facebook is supporting a bill currently before the California legislature that, if passed, would give children in juvenile detention facilities and foster care homes the right to internet access. The bill, AB 811, would require that kids in the system be allowed to send and receive unopened mail and make and receive confidential…
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Oscar Mayer Made a Drone to Rain Hot Dogs Down on Humanity
GIF As is currently en vogue for any company making a product that ends up in consumers’ hands, Oscar Mayer is expanding its Weinermobile fleet with a phallic flying drone that can (supposedly) drop a single hot dog on someone not too worried about what they’re eating. If Silicon Valley had its way, we’d only…
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Scientists Have Finally Figured Out Why Chimps Are So Damn Strong
Illustration by Sam Woolley Humans may have big, bulbous brains, but when it comes to pure muscle power, we’re often considered the weakest of the great apes. Even chimpanzees, who are significantly smaller than us, exhibit levels of strength that are practically super-human by our standards. New research shows the degree to which our primate…
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NASA: You Could Probably Make Wine In Space
As humanity expands to become a multi-planetary species, some important questions must be considered: Can we bring cats? What about dogs? Also, can we make wine in space? Thankfully, some scientists are hard at work answering the first two questions—and now, a scientist from NASA’s Vegetable Production System called “Veggie” says space viticulture might be…
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These Finches Have a Brilliant Strategy For Fighting Off Ticks
Image: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren/Flickr/Ryan F. Mandelbaum Everyone is talking about ticks this year, for good reason: This year’s tick forecast is especially bad. But humans aren’t the only ones worried about the horrible little buggers. It seems like at least one bird species safeguards its nests against ticks with a surprising piece of litter.…