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InSight almost reached Mars. What he tells us about the red planet?
“Earth and Mars were formed from very similar materials,” says Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator at the jet propulsion Laboratory of NASA in Pasadena, California, which manages the NASA mission InSight. “Why, in the end, the planet became so different? Our measurements will help us to turn the clock and to understand what led to…
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The Mad Scientists at Jell-O Have Figured Out How to Make Edible Slime
Photo: Kraft Foods Your body is probably still digesting yesterday’s fantastic feast (and bracing for leftovers) but it’s already time to start planning next year’s Thanksgiving dinner, and now that Kraft Foods has seemingly done the impossible and invented edible slime, grandma’s Jell-O salad will never be the same. Not content with just re-engineering the…
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The Super Soaker For Spitballs Is the Perfect Toy For Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up
Photo: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo) Ping a co-worker in the head with a foam dart and you’ll get an annoyed reaction at worst, but soak a co-worker with a water gun and you’ll find yourself in a meeting with HR. Jakks Pacific’s new Skid Shot blaster falls somewhere between the two. It automatically ingests and turns…
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How to Pick the Right Memory Card for Every Device You Own
Photo: Tom Pumford (Unsplash) As with a lot of tech purchasing decisions, when it comes to buying a memory card you can’t just click on the first result that appears on your online retailer of choice and that’s that—today’s memory cards, with their small sizes and huge capacities, have features and specs all of their…
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Amazon Workers Across Europe Protest Black Friday, Citing Grueling Work Conditions
Amazon workers protest Black Friday in the UK.Photo: Lizzy Burt (Gizmodo) Amazon employees across parts of Europe are striking and protesting what they describe as dangerous work conditions and anti-union tactics. The protests coincide with Black Friday, one of the busiest and most stressful days of the year for workers in retail. Amazon employees in…
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Chimps Are Manipulative Dicks, New Research Confirms
Image: AP As humans, we like to think we’re the only species capable of using others to get what we want. New research shows that chimpanzees, in the right circumstances, are also capable of social manipulation, highlighting a previously unknown cognitive capacity in our ape relatives. Social animals are equipped with an assortment of cognitive…
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These Precision Parts 3D-Printed From Fake Moon Dust Bring Us One Step Closer to Living on Mars
Photo: European Space Agency Mars is lacking in the vast supply of natural resources we’ve come to rely on here on Earth, and astronauts attempting to colonize, or even just visit, the red planet can only bring a limited supply of materials with them. Learning to make do with what Mars has to offer is…
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Declassified the design of the budget smartphone-ASUS ZenFone survivor Max Pro M2
In a network there was a full press render of the upcoming smartphone ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2), not yet officially presented by the manufacturer. It shows the main features of the design — frameless screen with visible cutout, dual rear camera and fingerprint scanner on the rear panel. According to earlier leaks, ASUS is…
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St. Petersburg’s self-driving car has travelled 2,500 kilometers to Kazan
St. Petersburg company STARLINE reported experimental travel on the route “St. Petersburg – Kazan” of an intelligent unmanned vehicle StarLine. He successfully overcame the route in 2 500 kilometers. 10 days to participate in his test drive, took the inhabitants of 13 Russian cities and the participants of two international events. Route smart unmanned vehicle…
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The first trailer of the film “the lion King” is full of computer graphics
The Walt Disney studios (Walt Disney Studios) introduced the first trailer of the movie “the lion King”. It is a film adaptation of the cartoon of the same name, released in 1994. The trailer is used quite a lot of computer, giving a “realism” feature films with animals in the home and not just roles.…