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  • Far-Right Site Gab Ditched by Cloud Host Joyent, Suspended by Stripe Amid Synagogue Massacre

    Police rapid response teams arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27.Photo: Jeff Swensen (Getty Images) Gab, the self-declared free speech platform that has welcomed countless neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and various other far-right bigots, had its PayPal accounts terminated on Saturday after authorities named anti-Semite…

  • Scientists from Stanford have figured out how to get from carbon dioxide in the hydrocarbon fuel

    Emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the last several decades has greatly crippled the ecology of our planet. That is why more and more developments in the field of creation of means to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. But the gas contains in its composition carbon, which in theory can be used to create…

  • MIT launches online project, where anyone will be able to manage a real person

    Experiments that put scientists, not always are monotonous, boring and uninteresting to the public. Sometimes it is quite the opposite. For example, researchers from the Media lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology next week plan to launch an unprecedented project in which anyone can participate in the management of a living person. In the…

  • The Chinese plant will allow robots to create their own kind

    Factories manufacturing robots are in many countries. The intention to launch a project to create a combat mechanisms in 2017, said even members of the Russian Foundation for advanced research. Anyway, leader in the production of robotics remains China. Local companies produce robots not only for your country but for sale to the organizations from…

  • A strange cloud on Mars was water vapor, not eruption

    The day before yesterday we wrote about the strange cloud that appeared above the surface of the red planet, reminiscent of a train. The mysterious photo was published by the European space Agency, it took the Orbiter Mars Express. The train was thrown 20 km of the volcano. Of course, he immediately attracted the attention…

  • The construction of the Hyperloop in Abu Dhabi will start in 2019

    This week the startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, also known as HyperloopTT, announced that it will begin construction of a commercial Hyperloop track in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Construction will begin in the third quarter of 2019. This news, apparently, extends the agreement, which was announced in April. It was…

  • The latest handheld Apple computers of the era before the iPhone

    28 October 1971, the Prospero X-3 was launched into orbit. To this day he remains the first and only artificial Earth satellite, launched by a British launch vehicle. It was called Black Arrow, and its launch was made Australian of the polygon Woomera, which at that time belonged to great Britain. The layout of the…

  • Like looking for aliens? What puzzles and problems facing SETI

    If the aliens are trying to talk to us (or if not trying), Jill Tarter will find them first. She established the Institute of search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in 1984 and headed its research center for many years. Inspired by her work, the Director made the film “Contact” (1997) with jodie foster in the…

  • Created a composite material that can camouflages in extreme temperatures

    As the publication of Scientific Reports, a team of scientists from Nottinghamshire University (UK) is currently developing a unique material that can cool itself without any auxiliary elements. As acknowledged by the authors, the new material can be used in virtually any field: from medicine to treat burns and to the space industry, where it…

  • Self-driving cars don’t need traffic lights and speed bumps

    The new technology of self-driving cars developed at the University of Delaware, may lead to a world without traffic lights and speed limiters. The researchers also expect that Autonomous vehicles will use 19-22% less fuel. Imagine that the daily traffic is related and not random. Connected and automated vehicles can easily provide, communicating with each…