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Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, WashingtonPhoto: AP A small amount of plutonium and radioactive cesium went missing last year after two government security experts left the dangerous samples sitting in their SUV in a Marriott Hotel parking lot overnight. The specialists, officials from the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, were tasked with securely collecting…

This image was taken by the crew aboard the Kalapana Cultural Tours boat.Screenshot: Ikaika Marzo (Facebook) Earlier today, a basketball-sized chunk of molten rock slammed into a tour boat off the coast of Hawaii, injuring 23 people and sending at least four to the hospital. The incident happened near the Kilauea volcano, which has been…

Savings can replace some of the jobs on robots. This was reported by the newspaper, RIA Novosti reported with reference to albert Efimov, head of robotics lab of the savings Bank. However, Yefimov said that robots designed to increase productivity, not replace “real” employees. He said: “This can not be, that’s for sure so be…

In the new MacBook Pro submitted by Apple last week, among other innovations announced enhanced keyboard, “butterfly”, third generation is more quiet keys. Specialists iFixit opened the laptop and found out that the keyboard was not only quieter. According to iFixit, the true purpose wasn’t Apple make the keyboard quieter, and fix the problems with…

In modern smartphones manufacturers offer a variety of features that are presented as innovative, but, in fact, is only a marketing trick, not worth the overpayment. “Газета.Ru” published a list of the most useless features of modern smartphones. Took first place, oddly enough, the top Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung and HiSilicon. As the newspaper notes, is…

Company Xiaomi continues to slowly reveal details about the smartphone Mi 3 Max, the long-awaited rumored. This time she has published a promotional poster, which refers to battery capacity and the exact diagonal of the display. The poster confirmed the screen diagonal of 6.9 inches and the battery is 5500 mAh, instead of the expected…

Became known details of the Russian release of the smartphone Nokia 2.1. They shared operator “VimpelCom”. Nokia 2.1 replaces last year’s ultrabudgetary Nokia 2. It is a model with more modern fillings, capacious battery and a claimed battery life of two days. The smartphone has an enlarged 5.5-inch display with HD resolution (720 x 1280…