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Galaxy cluster Abell 370 and beyond.Image: NASA, ESA, Jennifer Lotz and the HFF Team STScI If you think we have problems now, just wait a few billion years, when the accelerating expansion of the Universe triggers an energy crisis of cosmological proportions. Sounds grim, but as a new paper points out, an advanced civilization faced…

Photo: Melanie Ehrenkranz (Gizmodo) When I was in high school, before phones and cars directed you to your destination, I would sharpie directions on the tops of my hands so I could read them as I drove. It was an effective (if problematic) way to get from point A to point B without looking down…

The SiV0 diamondPhoto: Brendon Rose “Diamonds are forever” is a cliche that fails to fully encapsulate the many strange properties of diamonds. But a new kind of diamond, one loaded with impurities, relies on a sort of foreverness that could be useful in future quantum technology—maybe even a quantum internet. That probably sounds meaningless, so…

Fireworks explode under cloudy skies as Disney dignitaries and characters appear in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at the close of ceremonies for the 50th anniversary of Disneyland May 5, 2005 in Anaheim, California.Photo: Getty Disney’s massively popular resorts on both coasts of the United States are in a state of meltdown, as a company-wide…

In the network appeared new details about the upcoming flagship frameless smartphone Xiaomi Mi 3 Mix. Information about versions and prices shared core resource AndroidPure. According to the source, the company plans not only the standard model and version in a ceramic package, but the version of the Ferrari Edition. One of the versions will…

Japan condemned the unemployed man for a hidden mining tools for cheating in games. This may be the world’s first such case. About the incident told the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. Chinkara Yoshida (Yoshida Shinkaru) got a year in prison with suspended sentence for three years. He had built in cheat FOR the hidden solution for…

Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC continues to endure. In June, its sales fell by almost 68 percent. This is the largest decline in more than two years, during which the company continued to lose customers amid growing competition with other producers. Sales revenue in June amounted to $ 72 million, whereas in the same period last…