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Dead in new protests in Venezuela
CARACAS – In the Venezuelan capital Caracas to protest against the government Friday, a 22-year-old protester to the accident. According to the public ministry of the South American country, the man was shot dead when security forces of a demonstration apart, wanted to float. Since the protests against the government of president Nicolás Maduro began,…
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Hundreds, thousands: what’s important in the “newly discovered” exoplanets?
It may seem that NASA is constantly said about the discovery of the “new” earth-like exoplanets, because from time to time news on this subject slip on the main page of our site. It is always interesting to know that somewhere there might be a planet with the potential to nest life. And all this…
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How does it work? | Fingerprint scanner
Identification by fingerprints is one of the most reliable ways to confirm the identity of the person. On the accuracy of this method is second only to the retinal scan and DNA analysis. The fingerprint is nothing like papillary patterns on the skin that are unique to each person and are formed in the fetus…
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Why are the stars different sizes? The answer is not as simple as it seems
Massive means large, less massive means small, right? It’s not so easy when it comes to stars and their sizes. If you compare the planet Earth with the Sun, it turns out that you can place 109 our planets one to another, just to pave the way from one end to the other lights. But…
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I Can’t Wait to Play This Nintendo Switch Battery
But while Bionik’s Power Plate looks like a smaller version of the console, with only half a screen, it’s actually a 4,500 mAh rechargeable battery with a built-in black and white LCD display showing what devices are currently being charged. The Switch’s Joy-Con controllers can attach to either side of the Power Plate and be…
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NASA Calls Bullshit on Goop’s $120 ‘Bio-Frequency Healing’ Sticker Packs [Updated]
Wizard stickers, help me blog!!!!! (Image: Body Vibes) It gets worse. The stickers—which run as high as $120 for a pack of 24—promise to assuage various ailments, including anxiety and pain, using something called “Bio Energy Synthesis Technology.” This is not a scientific concept, but rather an invention of AlphaBioCentrix, a Nevada-based biotech company that…
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Scientists Solve Ancient ‘Bright Night’ Mystery With Satellite Data
Humans are pretty jaded these days. We can write most of the strange phenomena we see off as science (or we honestly don’t care). But when Roman philosophers like Pliny the Elder witnessed moonless nights glow bright like the day, it definitely made an impression. Others since then have been awestruck by these “bright nights,”…
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The Russia Hack Truther Has Logged On
Photo: AP After weeks of working in secret, Senate Republicans finally unveiled their bill to repeal much of Obamacare on Thursday, legislation that would likely leave tens of millions of Americans uninsured. President Trump, however, attended to more pressing matters on Twitter—namely, his persistent, inexplicable belief that Russia’s interference with last year’s election is “a…
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A Mysterious Mars-Sized Object Could Be Hiding at the Edge of Our Solar System
Image: Heather Roper/LPL It’s been about 11 years since Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status, leaving a 1,473 mile (2,370 kilometers)-size void in our hearts. Since then, the hunt for Planet X—aptly renamed Planet 9—has grown into an international movement to find such an object in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune’s orbit. Now, scientists…
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Comcast Accused of Sabotaging Small ISP Owner’s Business By Destroying His Cables