Category: English
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Dead Whales Won’t Stop Washing Up on This Dutch Island
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Researchers Are Teaching ATLAS To Do Household Chores Like Rosey from The Jetsons
The DARPA Robotics Challenge put countless robots through a series of real-world challenges that involved driving, drilling holes, and climbing stairs. But let’s be realistic, the only thing any of us really want a robot for is housework, and that’s what ATLAS is finally learning. The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, or IHMC…
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An Astronaut Explains How He Relaxes in Space
Director Ridley Scott’s space survival film, The Martian, snagged a couple of coveted Golden Globe awards this week — one for Matt Damon’s singular performance and one for the film itself. Sure, both were in the Musical or Comedy category — say what? — but I doubt neither man is complaining much. This week also…
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The Case of the So-Called Alien Megastructure Just Got Weirder
It’s probably not aliens. Seriously guys, it’s very, very unlikely that it’s aliens. But the weird, flickering star known as KIC 8462852 still isn’t sitting right with astronomers. In fact, it just got a lot weirder. Ever since KIC 84628532 was spotted in the Kepler Space Telescope’s dataset, astronomers have puzzled over what the heck…
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Bevrijdingsactie Burkina Faso started
fri 15 jan 2016, 22:13 Bevrijdingsactie Burkina Faso started OUAGADOUGOU – Security forces in Ouagadougou are engaged to put an end to the gijzelingsactie in a hotel that is popular with westerners. Photo: Google Maps That sets a photographer of Reuters news agency that on-the-spot. He speaks of ’a barrage of shots. #BurkinaFaso #Live #Ouagadougou…
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The Last-Minute Decision That Saved a Mission to Mars
It’s just before 8 p.m. on August 5, 2012, and we’re nearing the climax of a massive team effort to land a rover the size of a MINI Cooper on Mars. The overall project, called the Mars Science Laboratory, has taken ten years to reach this point. Before we’re done tonight, we’ll have set that…
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’Hostage-taking in the UN-hotel Burkina Faso’
fri 15 jan 2016, 22:13 ’Hostage-taking in the UN-hotel Burkina Faso’ OUAGADOUGOU – Armed men in Ouagadougou and a hotel were attacked. According to a senior officer who is there a hostage situation underway. The French embassy in the capital of Burkina Faso speaks of a ’terrorist attack’. Photo: Google Maps Friday night, about half-past…
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Yes, BMW had a recordmaand
Yes, BMW had a recordmaand Posted on 09-04-2014 at 11:15 by autoblogger – 32 Comments” Especially the premium brand of BMW did good business: Rolls-Royce delivered 40% more cars! After our posts about the peak of Audi (170.450 cars sold) and the record-breaking sales of Mercedes (158.523 cars) wants, BMW is also a little bit…
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NYC Needs to Build This Gondola Between Brooklyn and Manhattan
A few years ago, Williamsburg resident and real estate entrepreneur Dan Levy went skiing and marveled at the efficiency of the mountain’s new gondola lift. The cabins were so large that he felt like he was on a New York City subway car. And then it dawned on him: Why not build a gondola lift…
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Call only; what is your “affordable” dream car?
Call only; what is your “affordable” dream car? Posted on 15-01-2016 at 19:11 by nicolasr – 230 Responses” That dream’s always a fortune should cost is a myth. At least, that is the firm opinion of the undersigned. Of course I know that the definition of a dream car is enormously subjective, but I think…