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The Most Overhyped Scientific Discoveries of 2015
2015 was an amazing year for science, but it was also a year for some amazingly overhyped science. We put our hearts ahead of our data when speculating about advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. We so wanted to believe that a looming ice age would save us from global warming. And we were horrified to learn that…
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First arms sale USA to Taiwan in years
wed, 16 dec 2015, 18:33 First arms sale USA to Taiwan in years WASHINGTON – The Us government has on Wednesday the sale of 1.83 billion dollars in weapons to Taiwan are approved. The delivery includes two frigates, anti-tank missiles, amphibious aanvalsvoertuigen and other military equipment. An F-16 from Taiwan during an exercise Photo: AP…
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Kremlin suspends free trade with Kiev on
wed, 16 dec 2015, 18:59 Kremlin suspends free trade with Kiev on MOSCOW – Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, a law was signed that the vrijhandelsverdrag with the neighboring country of Ukraine at 1 January deferred. On that date the association agreement of Ukraine with the European Union should enter into force. Thus, many…
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This Exercise Bike Turns Cycling Into a VR Racing Game
Working out can be a drag, especially if your only means of entertainment is an awful juicer informercial on five of the 10 gym TVs. But thanks to virtual reality, you can soon exercise your way through a video game—and starting today, you can preorder a VR-ready bike that lets you do exactly that. VirZoom…
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Cosmologists want to see the first moments of the Universe
In the next decade, a delicate measurement of the primary light can provide convincing evidence for the popular cosmic inflation theory, which assumes that a random, microscopic density fluctuation in the fabric of space and time gave life to the Universe in the process and a hot big Bang approximately 13.7 billion years ago. Among…
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Recent fines speed enforcement zone A2 may be invalid
Recent fines speed enforcement zone A2 may be invalid Posted on 26-10-2015 at 15:14 by sir_smokalot – 29 Comments” In recent months, a penalty is scored on the average speed check between Maarssen and Abcoude (A2 left)? Then you may be in luck, because according to our information, the calibration of the control systems already…
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When an Italian is in the hands of a redneck
When an Italian is in the hands of a redneck Posted on 27-10-2015 at 15:01 by rubenpriest – 62 Comments” This Ferrari 360 Modena underwent a donoroperatie. Result? Something with ‘Murcia and a lot of trappelende horses. The yellow beast gave up the ghost during a round of gunfire on a circuit. Instead of the…
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Two cars of Green-homes go up in flames [updated]
Two cars of Green-homes go up in flames [updated] Posted on 27-10-2015 at 9:29 by Ricardo – 127 Comments” “An attack!” That can be no coincidence. The two cars of Party leader Harold Hale in the village of Oostknollendam (492 inhabitants and a horse head) were to spend the night in twenty meters away from…
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Audi A4 Avant: driving test and video
Audi A4 Avant: driving test and video Posted on 26-10-2015 to 16:00 pm by Wouter – 110 Responses” Not surprisingly, in terms of appearance, but in terms of driving. [ First look, then read? Watch the video HERE! ] Engines Under the hood, again, few surprises, or it must be the G-tron version. If the…
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That Hitchhiking Robot That Americans Beat Up Will Live Forever in a Canadian Museum
Summer 2015 marked the failed American odyssey of hitchBOT, the hitchhiking humanoid built for motorists to tote from Salem, Massachusetts, to San Francisco. It got as far as Philly before being torn limb from limb. But in Canada, where people are infinitely friendlier toward roadside robots, the original hitchBOT—which did manage to thumb it cross-country—will…