NASA sees Typhoon Champi near Iwo To, Japan
Typhoon Champi was near Iwo To island, Japan when NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites gathered data on the weakening typhoon.
Earth Sciences
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Journaling: Astronauts chronicle missions
LOG ENTRY: SOL 25—Remember those old math questions you had in Algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to figure out when it'll be empty? Well, that ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2015
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New 'geospeedometer' confirms super-eruptions have short fuses
Repeatedly throughout Earth's history, giant pools of magma greater than 100 cubic miles in volume have formed a few miles below the surface.
Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2015
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Launch of Kavli HUMAN Project—Big Data to provide unprecedented insights on health and behavior
The Kavli HUMAN Project (KHP) will use Big Data approaches to aggregate and analyze a variety of measurements gathered over 20 years on 10,000 individuals in roughly 2,500 households in New York City to determine how human ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 20, 2015
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NASA sees Hurricane Olaf move into central Pacific Ocean
NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites saw Hurricane Olaf move west over the longitude line of 140 degrees that separates the Eastern Pacific from the Central Pacific. On October 20, Olaf strengthened to a Category four hurricane ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2015
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Sony settles hacking lawsuit, to pay up to $8 million
Sony Pictures Entertainment has reached a settlement with current and former employees, agreeing to pay up to $8 million to reimburse them for losses, preventative measures and legal fees related to the hack of its computers ...
Business
Oct 20, 2015
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First synthetic model of a bacterial outer membrane will support antibiotic development
For the first time researchers from Newcastle University and the Science and Technology Facilities Council have produced a working model giving access to unprecedented information about the bacteria which is notoriously hard ...
Biochemistry
Oct 20, 2015
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Egypt fixing Tutankhamun mask after botched epoxy repair
Restorers put their work on the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun on display in Cairo on Tuesday, over a year after the beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued back on with epoxy.
Archaeology
Oct 20, 2015
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Brands eye big bucks with 'Back to the Future' nostalgia
The dog-walking drones and flying cars of Marty McFly's fictional 21st century are still the stuff of sci-fi in real-life 2015—but savvy brands from Pepsi to Toyota have rolled out gadgets and gimmicks tapping into "Back ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 20, 2015
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New report on energy-efficient computing
A report that resulted from a workshop jointly funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and National Science Foundation (NSF) outlines key factors limiting progress in computing—particularly related to energy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 20, 2015
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