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Why the Supercomputing Arms Race Benefits Everyone (Op-Ed)

Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights


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Ailing NASA Telescope Spots 503 New Alien Planet Candidates

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted 503 new potential alien worlds, some of which may be capable of supporting life as we know it.


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Atomic Weights Tweaked for 5 Elements

Standard atomic weights, those numbers emblazoned under the elements on the periodic table, were once thought of as unchanging constants of nature.


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Darwin's Frogs Are in Steep Decline

Some of nature's most fascinating fathers may be at risk of extinction.


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Vibrating Navigators Shake Up Devices

The day's not too far off that a smartphone, instead of providing on-screen driving directions, could guide someone to her destination with a little nudge. Literally.


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Tiny Submersible Could Search for Life in Europa's Ocean

One of the first visitors to Jupiter's icy moon of Europa could be a tiny submarine barely larger than two soda cans. The small craft might help strike the right balance between cost and capability for a robotic mission to look for alien life in the ocean beneath Europa's icy crust.


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James Cameron Gives Record-Breaking Sub to Science

WOODS HOLE, Mass. —When James Cameron was about 12, he saw the Alvin submersible on the cover of National Geographic and was absolutely captivated by the vehicle's ability to transport ordinary humans to the seafloor. Alvin helped inspire Cameron to pursue a life of exploration and, several decades later, to build his own sub — the Deepsea Challenger — and pilot it by himself to the deepest part of the world's oceans.


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Dad Deserves More Credit ... Good and Bad (Op-Ed)

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection at the University of Connecticut Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

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The One Type of Online Ads Consumers Actually Like

While shoppers appreciate the personal touch they get from some online retailers, the majority aren't willing to share too much personal information to get it, new research shows.

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Moonlighting Entrepreneurs Take the Night Shift

A growing number of workers aren't letting their current jobs get in the way of their entrepreneurial aspirations. New research has found that workers with part- or full-time jobs are turning to e-commerce as a way to launch their entrepreneurial careers.

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50 Years Ago, 1st Woman to Fly in Space Wore World's 1st Mission Patch

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who 50 years ago this Sunday (June 16) launched aboard the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. But her gender wasn't the only contribution that Tereshkova made to the cultural history of space exploration — she was also the first person to wear a mission emblem on her spacesuit, although it was hidden from view.


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Another 1930s Dust Bowl Drought Possible This Century (Op-Ed)

Marlene Cimons Climate Nexus Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights


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Atomic Clocks to Become Even More Accurate

The ultimate accessory in exact timekeeping — the atomic clock — is set to become even more precise, after ultrashort laser pulses were successfully transmitted across open air to help synchronize the "ticking" of new optical atomic clocks.


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Lego Figures: No More Mr. Nice Toy

Lego, maker of the plastic toy pieces and figures that spawned a global empire, isn't playing nice anymore.


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6 Ways Dads Win at Parenting

From paper towel commercials to PTA meetings, let's face it: Moms are assumed to be the default parents.

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Snowflake the Albino Gorilla Was Inbred, Study Finds

A famous albino gorilla that lived for 40 years at the Barcelona Zoo got its white coloring by way of inbreeding, new research shows.


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