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For decades, rocket scientist Robert Zubrin has been a voice crying in the Martian wilderness. But now the president of the Mars Society is pleading the case for a cause that’s much closer than the Red Planet: low-cost lunar exploration and settlement. Zubrin’s lays out his latest plan, known as “Mo...
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Medici Ventures is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock, one of the most cryptocurrency friendly businesses in the world, whose CEO has frequently promoted the use of bitcoin and other cryptos. Medici is specifically geared toward blockchain businesses, development, and technology, and on Thursday...
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Neither service member has been identified, and details of the attack have yet to be released
science / science - 6 years ago
"These individuals will suffer irreparable harm if they lose the right to vote."
science / science - 6 years ago
The total early vote in 2014 was 28.3 million
science / science - 6 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week from Sunday through noon on Friday.& & Editor's Pick Earth’s carbon dioxide levels are likely the highest they've been in 15 million years Earth’s average global temperature from...
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A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight. Member states of the organisation tasked with overseeing the sustainable ex...
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For all his bluster and confidence, President Trump let slip some doubts about his ability to hold the House.
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Saddat al-Hindiyah (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi fish farmers south of Baghdad have been left reeling after finding thousands of dead carp mysteriously floating in their cages or washed up on the banks of the Euphrates. Piles of the dead silvery fish, along with a few car tyres and plastic bags, could be se...
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Greased-up and trash-talking WWE stars clashed on Friday at the Crown Jewel extravaganza in Riyadh, which took place in the shadow of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Wrestling stars such as Shane McMahon, Seth Rollins and AJ Style brawled and snarled in the ring, sending a roar rip...
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"We are going to go to the polls"
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"There are still gaps to fill in," Shea said. "This is a tragedy all the away around, we want to get justice for the victims. At this point in time, everything we've seen thus far leads to something other than a crime taking place, but were not ruling it out. "
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A team of Spanish and Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a dinosaur that lived 110 million years ago in the center of the country, the National University of La Matanza revealed Friday. The remains came from three separate dinosaurs from the herbivorous group of sauropods, the...
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HBO and cast members were quick to react to the President's tweet
science / science - 6 years ago
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change Temperature, precipitation, wind Radiosondes show that after decades of cooling the lower stratosphere is now warming Verification of an approximate thermodynamic equation with application to study on Arctic stratosp...