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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
While there are more than 60 companies with permits to test autonomous vehicles in California, they are restricted to carrying employees and contractors. With the permit from the CPUC, Zoox can now offer an autonomous-driving service to the public,...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
The United States government just shut down for the third time this year, and a lot of NASA employees will be staying home as a result. Most NASA personnel will be furloughed until such an agreement is reached, agency officials explained recently in...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
It's also the shortest day of the year for those in the Northern Hemisphere, where the sun will now begin to shine a little bit longer by the day. To celebrate the changing of the seasons, scientists with NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOV...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
Halfway through the year, we’ve already lost a number of stars across Hollywood. Here’s a list of some of the notable celebrities and industry professionals in film, TV, music and sports who have passed away so far in 2018. Jon Paul Steuer, a forme...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change impacts&
Mankind
Estimates of present and future asthma emergency department visits associated with exposure to oak, birch, and grass pollen in the United States& (o...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
Americans have continued to get bigger but not any taller since the turn of the millennium, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. According to the report, the average adult American’s weight and waistline have bo...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
Ahead of the Jan. 1 rendezvous, strange readings from the New Horizons spacecraft suggest a mystery around its asteroid target.
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
On Dec. 16, Comet 46P/Wirtanen made its closest approach to Earth in more than 20 years, back when digital cameras and laser astronomy were in their infancy. At the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, a group of scientists led by Boncho Bonev (a physic...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
The latest interruption came as authorities attempted to get operations back to normal after a pair of drones disrupted travel for more than 120,000 people over the course of 36 hours. When Gatwick restarted earlier Friday, authorities offered no gu...
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
The surgery Friday — a pulmonary lobectomy — was conducted by a thoracic surgeon, Valerie Rusch, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
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Heidi Harley
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6 years ago
She's "resting comfortably," according to a Supreme Court spokeswoman.