Taking a spacecraft to the surface of an alien planet is hard enough, but it can be even more difficult to reach the exact landing spot. Now, new NASA technologies could enable landers to adapt in real-time to what they see before them.
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By Rich Trenholm The people-eating Titans get real as the smash hit manga and anime series hits the big screen.
By Maddie Stone
The fearsome “Carolina Butcher” isn’t a legendary serial killer. It’s a 9-foot-long ancestral crocodile that stomped about the southeastern U.S. during the Late Triassic, eating smaller armored reptiles and competing with dinosaurs for top-predator status. Oh, and it walked on its hind legs.
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By Chris Mills
Have you ever griped at your company’s IT department for forcing you to use Internet Explorer? Chances are, you weren’t being difficult: you were just trying to be a better employee.
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By Chris Mills
Have you ever griped at your company’s IT department for forcing you to use Internet Explorer? Chances are, you weren’t being difficult: you were just trying to be a better employee.
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Sure, humans have invented …
The stacks and stacks of cabin windows make today’s ocean liners look gargantuan enough from the shore. But the view from directly above gigantic cruise ships is even more startling.
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It was 1973 the last time a new bridge opened over Portland’s Willamette River: a double-decker span with eight lanes of freeway. Times have changed. When the Tilikum Crossing Bridge opens later this year, it will be one of the few in the U.S. that’s purpose-built for transit, bikes and pedestrians—no cars allowed.
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A build up of intestinal gases isn’t just an etiquette problem — it’s also linked to conditions like irritable bowl syndrome. So researchers have created a swallowable capsule packed with sensors that’s able to measure the concentration of gases inside a patient, and wirelessly relay that info back to a smartphone app.
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By Bridget Carey The social network is rolling out feature to let you send money to friends, Premera reveals 11 million health care customer records may have been hacked, and Sony’s PlayStation Vue streaming launches at a price that might not save cord-cutters.
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