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Attention Earthlings: Jeff Bezos wants everybody to watch this classic video about settling off planet
Jeff Bezos during Wired 25 on Monday. (Twitter screen grab via Wired)
Jeff Bezos loves to talk about space. And in a talk about just that on Monday, he encouraged anyone who was listening to go listen to another classic talk about space.
The Amazon C...
MSU recipient of $3.2 million USDA grant for a better lentil crop
(Montana State University) The four-year grant will allow MSU Extension Plant Pathologist Mary Burrows to conduct a project with stakeholders across the Northern Great Plains investigating root rot and effective ways to prevent or overcome it.
Why Doctors Reject Tools that Make Their Jobs Easier
From the thermometer’s invention onward, physicians have feared—incorrectly—that new technology would make their jobs obsolete-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Some like it cryogenic
(DOE/Sandia National Laboratories) Sandia National Laboratories helped design the first generation of fueling stations for hydrogen-powered cars so that they're as safe as conventional gas stations. Now, Sandia is working to do the same for the...
Sound, vibration recognition boost context-aware computing
(Carnegie Mellon University) Smart devices can seem dumb if they don't understand what's happening around them. Carnegie Mellon University researchers say environmental awareness can be enhanced by analyzing sound and vibrations. The resear...
Chandra X-ray telescope experiences a glitch; Hubble troubleshooting continues
An artist’s conception shows the Chandra X-ray Observatory. (NASA / CXC / SAO Illustration)
Even as experts worked on ways to get the Hubble Space Telescope back doing science, another one of NASA’s Great Observatories in space — the — went into safe...
Scientists achieve first ever acceleration of electrons in plasma waves
(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)) An international team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has demonstrated a new technique for accelerating electron...
Can a Low-Carb Diet Cure Reflux?
A low FODMAP diet can bring relief from IBS and other intestinal miseries. But could it also be the answer for chronic heartburn?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fast, accurate estimation of the Earth's magnetic field for natural disaster detection
(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have applied machine-learning techniques to achieve fast, accurate estimates of local geomagnetic fields using data taken at multiple observation points, potentially allow...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Luban nearing Oman
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Cyclone Luban continued to track toward Oman as NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northern Indian Ocean.