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When a satellite that cost $600 million to build and operate goes silent for 144 hours, you're going to get a few peeved astronomers.
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Tired of your vehicle taking upwards of eight hours to charge? Well, with a newly-designed battery that utilizes 3D film, those times could be cut down to mere minutes.
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If you weren't lucky enough to catch the latest "Northern Lights event," fear not! A time-lapse video can now show you every breathtaking moment of the spectacle.
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Going to the doctor is an expensive and potentially time-consuming process. But with the breakthrough of SIMBUS, finding out if you have a medical ailment could become as easy as a diabetes test.
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Tom Pinckney, co-founder of SiteAdvisor and founder of Hunch, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In fact, his application was so impressive that he was accepted to MIT without ever completing high school.
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Have you ever wondered what happened with those giant booster rockets once a shuttle is launched? ... seriously? Well, today's your lucky day, then!
Read More »“E-mail” is Dead. Long Live “Email.”
It's official: "E-mail," the term used since the inception of the service, is dead. From now on, "email" will suffice.
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