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CONTRIBUTOR: . A study led by researchers from
UCLA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
has demonstrated a more efficient way to accelerate positrons, the antimatter
opposites of electrons. The method may help lead to much smaller but more
powerful linear electron-positron colliders — machines that could be...
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. Boriska, a boy who claimed to have come from Mars, was influenced by
Martian ghosts, as he was reported to claim: “Mars began to lose its atmosphere
and water catastrophically. Boriska said that there were special ships going to
the nearest planet, Earth, to get water.” ( quoted
fromhttps://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/do... reason:...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science This picture was
taken during a helicopter ride over Sydney in Australia by Rune Svendsen and
submitted to the National Geographic 2015 Traveler contest. “The famous Bondi
beach was visible half a minute earlier, and this is over the less famous north
Bondi suburb. It’s amazing how the...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . Bad luck is sure to befall a US
company if it builds a new factory over a fairyfort in Ireland, warns a
traditional Irish lore keeper. West Pharmaceutical Services is building a new
factory in Waterford, Ireland, with plans on employing more than 150 people at
completion in 2018, reports...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science A wormhole - a
tunnel that connects two distant region in space by creating a shortcut through
the spacetime - is thought as the only viable way to visit far away worlds and
galaxies. Otherwise, you're stuck with traveling at the speed of light which,
considering the vastness...
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. William Provine, a tireless crusader for evolutionary theory and opponent
of creationism, has died. He was 73. Provine was a professed atheist. The NCSE
story relates this, though:Provine was a vocal and persistent opponent of
creationism. He wrote thoughtfully on evolution and creationism, e.g. in his
essay on "Evolution, Religion,...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science Recently, we wrote
an article about the biggest tree census ever conducted, and the results were
pretty grim. Sure, there are some 3 trillion trees on Earth, but the bad news is
that there used to be almost twice as many – before humans chipped in. Humanity
has...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . Inside the ring fort at
Tullycrine in West Clare, Ireland, visitors can see the graves of hundreds of
children dating from a period in Irish history when those who had not been
baptized were banned from being buried in consecrated ground. The burials were
performed in accordance with the rule...
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. Attempts at humor usually fall flat.—Guide for Counsel in Cases to Be
Argued Before the Supreme Court of the United States, Part II, pg. 10 (October
Term 2014).So says the highest court in the land, but it hasn’t stopped lawyers
from trying to be funny. This is what happens when...
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. When the giant data breach at infidelity website Ashley Madison made
headlines last month, the CEO of the site's owner was quick to claim the caper
was an inside job. He had the attacker's profile and work credentials, Avid Life
Media's CEO Noel Biderman told ace cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs....
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