This Solar Flare Image Is Beautiful In Its Simplicity

A solar flare peaked at 7:28 p.m. EST on December 19, and the NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught this image of it. It was classified as X1.8-class. X-classes are the most intense flares, with an X-2 being twice as strong as an X-1.



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Spectacular New Space Station Video Is The Ultimate Holiday Lighting

The ESA has just released this stunning ultra high definition timelapse video, combining 12,500 images taken by astronaut Alexander Gerst during his six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. The views of sparkling cities, glowing aurorae and flashes of lightning are breathtaking.



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Obama’s Justice Department secretly helped kill FOIA transparency bill

We’ve long known the Justice Department’s stance on transparency has been hypocritical and disingenuous. But they’ve really outdone themselves this time.



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The giant tubes that launch nuclear missiles in Ohio-class submarines

Impressive photo of the giant tubes that house four of the 24 Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) carried by Ohio-class nuclear submarines. 14 of these submarines travel for months underwater, carrying fifty percent of all the active thermonuclear warheads in the US arsenal.



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Navy drone swims like a shark to spy on foes

It's hard to covertly gather intelligence on the open seas; conventional drones and submarines make it rather obvious that something's up. The US Navy might just have a stealthier option with its experimental GhostSwimmer drone, which recently finished tests.



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America's biggest movie theaters will not show 'The Interview' after threats

Threats posted by the people who hacked Sony Pictures appear have had the desired effect. The Wall Street Journal and The Hollywood Reporter both state, based on anonymous sources, that the largest movie chains will not debut the movie next week.



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How Neal Stephenson Is Helping To Make Snow Crash's Metaverse A Reality

Magic Leap's mysterious augmented reality tech promises to "bring magic back into the world." And now Neal Stephenson, who imagined the virtual Metaverse in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has joined the company. He tells io9 why this technology may "demand a new way of thinking."



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Spanish newspapers beg for help as Google News closure looms

Having lobbied hard for a Spanish law that forces Google to pay royalties for using snippets of articles in its News service, and having since seen the company say it would shut down Google News in Spain because it doesn’t make money off it anyway, Spain’s publishers are now trying to stop that



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EFF Challenges Personal Audio's 'Podcasting Patent Claims' Before the USPTO This Week

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Wednesday that it should invalidate the key claims of patents used by Personal Audio to sue podcasters.



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Rare photos of the SR-71 Blackbird show its amazing history

The SR-71 Blackbird is, without a doubt, the most advanced airplane ever built in relation to the technology available at the time. It broke all aviation records, it flew incredible missions, and it became the stuff of legend.



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“There's Something We Just don't Understand About the Internal Structure of the Universe"

“We’re all looking and somewhere, maybe even now, there’s a little bit of data that will cause someone to have an ‘Ah ha!’ moment,” said Harry Nelson, professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and science lead for the LUX upgrade, called LUX-ZEPLIN.



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Watch the Navy's New Laser Cannon Successfully Fry a Drone

After months at sea patrolling the Persian Gulf region, the USS Ponce and its shiny new laser cannon have successfully confronted and destroyed not only an unmanned aerial vehicle but also an incoming speed boat and other moving targets—all without breaking a sweat.



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Analysis: Discovery Channel's "Eaten Alive" was a Sham, But Could Lead to Real Discoveries

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How one tech founder is finding her way in Dallas, of all places

What makes an ideal female tech entrepreneur? A willingness to defy conventional wisdom is almost a requirement; you can’t be easily discouraged by naysayers.



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Big Bang May Have Created a Mirror Universe Where Time Runs Backwards

Why does time seem to move forward? It’s a riddle that’s puzzled physicists for well over a century, and they’ve come up with numerous theories to explain time’s arrow.



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“Unprecedented” cyberattack no excuse for Sony breach, pros say

The security company investigating the attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment has reportedly penned a letter that seemingly holds the entertainment firm blameless for the breach of its systems—a move that has opened up the investigating firm to criticism by security professionals.



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Why NASA Put This Spacesuit Through a CT Scanner

Last year, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano nearly drowned in his own fluids during a harrowing spacewalk-gone-wrong. Now, NASA has teamed with the Houston Methodist Hospital's research institute to make sure that such a thing never happens again—using a CT scanner.



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Announcing Ubuntu Core, with snappy transactional updates

What if your cloud instances could be updated with the same certainty and precision as your mobile phone - with carrier grade assurance that an update applies perfectly or is not applied at all? What if your apps could be isolated from one another completely, so there's no possibility that installi



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The First Episode of Cheers is Sitcom Perfection

In her 2011 book Bossypants, Tina Fey explained the difficulty of writing a TV pilot. There are few things harder to write, since the objective is to introduce characters while maintaining both levity and humanity. Fey noted that Cheers might have one of the greatest pilots of all time.



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NASA Observes A Solar Explosion In Unprecedented Detail

NASA Observes A Solar Explosion In Unprecedented Detail:



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The 5 Biggest Threats To Human Existence

The 5 Biggest Threats To Human Existence:



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Is this the best omnidirectional treadmill for gaming yet? - TechSpot

Is this the best omnidirectional treadmill for gaming yet? - TechSpot:



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This Wickedly Fast Running Robot Is Now Commercially Available

This Wickedly Fast Running Robot Is Now Commercially Available:



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Fake Camera Commercial Shows How Dumb Today's Tech Will Someday Look

Fake Camera Commercial Shows How Dumb Today's Tech Will Someday Look:



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