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Friday, February 27, 2015

FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules, Setting Stage For Legal Battle - WSJ









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This Spectacular Super Jet Will Be The Most Eco-Friendly Ever





Designer Oscar ViƱals has sketched out the designs for a concept aircraft called the "Progress Eagle." The dramatic three deck, 800-seat super jet would utilize an advanced hybrid engine system for taking off and cruising, resulting in reduced noise and zero contaminant emissions.



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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Fundamental Forces









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A Vintage Chart Of UFO Sightings From Around The World





From the collection of the National Archives UK, this awesomely simple chart was drawn in 1969. Some of them look like classic scifi interpretations of flying saucers ... but we also see some hubcaps and hats in there, too.



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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Flowcharts









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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Why are you unvaccinated?





Vaccination and religion have interrelations of varying kinds. The influential Massachusetts preacher Cotton Mather was the first known person to attempt smallpox inoculation on a large scale, inoculating himself and over 200 members of his congregation with the help of a local doctor.



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Trailer: Star Wars vs. Star Trek





No, it's not real. Yet.



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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Fascinating photos reveal how they built the SR-71 Blackbird





Built and designed in the 1960s after the A-12 Oxcart, the SR-71 Blackbird is still the fastest, most vanguardist air-breathing airplane in the history of aviation. These once classified photos reveal how Lockheed built both birds in secret, in California. They look taken at the Rebel base in Hoth.



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Quotative Like









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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Obama asks for $14 billion to step up cybersecurity





Following through on his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama has added $14 billion to the 2016 budget proposal to beef up cybersecurity in the US, according to Reuters.



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