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If you're looking for an awesome bit of Star Trek kit and want to save big money then Amazon can beam you up with a huge 29% saving on the Playmobil U.S.S Enterprise set.
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Disney revealed a few months ago that it was working on a cheaper Disney+ plan that would be supported with advertisements, expanding options for one of the best streaming services. Now we have more details about how it...
Wi-Fi is a wonderful thing when it works correctly. You can probably carry a device around and still get high-speed access to the internet. But when it misbehaves, fixing Wi-Fi configuration errors on Windows can be a pain. Here...
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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided Monday with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and struck down a provision of federal campaign finance law, a ruling that a dissenting justice said runs the risk of causing “further disrepute” to...
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How do we make sense of a world in which time is relative?
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Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean for time...
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Solar flares release huge amounts of energy.
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Solar flares are large explosions from the surface of the sun that emit intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation. The intensity of the explosion determines what classification...
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On May 17, 1974, NASA launched the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, SMS-1. This was the first satellite designed to monitor meteorological conditions from a geostationary orbit. This kind of orbit allowed it to stay above a fixed location as...
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A big Mars discussion is coming to Washington, D.C. starting Tuesday (May 17).
The three-day event, hosted by Explore Mars, features panel discussions and speakers from across the space industry, as well as NASA and international entities.
The conference has listed...
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The NS-21 group of space tourists flying aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft include six individuals. Top row, left to right: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta and Hamish Harding. Bottom row, left to right: Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson and...
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QR codes are used for everything from opening a restaurant menu to making payments: just point your camera at the QR code, and your phone will automatically open the relevant page. But what happens when you get...
