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An international team of scientists plans to dredge Scotland’s Loch Ness next month — seeking not the mythical monster, as so many have done before, but rather its DNA footprint.

#Loch ness #loch ness monster #nessie #science #search for Nessie #dna

How humanity made falling Into an art-form from the 1600s to 2017. Learn the History of Skydiving and why people started jumping from not-so-safe aircraft.

#skydiving #history

(3DShoes.com) The Marines’ Mountain Warfare Training Center located in California trains Marines in mountain and cold weather operations. During the winter, snow can reach six to eight feet high and temperatures of 20 degrees below zero. Upgrades to equipment under extreme conditions in such weather are necessary, and recent missions were able to repair equipment... View Article

#us marines #snowshoes #3D printing #technology #snowshow repair

(3DShoes.com) The Marines’ Mountain Warfare Training Center located in California trains Marines in mountain and cold weather operations. During the winter, snow can reach six to eight feet high and temperatures of 20 degrees below zero. Upgrades to equipment under extreme conditions in such weather are necessary, and recent missions were able to repair equipment... View Article

#us marines #snpwshoes #3D printing

A brief history of the township of Verona, New Jersey.

In 2008, New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Verona #1 in Essex County and #3 in New Jersey as "Top Places to Live in New Jersey".[20]

#verona nj #history

In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back

There are now more than 500 elephants at Zakouma National Park in Chad.CreditKyle de Nobrega/African Parks

#africa #chad #elephants #elephant recovery

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on the road

#photography #on the road #rainbow #center line #travel

He's also five years from becoming the oldest New York City sanitation worker in history.

#work ethic #sanitation worker

Shortly before he died the eminent physicist completed his final theory of the cosmos, and it’s simpler than we thought

#science #stephen hawking #physics #multiverse

An interesting ethical consideration for programmers of self-driving cars.

Driverless cars will encounter situations requiring moral assessment -- and new research suggests that people may not be happy with the decisions their cars make. Experiments designed to test people's reactions to a driving dilemma that endangers human life, revealed a high willingness for self-sacrifice, a consideration of the age of potential victims and swerving onto the sidewalk to save more lives -- intuitions that are sometimes at odds with ethically acceptable behavior or political guidelines.

#ethics #self driving cars

We're unsure about the best material and don't have the measurements to know.

#science #light sail #space travel #alpha centauri

Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers, according to new research.

#health #immune system #HygieneHypothesis

With robotics on the rise, Imperial researchers look to the future, exploring everything from nature-inspired robot swarms to the ethics of AI.

#AI #robotics #future #technology #ethics

Sunlight has numerous health benefits

#sunlight #health #vitamin d #mental health #immune system

Trichoplax is the simplest animal on Earth. It has no mouth, stomach or brain. Yet it can teach how these and other organs evolved.

#science #biology #evolution #trichoplax

'Lilium' created an all-electric two-seater flying car that’s capable of vertical takeoff and landing. It has a range of 185 miles and reaches speeds of up t...

#flying car #jetsons #lilium #vtol #technology #aviation

Apple announced that its stores, data centers and corporate offices now run on 100% clean energy.

#apple #clean energy #green energy

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