Month: July 2017

Science

Chop Off This Worm’s Head and It Can Still Detect Light http://ift.tt/2vbRfur

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Planarian flatworms can react to light when they lose their heads and brains, and gradually regain their ability to distinguish different hues as they regenerate their bodies. The New York Times

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A Team of Scientists Just Made Food From Electricity — and it Could be the Solution to World Hunger

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Read a Bunch of Trump Administration Dummies Argue With an Email Troll They Thought Was Their Coworkers

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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is not the only member of Donald Trump’s White House with a “Jerky Boys” problem.

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Perseid Meteors over Turkey

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The Perseid Meteor Shower, usually the best meteor shower of the year, will peak late next week. A person watching a clear sky from a dark location might see a bright meteor every minute. These meteors are actually specks of rock that have broken off Comet Swift-Tuttle and continued to orbit the Sun until they vaporize in Earth’s atmosphere. The featured composite image shows a outburst of Perseids as they appeared over Turkey during last year’s meteor shower. Enough meteors were captured to trace the shower’s radiant back to the constellation of Perseus on the far left. The tail-end of the Perseids will still be going during the total solar eclipse on August 21, creating a rare opportunity for some lucky astrophotographers to image a Perseid meteor during the day. via NASA http://ift.tt/2hgcaXB
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Grover Norquist Has Somehow Concluded Vaping is What Will Make the Republican Party Cool Again

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President Donald Trump’s administration is currently imploding in spectacular fashion, from the meteoric rise and equally meteoric collapse of week-long communications director Anthony Scaramucci to high-profile legislative disasters.

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Here’s A Practical Use For A Tesla Model S: A U-2 Spy Plane Chase Car

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Designed in the 1950s and still used today, the Lockheed U-2 (nicknamed Dragon Lady) is a super specialized, high-altitude spy plane. It’s light enough to fly at 70,000 feet, but notoriously difficult to operate. Especially land. Landing is a bitch and a half. That’s where a Tesla Model S comes in.

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