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TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. -
See The Smell of Rain (video)fromquarkstoquasars.com
A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have just this year released a super slow motion video of the petrichor process in motion. -
New South Wales Attacks Researchers Who Found Internet Voting Vulnerabilitieseff.org
A security flaw in New South Wales’ Internet voting system may have left as many as 66,000 votes vulnerable to interception and manipulation in a recent election, according to security researchers. Despite repeated assurances from the Electoral Commiss... -
As Demand for Welders Resurges, Community Colleges Offer Classesnytimes.com
The demand has created an unusually close partnership between the Gulf Coast energy industry and community colleges to train people for disappearing skills. -
Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to Mathematicsmath.niu.edu
The Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to the areas of modern mathematics and to resources for those areas -
The teenager who saved a man with an SS tattoobbc.com
In 1996, a black teenager protected a white man from an angry mob who thought he supported the racist Ku Klux Klan. The young woman's bravery is still inspiring people today. -
Android Creator Andy Rubin Launching Playground Globalwsj.com
Android creator Andy Rubin is launching Playground Global to provide support and advice to tech startups making devices for consumers or companies. - libertybsd.net
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This working computer is smaller than a grain of rice - CNETcnet.com
The University of Michigan's Micro Mote is a fully autonomous computer that's programmed and charged via light and could be used for a variety of medical and industrial purposes. -
Aluminum battery from Stanford offers safe alternative to conventional batteriesnews.stanford.edu
The new aluminum-ion battery could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today. -
Silicon Valley Firms Plant Roots in Farm Beltwsj.com
New technologies that promise to change how food is grown, transported and sold are attracting increased interest from the kinds of investors that have fueled Silicon Valley powerhouses. - numericjs.com
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From Sailors To Robots: A Revolution In Clearing Minesbreakingdefense.com
This is the third in our exclusive series on the crucial but neglected question of sea mines and how well — or not — the United States manages this global and very real threat. Here we’re looking at the most promising technologies, ships and aircraft t... -
A Guide to Thesis-Writing and a Guide to Life - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
Writing and research manuals like Umberto Eco’s “How to Write a Thesis” offer a vision of our best selves. - thespacereview.com
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What happened to millions of Creative Commons-licensed photos in Flickr?bryanalexander.org
UPDATE: looks like a bug. Scroll down for more. Something weird and potentially bad just happened to the Flickr photo-sharing site. Specifically, their page listing photos published under Creativ...