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How Glaciers Give Us A Picture Of Past Climates
Muse Science Magazine for Kids

How Glaciers Give Us A Picture Of Past Climates

How glaciers give us a picture of past climates

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January 2019
Acer Predator X27: The Ultimate Gaming Panel
PC Magazine

Acer Predator X27: The Ultimate Gaming Panel

Put together a wish list—the sky’s the limit—of things you’d want in a 27-inch gaming monitor, and you’d probably come up with something like the Acer Predator X27. 4K UHD resolution, support for Nvidia’s G-Sync adaptive-sync tech, and HDR support—check.

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January 2019
JBL Charge 4: A Powerhouse Speaker In A Small Frame
PC Magazine

JBL Charge 4: A Powerhouse Speaker In A Small Frame

JBL knows how to deliver the goods when it comes to portable Bluetooth speakers.

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January 2019
Security Key By Yubico: 2FA That's Simple And Affordable
PC Magazine

Security Key By Yubico: 2FA That's Simple And Affordable

Decades of consumer computer products have taught humanity one thing: Passwords are bad. To make passwords acceptable again, we’re now turning to password managers and two-factor authentication to better secure our online accounts.

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January 2019
Intel Shows Off New Gen11 Graphics, Teases Xe Discrete GPU
PC Magazine

Intel Shows Off New Gen11 Graphics, Teases Xe Discrete GPU

Intel’s Architecture Day 2018 in December wasn’t just a CPU show. The graphics market is poised to be a significant component of Intel’s strategy going forward, and the company’s Gen11 solution looks like it’ll be a potent improvement over Skylake. These improvements are long overdue.

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January 2019
Farout: Scientists Spot Solar System's Farthest Known Object
Techlife News

Farout: Scientists Spot Solar System's Farthest Known Object

Astronomers have spotted the farthest known object in our solar system — and they’ve nicknamed the pink cosmic body “Farout.”

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December 23, 2018
NASA's Voyager 2 Becomes 2nd Craft In Interstellar Space
Techlife News

NASA's Voyager 2 Becomes 2nd Craft In Interstellar Space

NASA’s Voyager 2 is now the second humanmade object to zip away from the sun into the space between the stars.

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China Launches Pioneering Mission To Far Side Of Moon
AppleMagazine

China Launches Pioneering Mission To Far Side Of Moon

China launched a ground-breaking mission last Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.

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December 14, 2018
NASA Spacecraft Arrives At Ancient Asteroid, Its 1st Visitor
AppleMagazine

NASA Spacecraft Arrives At Ancient Asteroid, Its 1st Visitor

After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.

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December 07, 2018
The Problem With Sexy Science
Mother Jones

The Problem With Sexy Science

When peer review fails, how can journalists, researchers, and lawmakers be more vigilant?

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January/February 2019
World Health Organization Wants Panel To Study Gene Editing
Techlife News

World Health Organization Wants Panel To Study Gene Editing

The chief of the World Health Organization says his agency is assembling experts to consider the health impacts of gene editing.

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December 9, 2018
Mars Touchdown: Nasa Spacecraft Survives Supersonic Plunge
Techlife News

Mars Touchdown: Nasa Spacecraft Survives Supersonic Plunge

Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight spacecraft sent back a “nice and dirty” snapshot of its new digs. Yet the dust-speckled image looked like a work of art to scientists.

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Techlife News #370
Why PC Builders Should Stock Up on Components Now
PC Magazine

Why PC Builders Should Stock Up on Components Now

NZXT is a popular PC desktop case vendor, but the California-based company recently had to raise its prices.

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December 2018
Astronaut Mae Jemison On The ‘Adrenaline Rush' Of Space Travel
PC Magazine

Astronaut Mae Jemison On The ‘Adrenaline Rush' Of Space Travel

Season two of the National Geographic Channel‘s Mars—which is part drama and part documentary—explores what it would take to survive on another planet.

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December 2018
Space Station Gets 2 Cargo Deliveries In Record 15 Hours
Techlife News

Space Station Gets 2 Cargo Deliveries In Record 15 Hours

The International Space Station has received two cargo deliveries in a record 15 hours.

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November 25,2018
IBM Releases Pretrained Watson AI Tools
PC Magazine

IBM Releases Pretrained Watson AI Tools

In a significant expansion of the IBM Watson cognitive computing platform, IBM has launched “pretrained” artificial intelligence (AI) tools for a slew of industries, including advertising, agriculture, automotive, building management, customer service, human resources (HR), manufacturing, marketing, and supply chain.

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November 2018
How To Remap Your Keyboard
PC Magazine

How To Remap Your Keyboard

The standard Windows keyboard layout hasn’t changed much in the past few decades, and there’s a chance you don’t use every key on your keyboard.

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November 2018
How To Provide Remote IT Support For Your Relatives And Friends
PC Magazine

How To Provide Remote IT Support For Your Relatives And Friends

Being tech-savvy is both a gift and a curse. When you know how to fix computers, you become “the computer person” for everyone you know.

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November 2018
How To Copy Your Windows Installation To An SSD
PC Magazine

How To Copy Your Windows Installation To An SSD

Are you still using a traditional spinning hard disk on your computer? You’re missing out. Swapping it for a solid-state drive (SSD) is one of the best upgrades you can make in terms of speeding up your computer. Your computer will boot faster, programs will launch instantly, and games won’t take so long to load.

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November 2018
Do I Need A VPN At Home?
PC Magazine

Do I Need A VPN At Home?

When you use a VPN, you’re adding a layer of obfuscation to your online activities and digging an encrypted tunnel between your traffic and anyone who tries to spy on you.

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November 2018
NASA Accepts Delivery Of European Powerhouse For Moonship
Techlife News

NASA Accepts Delivery Of European Powerhouse For Moonship

NASA has accepted delivery of a key European part needed to power the world’s next-generation moonship.

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November 25,2018
Nasa's Parker Spacecraft Makes 1st Close Approach To Sun
Techlife News

Nasa's Parker Spacecraft Makes 1st Close Approach To Sun

A NASA spacecraft has made its first close approach to the sun, just 2 1/2 months after liftoff.

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November 11, 2018
More Protection: UN Says Earth's Ozone Layer Is Healing
AppleMagazine

More Protection: UN Says Earth's Ozone Layer Is Healing

Earth’s protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said.

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November 9, 2018
NASA Astronaut Describes Close Call Following Failed Launch
Techlife News

NASA Astronaut Describes Close Call Following Failed Launch

The NASA astronaut who survived last weeks failed launch and emergency landing knew he needed to stay calm.

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October 21, 2018
How To Get Ready For Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Floods, and Earthquakes
Popular Science

How To Get Ready For Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Floods, and Earthquakes

Seismologist Lucy Jones is on a crusade to prepare us—and our infrastructure—for the next Big One.

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Winter 2018
Scrawny Dwarf Planet, Named Goblin, Found Well Beyond Pluto
Techlife News

Scrawny Dwarf Planet, Named Goblin, Found Well Beyond Pluto

A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.

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October 7, 2018
How To Make It As A Fossil
Reader's Digest US

How To Make It As A Fossil

Many species die off without a trace. If humans are to leave a lasting record, well need to make sure our DNA survives.

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October 2018
The Brutal Truth About Climate Change
The Atlantic

The Brutal Truth About Climate Change

William T.Vollmanns latest opus is one of the most honest and fatalisticbooks about global warming yet written.

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October 2018
The Magical Transformation Of Bread
Muse Science Magazine for Kids

The Magical Transformation Of Bread

How bakers turn flour into fresh loaves

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September 2018
Why Satellite Internet Is The New Space Race
PC Magazine

Why Satellite Internet Is The New Space Race

There’s a theory (or perhaps a cautionary tale) among astronomers called the Kessler Syndrome, named for the NASA astrophysicist who proposed it in 1978. In this scenario, an orbiting satellite or some other piece of material accidentally strikes another and breaks into pieces.

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September 2018