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"Ecofascism": Common Theme Shared By 2 Mass Murders A World Apart
Before the slaughter of dozens of people in Christchurch, New Zealand and El Paso, Texas this year, the accused gunmen took pains to explain their fury, including their hatred of immigrants. The statements that authorities think the men posted online share another obsession: overpopulation and environmental degradation.
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Ruthless, 'Superhuman' Poker-Playing Computer Program Beats Professionals
Like chess, checkers, Go and other games, the most popular form of poker has now been mastered by the cold, heartless machinations of a computer program.
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Ruthless, "Superhuman" Poker-Playing Program Makes Elite Players Fold
Jason Les, one of the world's premier poker players, was representing his species when he faced off in May against a computer program named Pluribus. The game was multiplayer no-limit Texas hold 'em.
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Apollo 11 Turns 50: How Did NASA Put Men on the Moon? One Harrowing Step at a Time
To put astronauts on the surface of the moon and bring them home safely, NASA had to do many things right, in succession, with margins of error ranging from small to nonexistent.
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How Did NASA Put Men On The Moon? One Harrowing Step At A Time
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon, gathered rocks, planted a flag, rocketed home to Earth and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. After three weeks in quarantine (to prevent a purely hypothetical moon-germ contagion), the three Apollo 11 astronauts got their ticker-tape parade and eternal glory.
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Study Finds Signs Of Ritualized Cannabis Smoking 2,500 Years Ago In China
Archaeologists have dug up evidence that people were catching a cannabis buzz way, way before Woodstock, before the Summer of Love and even before there were jazz clubs or alarmist movies warning of "Reefer Madness."
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NASA's Celebrated "Twins Study" Shows What Spaceflight Does To Human Body
Astronaut Scott Kelly made himself a guinea pig for all the people who dream of human journeys to Mars and other destinations in space. In 2015, Kelly rode a rocket into space and spent nearly a year on the International Space Station in low Earth orbit, while his identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, stayed on Earth's surface for NASA's celebrated "...
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This Is It. Supermassive Black Hole Image Captured For First Time
Scientists have finally captured the first direct image of a supermassive black hole.
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Black Holes May Finally Be Ready for Their Close-Up
The Event Horizon Telescope is a network of 10 radio telescopes on four continents that collectively operate like a single instrument nearly the size of the Earth.
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Black Holes May Finally Be Ready For Their Close-Up
At precisely 13:00 Universal Time on Wednesday - 9 a.m. in the Eastern United States - scientists will hold simultaneous news conferences in Washington, D.C., Belgium, Denmark, Chile, Japan, China and Taiwan to reveal the long-awaited results of the Event Horizon Telescope. What everyone is expecting and hoping to see is the first direct image of a...
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Trump Calls His Scotland Golf Course "The Greatest" In World, Draws Flak
President Donald Trump sent out a pre-dawn tweet Saturday boasting about Trump International Golf Links, constructed near Aberdeen, Scotland, among the high, wind-raked dunes along the North Sea.
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Massive Meteor Shower Coming, Could Be Loaded With Surprises: Scientists
On June 30, 1908, an object the size of an apartment building came hurtling out of the sky and exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia. The Tunguska event, named for a river, flattened trees for 800 square miles.
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Apollo 8: NASA's First Moonshot Was a Bold and Terrifying Improvisation
Fifty years later, it's hard to remember how mind-blowing Apollo 8 was, and how scary.
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"Exceptionally Scary": 25 Dead In Worst Wildfire In California's History
College professor Jeff McClenahan hiked up a winding road Saturday toward a terrible unknown, expecting the worst.
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"Sky Turned Black": 11 Killed In California Wildfire, Thousands At Risk
California is on fire again, north and south, the flames deadly and swift, fanned by ferocious Santa Ana winds and fueled by dry tinder. The fires have killed at least nine people, immolated a mountain town and jangled the nerves of many tens of thousands of residents forced to evacuate their homes.
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"Ecofascism": Common Theme Shared By 2 Mass Murders A World Apart
Before the slaughter of dozens of people in Christchurch, New Zealand and El Paso, Texas this year, the accused gunmen took pains to explain their fury, including their hatred of immigrants. The statements that authorities think the men posted online share another obsession: overpopulation and environmental degradation.
-
Ruthless, 'Superhuman' Poker-Playing Computer Program Beats Professionals
Like chess, checkers, Go and other games, the most popular form of poker has now been mastered by the cold, heartless machinations of a computer program.
-
Ruthless, "Superhuman" Poker-Playing Program Makes Elite Players Fold
Jason Les, one of the world's premier poker players, was representing his species when he faced off in May against a computer program named Pluribus. The game was multiplayer no-limit Texas hold 'em.
-
Apollo 11 Turns 50: How Did NASA Put Men on the Moon? One Harrowing Step at a Time
To put astronauts on the surface of the moon and bring them home safely, NASA had to do many things right, in succession, with margins of error ranging from small to nonexistent.
-
How Did NASA Put Men On The Moon? One Harrowing Step At A Time
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon, gathered rocks, planted a flag, rocketed home to Earth and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. After three weeks in quarantine (to prevent a purely hypothetical moon-germ contagion), the three Apollo 11 astronauts got their ticker-tape parade and eternal glory.
-
Study Finds Signs Of Ritualized Cannabis Smoking 2,500 Years Ago In China
Archaeologists have dug up evidence that people were catching a cannabis buzz way, way before Woodstock, before the Summer of Love and even before there were jazz clubs or alarmist movies warning of "Reefer Madness."
-
NASA's Celebrated "Twins Study" Shows What Spaceflight Does To Human Body
Astronaut Scott Kelly made himself a guinea pig for all the people who dream of human journeys to Mars and other destinations in space. In 2015, Kelly rode a rocket into space and spent nearly a year on the International Space Station in low Earth orbit, while his identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, stayed on Earth's surface for NASA's celebrated "...
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This Is It. Supermassive Black Hole Image Captured For First Time
Scientists have finally captured the first direct image of a supermassive black hole.
-
Black Holes May Finally Be Ready for Their Close-Up
The Event Horizon Telescope is a network of 10 radio telescopes on four continents that collectively operate like a single instrument nearly the size of the Earth.
-
Black Holes May Finally Be Ready For Their Close-Up
At precisely 13:00 Universal Time on Wednesday - 9 a.m. in the Eastern United States - scientists will hold simultaneous news conferences in Washington, D.C., Belgium, Denmark, Chile, Japan, China and Taiwan to reveal the long-awaited results of the Event Horizon Telescope. What everyone is expecting and hoping to see is the first direct image of a...
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Trump Calls His Scotland Golf Course "The Greatest" In World, Draws Flak
President Donald Trump sent out a pre-dawn tweet Saturday boasting about Trump International Golf Links, constructed near Aberdeen, Scotland, among the high, wind-raked dunes along the North Sea.
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Massive Meteor Shower Coming, Could Be Loaded With Surprises: Scientists
On June 30, 1908, an object the size of an apartment building came hurtling out of the sky and exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia. The Tunguska event, named for a river, flattened trees for 800 square miles.
-
Apollo 8: NASA's First Moonshot Was a Bold and Terrifying Improvisation
Fifty years later, it's hard to remember how mind-blowing Apollo 8 was, and how scary.
-
"Exceptionally Scary": 25 Dead In Worst Wildfire In California's History
College professor Jeff McClenahan hiked up a winding road Saturday toward a terrible unknown, expecting the worst.
-
"Sky Turned Black": 11 Killed In California Wildfire, Thousands At Risk
California is on fire again, north and south, the flames deadly and swift, fanned by ferocious Santa Ana winds and fueled by dry tinder. The fires have killed at least nine people, immolated a mountain town and jangled the nerves of many tens of thousands of residents forced to evacuate their homes.
