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Tokyo police will use net carrying drones to capture other drones
In a first for Japan, Tokyo police will deploy a net-carrying drone to capture unmanned aerial vehicles unlawfully flying over…
Secretive Data-analytics company Palantir Technologies gets $880 million in funding round with a $20 billion valuation
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Stanford scientists look deeper into the body with new fluorescent dye
Glowing dyes help scientists see inside the body and diagnose ailments, but they needed a certain type of molecule to…
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To Scale: The Solar System
Want to build a scale model Solar System? A blue marble 1.4 centimeters (about half an inch) across would be…
No Prank. Space Station Astronaut Calls Wrong Number
British astronaut Tim Peake has apologized for dialing a wrong number and saying, "Hello, is this planet Earth?" Peake insisted…
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