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Jul 18, 2018

Secular countries can expect future economic growth, confirms new study

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New research measuring the importance of religion in 109 countries spanning the entire 20th century has reignited an age-old debate around the link between secularisation and economic growth. The study, published in Science Advances, has shown that a decline in religion influences a country’s future…

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Jul 18, 2018

Blue Origin will push its rocket “to its limits” with high-altitude emergency abort test today

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Update July 18th, 11:35AM ET: Blue Origin pulled off another successful test launch today, landing both the New Shepard rocket and capsule after flight. The company ignited the capsule’s emergency motor after it had separated from the rocket, pushing the spacecraft up to a top altitude of around 74 miles — a new record for Blue Origin. The firing also caused the capsule to sustain up to 10 Gs during the test, but Blue Origin host Ariane Cornell said “that is well within what humans can take, especially for such a short spurt of time.”

This morning, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin will attempt the ninth test flight of its sub-orbital rocket, the New Shepard — a reusable vehicle designed to take tourists to the edge of space and back. And for this launch, the company will be testing out the vehicle’s escape motor once again. That’s the system that could help save the lives of future passengers if something were to go wrong during the climb through Earth’s atmosphere.

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Jul 18, 2018

Giant holes are bursting open in Siberia, and you can hear the explosions from 60 miles away

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Methane explosions are forming craters in the northern tundra of Russia — and that’s deeply alarming to climatologists.

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Jul 17, 2018

“No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be”

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- Isaac Asimov

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Jul 15, 2018

Magic Leap promises to ship its headset this summer

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The mysterious, massively funded mixed-reality company still won’t divulge exactly when the device will be available, but it’s more specific than its previous statement that it would be out sometime this year.

The announcement: While much of the world was paying attention to the World Cup on Wednesday, Magic Leap’s Alan Noon said during a live stream on Twitch that the Magic Leap One, a developer-geared headset, will ship this season. Summer ends September 22, so the company has roughly 10 weeks to meet that deadline.

Also: AT&T said Wednesday that it will be the sole wireless carrier for the headset, bringing it to AT&T stores in cities including San Francisco, Boston, and Los Angeles.

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Jul 15, 2018

Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier

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Lagos — With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn’t look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley.

But the NG_Hub office is in the suburb of Yaba — the heart of Nigeria’s burgeoning tech scene that is attracting interest from global giants keen to tap into an emerging market of young, connected Africans.

In May, both Google and Facebook launched initiatives nearby.

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Jul 15, 2018

Revolution in quake detection technology

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A new method using existing communications cables could make earthquakes easier to detect.

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Jul 15, 2018

Amazing Facts About Nebulae

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Jul 13, 2018

What If Earth Spun Twice as Fast

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12-hour days, 730 days a year. Could you cope with that?

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Jul 13, 2018

You can fly the Blackfly without a license

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Just take our money now.

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