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Dec 27, 2018

January 2019 lunar eclipse: How to watch the super blood wolf moon eclipse

Posted by in category: space

You won’t want to miss next month’s super blood wolf moon eclipse. Mark your calendars for Jan. 20.


Technically, next month’s lunar event could be called a super blood wolf moon eclipse.

Starting Jan. 20, a total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, that coincides with a supermoon, will be visible throughout the United States. The event starts late in the evening Jan. 20 and finishes during the wee hours of Jan. 21.

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Dec 26, 2018

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe

Posted by in category: space

It could reveal our galaxy’s origins, but won’t be approved until 2019.

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Dec 26, 2018

A New Jersey Hospital Could Have Exposed Thousands of Patients to HIV and Hepatitis

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Thousands of people got a particularly crummy gift this Christmas: A warning that they could have been exposed to dangerous bloodborne diseases like HIV and viral hepatitis while receiving care at the hospital.

On Tuesday, NBC News reported that the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey sent letters to more than 3,700 patients who had visited it between January 1st to September 7th. According to the letter, obtained by NBC News, an investigation by the New Jersey Department found that HealthPlus staff often failed to properly sterilize surgical tools between uses or otherwise neglected infection control procedures, raising the risk that patients could have gotten bloodborne infections.

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Dec 26, 2018

This drug is the first to treat cancer based only on genetics, not the location of the cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Best of 2018: This cancer drug’s FDA approval is “an important first for the cancer community.”


A change in how cancer is treated means more people will benefit from immunotherapy.

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Dec 26, 2018

How Cargo Ships Can Go Green

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, sustainability, transportation

New rules will require investing in solar, biofuels and maybe even nuclear power.

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Dec 26, 2018

Israeli company claims it has created new technology that can destroy cancerous tumors

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

An Israeli company says it has developed a targeted radiation treatment that it claims can cure cancerous tumors.

“This is the first time in the world that you can treat solid tumors with alpha radiation,” Alpha Tau Medical’s CEO Uzi Sofer told the Times of Israel.

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Dec 26, 2018

Mount Etna: Earthquake hits Sicily after eruption at Europe’s most active volcano

Posted by in category: futurism

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck shortly after 3 am.

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Dec 26, 2018

Watch VIDEO of public test launch of Russia’s Avangard hypersonic glider

Posted by in category: military

The Russian military has released a video of Wednesday’s public missile launch which deployed the state of the art Avangard hypersonic glider during its final trial. The weapon will enter service next year.

The footage shows a missile silo cover opening and the missile blasting off after an officer counts down the launch sequence. However, the short clip doesn’t show the moment the glider was deployed.

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Dec 26, 2018

Scientists Assert That Hidden Dimensions Might Exist in Gravitational Waves

Posted by in category: quantum physics

These dimensions are the most likely source of a working theory of quantum gravity, which could help us understand the origins of the universe.

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Dec 26, 2018

Wearable tech records memories

Posted by in category: wearables

What if you could store your memories in a digital bank? Neo Mohsenvand from MIT Media Lab is experimenting with the science behind memories and emotion by using wearable tech.

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