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    50 years ago, astronauts aboard NASA's Apollo 8 took a stunning photo - one never seen before by any human. Known as "Earthrise," the image shows our planet rising above the lunar horizon.

    50 years ago, Earthrise gave us the view of a lifetime
    Half a century ago, astronauts aboard NASA's Apollo 8 mission were afforded a unique opportunity: A chance to photograph our planet rising above the lunar horizon.
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  2. 31 minutes ago

    Meet the Nobel Prize winning Texan who helped crack a cancer mystery that could go on to save millions of lives.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    "I idolized Sheryl Sandberg the woman... But from the first minute I saw her in person in 2013 I was very, very concerned about Facebook."

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  4. 3 hours ago

    You got a cool gadget for the holidays! You lucky duck. Now you’ve gotta set it up. You poor sap. We’re here to help with handy guides to setting up some of the most common gadgets people give and get at this time of year.

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  5. 3 hours ago

    The amoeba kills within five days of finding its way to a person's brain, and claims 97% of its hosts. But finding it proves elusive.

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  6. 4 hours ago

    In 2003, Theranos was on the cusp of becoming a tech darling, with its promises to revolutionize blood-testing. Only later would the truth come out: Theranos was a fraud built on secrecy, deliberate fabrication, and hype.

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  7. 5 hours ago

    Enjoy your last hunk of real meat this holiday season. Lab-grown meat is coming, whether you like it or not:

    Lab-Grown Meat is Coming, Whether You Like it or Not
    Food scientists and startups are trying to make meat more ethically appealing by growing it in a lab instead of on a farm. But can lab grown meat overcome the dreaded "yuck factor?"
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  8. 5 hours ago

    The true story of the Silk Road like no one heard it before.

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  9. 6 hours ago

    Facebook was an un-corporation, an excuse for a summer of beer pong and code sprints. Indeed, Mark Zuckerberg’s first business cards read, “I’m CEO … bitch.” The brogrammer ’tude was a joke … or was it?

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  10. 7 hours ago

    Her skin is perpetually on fire. He can't even feel a bone break. Together they might hold they key to ending pain forever.

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  11. 8 hours ago

    Our schools have failed neurodiverse students because they’ve been designed to prepare our children for typical jobs in a mass-production-based white- and blue-collar environment created by the Industrial Revolution.

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  12. 9 hours ago

    It’s not surprising that Apple will continue throttling iPhones. It’s not like it only did it in the first place as a prank.

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  13. 10 hours ago

    Not only are these 3-D models remarkable, but they could transform how conservationists protect reefs on a planet in peril.

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  14. 11 hours ago

    This lego Bugatti is full-sized, seats two adult humans, and really truly drives. Power comes from 2304 Lego motors, with an output of 5.3 hp. We're not kidding.

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  15. 12 hours ago

    It turns out physicists make pretty good software engineers.

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  16. 13 hours ago

    "The more simple the toy they’re given, the more they discover for themselves."

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  17. 14 hours ago

    Ski down a mountain or kayak through the rapids and your truck will autonomously drive itself to pick you up at the end.

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    18 hours ago

    Never thought you'd see this on a 300-acre farm in Massachusetts, huh?

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  19. 15 hours ago

    If you use Google Maps, Google is tracking you right now. Even if you turned off Location History.

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  20. 17 hours ago

    "Once again the tech industry—the one supposedly streaked with libertarianism (regulations be damned!)—fails the social ­sciences."

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  21. 18 hours ago

    What does our work future look like? writes about a medical future with robot doctors, running millions of potential outcomes through simulations to decide on treatment and hiring actors to relay the news, good or bad, to their patients.

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