Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, is sinking. In fact, by 2050, most of its structures will have collapsed into the iron mines below it. So engineers have embarked upon an ambitious project to move Kiruna—along with its 20, 000 residents—two miles to the east. A new documentary explains exactly how they plan to do it. Read more…
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How Sweden Is Relocating an Entire City
Not all light is made equal. Now, a team of physicists has discovered that photons can travel differently to any other light that scientists have seen in the past. Read more…
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Scientists Discover Light That Travels Unlike Any Other
Congratulations, kilt-wearers, and descendants of William Wallace! Your country’s seas are about to become the proud guardians of the world’s largest floating wind farm . Read more…
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Scotland Will Soon Get the World’s Biggest Floating Offshore Windfarm
More than 1, 600 years ago, a Roman ship full of carved statues, bronze lamps, and loads of coins was lost at sea. Just recently a group of divers stumbled upon the wreckage—and what they found is magnificent. Read more…
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Divers Discover an Ancient Roman Treasure Trove Inside an Untouched Shipwreck
Dung beetles have this really neat trick by which they’re able to use the positions of the stars to orient themselves along a straight line, making them the only known animal to use the Milky Way for navigation. Exactly how they do this has remained a mystery—until now. Read more…
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Dung Beetles Navigate by Storing Star Maps in Their Tiny Brains
This story was originally published at 6:35 p.m. EST. It has been updated to add Mark Zuckerberg’s comments. Read more…
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Facebook Admits Its Trending Section Includes Topics Not Actually Trending on Facebook [Update: Zuck Speaks]
In a universe full of planets, 2007 OR10 is something special. It’s big, just slightly smaller than the size of Pluto. And it’s close, within our very own solar system. So how did it still manage to take astronomers by surprise? Read more…
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A Huge Unnamed Dwarf Planet, Almost the Size of Pluto, Has Been Hiding in Our Solar System
James Comey, FBI director and encryption skeptic , hates that you can communicate privately and securely. Read more…
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FBI Director Is Upset You Can Communicate Securely on WhatsApp
Lyft has offered to settle a case against its California drivers with a sum of $27 million . The cash would allow the company to keep its drivers as contractors, rather than making them employees. Read more…
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Lyft Is Willing to Pay $27 Million to Keep Its California Drivers as Contractors
A 19-year-old woman in Arpajon, France threw herself in front of a commuter train and died yesterday while livestreaming on Periscope. Officials in France are now investigating the incident. Read more…
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Teen Dies by Suicide While Livestreaming on Periscope