Scientists at SLAC decided it was time to upgrade some of their kit, and the result is the laboratory’s most powerful laser system ever. The device will create temperatures up to millions of degrees and pressures approaching 2 trillion pounds per square inch. Read more…
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SLAC’s Upgraded 200-Terawatt Laser Creates Pressures of 2 Trillion PSI
The Federal Aviation Authority comes down on hard on illegal drone flights — and now it’s issued its biggest ever fine for the offence, demanding $1.9 million from the aerial photography company SkyPan International. Read more…
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The FAA Issued a $1.9 Million Fine to a Company for Illegal Drone Flights
If you live in the US, most of the imported goods in your possession have traveled through the Port of Los Angeles, one of the largest ports in the world , and now, one of the biggest environmental success stories on the planet. A new study shows that due to major upgrades started a decade ago, the port is almost 10 years ahead of its emissions goals. Read more…
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The Port of LA’s Big Tech Upgrade Worked So Well It’s Hitting Its 2023 Emissions Goals
The Illapel earthquake that hit Chile in September shifted the ground by up to 1.4 meters. That’s awfully far to move the not-so-steady rock below our feet. Read more…
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Parts of Chile Moved More Than a Meter in the Illapel Earthquake
Over at The Atlantic ’s CityLab , there’s a great post about how Japanese kids can run errands around town and take public transportation free of worry or supervision. It’s thanks to the country’s incredible infrastructure and culture of safety. Read more…
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Japanese Six-Year-Olds Can Ride Trains Alone Thanks to the Country’s Amazing Infrastructure
Last year, scientists in China used a gene-editing technique to produce pint-sized pigs for medical research. Now they want to sell them as pets. Critics say the precedent could lead to bizarre versions of cats and dogs, while at the same time preventing biologists from focusing on more important research. Read more…
Over the last couple of years, services like Hipchat and Slack have become popular ways for companies and teams to manage their communications. Zulip is a completely free, open source alternative from Dropbox with a ton of features. Read more…
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Zulip is a Free Team Chat Client From Dropbox You Can Host Yourself
Teslas might be ‘practical’ and ‘fast’ and other useful things, but they’re also a little nouveau riche. If you want real electric-car class, you’ve got to hark back to 1905, and this very expensive vintage golf cart. Read more…
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110-Year-Old Electric Car Sells for $95,000
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that a free version of Windows 10 would be available for Raspberry Pi devices. Now it’s here , and this $75 kit aims to make the process of using it as straightforward as possible. Read more…
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This $75 Kit Makes It Easy to Run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi
One of Apple’s big talking points when they introduced iOS 9 was how Siri was going to be better and more “proactive.” We didn’t really have any clue what that meant initially, but now that iOS has been around for a week, we’ve got a much better idea of what you can ask it to do. Let’s take a look. Read more…
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All the New Stuff You Can Ask Siri in iOS 9