Extreme Eclipse Spotted 10,000 Light Years Away

If you think winter nights are long, think again. You could be living in a world where, once every 69 years, the sun almost totally disappears for three and a half years. Researchers have discovered a binary star system, two stars orbiting each other, that boasts a new record for the longest known stellar eclipse and the longest time between eclipses. It smashes...

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Extreme Eclipse Spotted 10,000 Light Years Away

This is an artists conception of binary star system TYC-2505-672-1. (Jeremy Teaford, Vanderbilt University) A total eclipse of the Sun lasts about 12 minutes here on Earth, but if you live in the binary star system TYC 2505-672-1, one sun disappears for three-and-a-half...

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The phone that really CAN tell you if you're hot or not: Caterpillar's latest Android phone has built in thermal imaging camera

The phone that really CAN tell you if you're hot or not: Caterpillar's latest Android phone has built in thermal imaging camera The $600 Cat S60 has underwater camera and thermal imaging camera  Rugged smartphone runs on Android Marshmallow and can survive drops It also has Gorilla Glass 4 display, and touchscreen works with wet fingers By Cheyenne Macdonald For...

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Minecraft’s first big update of the year comes to PC and Pocket Edition Mike Minotti

Above: More Minecraft. Image Credit: Microsoft Correction: We originally stated that the 13 redstone skins cost $2 each, but they actually all come in a bundle for $2 total. Minecraft’s getting more content today. Microsoft announced today that the first big update of the year for its block-building game is available now for the Windows 10 and mobile versions....

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App shakes up earthquake science by turning users into sensors

Quake warning: The app provides a countdown to the start of an earthquake.— Reuters NEW YORK: Smartphones could become the makeshift quake detectors of the future, thanks to a new app launched designed to track tremors and potentially save the lives of its users. MyShake, available on Android, links users to become an all-in-one earthquake warning...

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New App Turns Android Smartphones Into Earthquake Detectors Indo-Asian News Service ,

File picture shows a seismograph readout.    A new Android app is capable of detecting tremors and sending the data to scientists. The developers of the MyShake app claim to be able to detect a magntitude five earthquake from 10 kilometres away or less. The app collects quake data at a central site, where an algorithm confirms that an earthquake is...

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New App Turns Android Smartphones Into Earthquake Detectors. Indo-Asian News Service ,

Researchers have developed an app that can turn smartphones into a worldwide seismic network that could eventually warn users of impending jolts from a nearby earthquake. With the help of a smartphone's accelerometer - the motion-detection instrument - the app, called MyShake taps a phone's ability to record ground shaking from an earthquake. The android...

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Global warming: West Antarctic ice sheet could melt in next 1,000 years!

Zee Media Bureau London: A new study suggests that the West Antarctic ice sheet may disappear within the next 1,000 years in the wake of global warming. The Antarctic and Greenland are covered by ice sheets, which together store more than two thirds of the world's freshwater....

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What's going on with polar ice sheets?

What's going on with polar ice sheets? With the Arctic and Antarctic experiencing below average, if not record-low, sea-ice coverage, climate and polar researchers are scrambling to quantify how ice-loss could effect global sea levels. ...

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Arctic Warms, Antarctic Ice Shelves Weaken

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Marc Andreessen’s comments about India deeply upsetting: Mark Zuckerberg

"I want to respond to Marc Andreessen's comments about India yesterday. I found the comments deeply upsetting, and they do not represent the way Facebook or I think at all," Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook posting yesterday afternoon.    As the controversy refused to die down, Mark Zuckerberg on tried to...

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Facebook board director Andreessen ‘sorry’ for India Internet remarks

Marc Andreessen has apologised for his tweets, which many believed were highly offensive. (Photo courtesy: Wikipedia) Marc Andreessen, a prominent venture capitalist and Facebook Inc board...

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Mobile Version Of Final Fantasy IX Needs Around 4GB Of Space

By Jenni  The Apple iOS and Android versions of Final Fantasy IX have launched. People can immediately purchase and play the JRPG on their phones and tablets, provided they have enough space. The initial download for the game starts at about 2GB, depending on your device. For Apple iOS device owners, the initial size is 2.01GB, while Android device...

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Final Fantasy IX is now available on iOS and Android

Just a couple weeks ago, Square Enix made a surprising move. We know that they've been working on remakes and remasters of various Final Fantasy titles, but one we hadn't heard about was IX. So when they showed off the game running on a mobile device, people went nuts. While Squeenix showed off some gameplay and gave...

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Nuclear fusion experiment gets under way in Germany

The nuclear fusion research center at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. (Stefan Sauer/dpa via AP) Scientists in Germany have started an experiment they hope will advance the quest for nuclear fusion, considered a clean and safe form of nuclear power. Following nine years of construction and testing, researchers at the Max Planck Institute...

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German lab takes further step closer to nuclear fusion

Frank Jordans Scientists in Germany flipped the switch on an experiment they hope will advance the quest for nuclear fusion, considered a clean and safe form of nuclear power. Following nine years of construction and testing, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald injected a tiny amount of hydrogen into a doughnut-shaped device...

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Stellarator' successfully recreates conditions found on the SUN: Reactor creates plasma using hydrogen in a test that takes us a step closer to nuclear fusion

Experts injected hydrogen into reactor and heated it to create plasma This effectively mimicked conditions inside the sun and other stars In December, the scientists proved the reactor could work with helium It's part of a global effort to harness nuclear fusion - a clean energy source  By Victoria Woollaston for MailOnline  Scientists in northeast...

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