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Penalty Shootouts: Is the Team That Kicks First More Likely to Win?

Penalty kicks are already proving critical to big wins at this year’s World Cup. But the advantage in penalty kicks has more to do with psychological effects than who kicks first.

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Penalty Shootouts: Is the Team That Kicks First More Likely to Win?

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Scientists Build Fully Synthetic Life Form That Can Eat and Reproduce

"We’re hoping we’re really starting the true age of bioeconomy, enabling technology that will let people engineer biology." The post Scientists Build Fully Synthetic Life Form That Can Eat and Reproduce appeared first on Futurism.

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Scientists Build Fully Synthetic Life Form That Can Eat and Reproduce

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Thieves Are Absolutely Loving All of These New Data Center Projects

"They know what’s hot and they know what’s selling." The post Thieves Are Absolutely Loving All of These New Data Center Projects appeared first on Futurism.

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Thieves Are Absolutely Loving All of These New Data Center Projects

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Factories Attach Cameras to Workers, in Hopes of Replacing Them With Robots

"The way people mount a CCTV camera on a wall, they mounted one on us." The post Factories Attach Cameras to Workers, in Hopes of Replacing Them With Robots appeared first on Futurism.

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Factories Attach Cameras to Workers, in Hopes of Replacing Them With Robots

National Science Foundation

NSF Discovering Our Universe' gallery to open July 1

The new "U.S. National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe" gallery is opening to the public July 1 at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., in celebration of the museum's 50 th anniversary. The gallery…

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NSF Discovering Our Universe' gallery to open July 1

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Boys Are So Unprepared by the Education System That They’re Hitting High School Unable to Read Anything More Challenging ...

This "is a clear call to action." The post Boys Are So Unprepared by the Education System That They're Hitting High School Unable to Read Anything More Challenging That a Children's Book appeared first on Futurism.

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Boys Are So Unprepared by the Education System That They’re Hitting High School Unable to Read Anything More Challenging ...

New York Times Science

NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will burn up in the atmosphere within a few months.

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New York Times Science

NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

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Drive Slower, Save Money on Gas. Thanks, Physics!

Planning a Fourth of July getaway? Use less gas—and cut your emissions—by easing up on the pedal.

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Drive Slower, Save Money on Gas. Thanks, Physics!

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Space Lasers Show How Venezuela’s Earthquakes Reshaped the Earth’s Crust

New satellite imagery reveals how much terrain has shifted in the wake of the twin quakes.

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Space Lasers Show How Venezuela’s Earthquakes Reshaped the Earth’s Crust

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Curiosity, Perseverance and Now Promise? NASA May Send a Mars Rover to the Moon.

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.

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New York Times Science

Curiosity, Perseverance and Now Promise? NASA May Send a Mars Rover to the Moon.

New York Times Science

The Vera Rubin Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.

18 hours ago

New York Times Science

The Vera Rubin Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos

Futurism

Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI ...

"AI doesn't need a Chernobyl moment." The post Top AI Researchers Terrified of a "Chernobyl Moment": a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever appeared first on Futurism.

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Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI ...

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Brown University Professor Horrified to Discover Largest AI Cheating Scandal in Ivy League History

"The empirical evidence of fraud is overwhelming." The post Brown University Professor Horrified to Discover Largest AI Cheating Scandal in Ivy League History appeared first on Futurism.

21 hours ago

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Brown University Professor Horrified to Discover Largest AI Cheating Scandal in Ivy League History

WIRED Science

New York Is About to Feel Hotter Than Phoenix

Extreme heat coupled with humidity will make it feel like 109 degrees Fahrenheit as the holiday weekend approaches.

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New York Is About to Feel Hotter Than Phoenix

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Venezuela Earthquake Destruction Revealed in New Satellite Images

The maps and images show the extent of destruction and give rescue operations a tool to find any remaining survivors.

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Venezuela Earthquake Destruction Revealed in New Satellite Images

National Science Foundation

Podcast: The future of quantum cryptography

Secure information is essential in the digital exchanges of modern life. NSF-supported professor Vinod Vaikuntanathan discusses quantum cryptography and the future of encryption.

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Podcast: The future of quantum cryptography

New York Times Science

Turtles Are Really Weird Animals. Where Did They Come From?

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Turtles Are Really Weird Animals. Where Did They Come From?

WIRED Science

The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics

Climate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium.

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The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics