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Have You Ever Seen A Lunar Rainbow?
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | This is not a rainbow. It’s a moonbow, an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon caused by the near-full moon that is extremely hard to catch. So hard, in fact, that you can only see its colours thanks to long-exposure photography. More »
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An HD Video Tour Of The International Space Station
2:20PM Rosa Golijan | If you’re a huge space buff, you might not be surprised by anything in this video tour of the International Space Station. But it’s still great to just get a simple walkthrough of this incredible project and all its corners. More »
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3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Readers, meet Anchiornis huxleyi in its true colours, discovered by an international team lead by Li Quanguo of the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Anchiornis huxleyi, here are some readers. And no, you can’t eat them, you oversized chicken, you. More »
The Real Colours Of A Dinosaur Revealed For The First Time
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Readers, meet Anchiornis huxleyi in its true colours, discovered by an international team lead by Li Quanguo of the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Anchiornis huxleyi, here are some readers. And no, you can’t eat them, you oversized chicken, you. More »
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The Last Nighttime Launch Of The Space Shuttle
12:20AM Jesus Diaz | If there’s something more spectacular than a space shuttle launch that’s a night shuttle launch. Sadly, the last one happened tonight. Happily, it was filmed in perfect high definition. Endeavour carries another last too: More »
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Ma’am, Your IKEA Graphene Glow Wall Is Ready For Pick-Up
9:00AM Jack Loftus | It appears to be graphene day. First, IBM was using the material to shame silicon into submission, and now Swedish scientists say graphene could one day make lamps and other traditional lighting elements unnecessary. More »
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IBM’s 100GHz Graphene Transistor Might Replace Silicon Someday
4:00AM Jack Loftus | We know graphene is tough stuff, but Big Blue’s discovering the substance makes a great transistor too, to the tune of a record-setting 100GHz. More »
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Stay Up Late To Watch The Last Ever Nighttime Shuttle Launch
1:00PM Kyle VanHemert | If you live anywhere on the US east coast and are at all interested in cool stuff that happens in the sky, you’d be remiss not to stay up late tonight to watch for the last ever nighttime shuttle launch. More »
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Quantum Clock Is 100,000 Times More Accurate Than Atomic Clock
5:15AM Kyle VanHemert | As Make put it, the atomic clock is old and busted. And the quantum-logic clock from National Institute of Standards and Technology, keeping time 100,000 times more accurately than its predecessor, is definitely the new hotness. More »
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Darpa’s Latest Project: Synthetic Creatures That Can Never Die
3:37AM Adam Frucci | Darpa, the Pentagon’s crazypants research arm, is taking shit to a whole new level: they’re pumping money into developing synthetic organisms immune to death. Oh, except for the built-in genetic kill switch. Yikes. More »
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