Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

Sound Waves Could Someday Cool Down Your Refrigerator

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10 years ago

Sound Waves Could Someday Cool Down Your Refrigerator

Esther Inglis-Arkell

How Astronauts’ Experience Could Help Trapped Chilean Miners

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10 years ago

How Astronauts’ Experience Could Help Trapped Chilean Miners

Andy Coghlan - New Scientist

Sonar Image Of Titanic’s Debris Field Bigger Than Expected

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10 years ago

Sonar Image Of Titanic’s Debris Field Bigger Than Expected

Casey Chan

EEG Monitoring Headband Could Index Movies By Emotion

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10 years ago

EEG Monitoring Headband Could Index Movies By Emotion

Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

Do Different Languages Equal Different Realities?

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10 years ago

Do Different Languages Equal Different Realities?

Sam Biddle

Every Asteroid Discovered In The Last 30 Years

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10 years ago

Every Asteroid Discovered In The Last 30 Years

Kyle VanHemert

The Inconvenient Truth Of Wind Turbine Radar Blackout Zones

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10 years ago

The Inconvenient Truth Of Wind Turbine Radar Blackout Zones

Gary Cutlack

Found: 1970s Soviet Moon Rover, Lunokhod 1

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10 years ago

Found: 1970s Soviet Moon Rover, Lunokhod 1

Gary Cutlack

Human Cannonball Astronaut: My Rocket Is My Clothes

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10 years ago

Human Cannonball Astronaut: My Rocket Is My Clothes

Kate McAlpine - New Scientist

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10 years ago

Vocab Lesson: Vapour-Metallised Plastic

John Herrman

Goatee-Bearded Evil ‘You’ Could Be Detected By Spectrometer

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10 years ago

Goatee-Bearded Evil ‘You’ Could Be Detected By Spectrometer

Gary Cutlack

Living Batteries Will Perform Better After A Coke And Snickers Bar

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10 years ago

Living Batteries Will Perform Better After A Coke And Snickers Bar

Gary Cutlack

The Next Alternative Energy Source: Electricity Out Of Thin Air

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10 years ago

The Next Alternative Energy Source: Electricity Out Of Thin Air

Christina Bonnington

Oil-Eating Bacteria Having Fun, Getting Fat, Munching BPs Spillage

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10 years ago

Oil-Eating Bacteria Having Fun, Getting Fat, Munching BPs Spillage

Gary Cutlack

Inescapable Technology Is Beating Up Our Brains

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10 years ago

Inescapable Technology Is Beating Up Our Brains

Sam Biddle

Fire Tornado: Scary Weather Or Scariest Weather?

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10 years ago

Fire Tornado: Scary Weather Or Scariest Weather?

Brian Barrett

Wanna Know What Spaceflight Feels Like? Strap On This Patch

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10 years ago

Wanna Know What Spaceflight Feels Like? Strap On This Patch

Kyle VanHemert

The Great Moon Hoax, Perpetuated 175 Years Ago

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10 years ago

The Great Moon Hoax, Perpetuated 175 Years Ago

Kyle VanHemert

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10 years ago

The Dark Side Of The Moon (of Saturn)

Gary Cutlack

Yellow Gold: How Your Urine Could Save The World

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10 years ago

Yellow Gold: How Your Urine Could Save The World

Hazel Muir - New Scientist

Internet Forum Users Plan Manned Space Launch

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10 years ago

Internet Forum Users Plan Manned Space Launch

Gary Cutlack

Frog Cells Give Artificial Noses The Power Of Super Smell

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10 years ago

Frog Cells Give Artificial Noses The Power Of Super Smell

Paul Marks - New Scientist

Self-Dusting Solar Panels Keep Themselves Efficient

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10 years ago

Self-Dusting Solar Panels Keep Themselves Efficient

Kyle VanHemert

Artificial Ape Man: How Technology Created Humans

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10 years ago

Artificial Ape Man: How Technology Created Humans

Amanda Gefter - New Scientist

Amateur Astronomer Witnesses Jupiter Getting Smacked Around By Another Meteor

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10 years ago

Amateur Astronomer Witnesses Jupiter Getting Smacked Around By Another Meteor

Jack Loftus

Aquamation Is The Greenest Way To Go Out (Of This World)

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10 years ago

Aquamation Is The Greenest Way To Go Out (Of This World)

Casey Chan

The World Is Running Out Of Helium, Balloons Will Eventually Cost $US100

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10 years ago

The World Is Running Out Of Helium, Balloons Will Eventually Cost $US100

Casey Chan

Gulf Spill: Is The Oil Lurking Underwater?

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10 years ago

Gulf Spill: Is The Oil Lurking Underwater?

Sujata Gupta - New Scientist

A Portrait Of The Bizarre Future Of Marine Life

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10 years ago

A Portrait Of The Bizarre Future Of Marine Life

Annalee Newitz

Ultraviolet Light Reveals How Ancient Greek Statues Really Looked

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10 years ago

Ultraviolet Light Reveals How Ancient Greek Statues Really Looked

Esther Inglis-Arkell

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10 years ago

Why Is The Moon Shrinking?

Jesus Diaz

Can You Really Open A Padlock With A Bullet?

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10 years ago

Can You Really Open A Padlock With A Bullet?

Rosa Golijan

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10 years ago

What Is This?

Jesus Diaz

‘Exploding’ Lake Could Kill Millions Or Power The Country For 100 Years

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10 years ago

‘Exploding’ Lake Could Kill Millions Or Power The Country For 100 Years

Jenara Nerenberg - Fast Company

The Titanic Gets Its Most Thorough Scan Ever

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10 years ago

The Titanic Gets Its Most Thorough Scan Ever

Kyle VanHemert

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10 years ago

Vocab Lesson: Thermocouples

John Herrman

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10 years ago

I Want These Guys To Take Us To Mars

Jesus Diaz

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10 years ago

Happy 50th Birthday To Sputnik 5

Sam Biddle

SunChips’ New 100% Compostable Bag Is Ear-Damagingly Loud

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10 years ago

SunChips’ New 100% Compostable Bag Is Ear-Damagingly Loud

Kyle VanHemert

$Old Encryption Formula Resists Quantum-Computing Attacks$

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10 years ago

Old Encryption Formula Resists Quantum-Computing Attacks

Clay Dillow - PopSci

NASA Concept Illustrators Turn Raw Data Into Art

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10 years ago

NASA Concept Illustrators Turn Raw Data Into Art

Clay Dillow - PopSci

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10 years ago

The Secret Of Beer Goggles Discovered

Jesus Diaz

Lasers Could Make Virtual Particles Real

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10 years ago

Lasers Could Make Virtual Particles Real

David Shiga - New Scientist

Enchanting Time-Lapse Look At The Greatest Show In Space

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10 years ago

Enchanting Time-Lapse Look At The Greatest Show In Space

Brian Barrett

End Of Privacy: City To Track People With Eye Scanners

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10 years ago

End Of Privacy: City To Track People With Eye Scanners

Jesus Diaz

Spray-On Paint Could Turn Windows Into Solar Panels

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10 years ago

Spray-On Paint Could Turn Windows Into Solar Panels

Kat Hannaford

Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand The Brain

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10 years ago

Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand The Brain

PZ Myers

Farting Camels, Pigs Targeted By Australian Environmental Group

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10 years ago

Farting Camels, Pigs Targeted By Australian Environmental Group

Kat Hannaford

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10 years ago

Giz Explains: What Is Liquidmetal?

John Herrman

Dried-Out Lake Used As Massive White Balance For Satellites

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10 years ago

Dried-Out Lake Used As Massive White Balance For Satellites

Kat Hannaford

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10 years ago

X-Ray Security Scans Go Interactive

Duncan Graham-Rowe - NewScientist

Reverse-Engineering Of Human Brain Likely By 2020

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10 years ago

Reverse-Engineering Of Human Brain Likely By 2020

Priya Ganapati - Wired

DARPA Building A Gigantic Space Net To Clean Up Space Junk

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10 years ago

DARPA Building A Gigantic Space Net To Clean Up Space Junk

Adam Frucci

Scientists Create World’s First Laser Pacemaker

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10 years ago

Scientists Create World’s First Laser Pacemaker

Sam Biddle

This Is What Aliens Will Hear When They Find Voyager

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10 years ago

This Is What Aliens Will Hear When They Find Voyager

Jesus Diaz

Canadian Government Decides Penis-Measuring Lie Detector For Children Not A Great Idea

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10 years ago

Canadian Government Decides Penis-Measuring Lie Detector For Children Not A Great Idea

Sam Biddle

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10 years ago

The Space Elevator Turns 50

Jack Loftus

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10 years ago

The Next Best Thing To Oil

Helen Knight - New Scientist

Stimulating Your Brain With Electricity Can Boost Visual Memory

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10 years ago

Stimulating Your Brain With Electricity Can Boost Visual Memory

Sujata Gupta - New Scientist

NASA Launches Unprecedented Drone Mission To Study Mysteries Of Hurricane Formation

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10 years ago

NASA Launches Unprecedented Drone Mission To Study Mysteries Of Hurricane Formation

Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

Massive Sun Halo Coronal Ejection Just Needs Some Interstellar Marshmallows

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10 years ago

Massive Sun Halo Coronal Ejection Just Needs Some Interstellar Marshmallows

Jesus Diaz

Darpa’s Butterfly-Inspired Sensors Light Up At Chemical Threats

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10 years ago

Darpa’s Butterfly-Inspired Sensors Light Up At Chemical Threats

Katie Drummond - Wired

Citizen Scientists Discover Pulsars In Deep Space

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10 years ago

Citizen Scientists Discover Pulsars In Deep Space

Jess McNally - Wired

The Living Kitchen Project Imagines A Gesture-Based Future

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10 years ago

The Living Kitchen Project Imagines A Gesture-Based Future

Mike Fahey

This Wheelchair Is Perpetually Creeping Up On You

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10 years ago

This Wheelchair Is Perpetually Creeping Up On You

Kyle VanHemert

How To Watch The Greatest Space Show Today

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10 years ago

How To Watch The Greatest Space Show Today

Jesus Diaz

Happy 50th Birthday To Echo 1, Grandpappy Of Satellite Communications

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10 years ago

Happy 50th Birthday To Echo 1, Grandpappy Of Satellite Communications

Sam Biddle

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10 years ago

What Is This?

Jesus Diaz

Lasers So Powerful They Destroy Themselves

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10 years ago

Lasers So Powerful They Destroy Themselves

Jason Chen

GE’s Visible You Is Kinect For Your Skeleton

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10 years ago

GE’s Visible You Is Kinect For Your Skeleton

Kyle VanHemert

Laser Backpack Builds Instant Virtual Interiors

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10 years ago

Laser Backpack Builds Instant Virtual Interiors

Sam Biddle

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10 years ago

Orgies Or Beer? You Only Get One

Joel Johnson

The Sun May’ve Belched Plasma, But The Sky Looked Gorgeous

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10 years ago

The Sun May’ve Belched Plasma, But The Sky Looked Gorgeous

Kat Hannaford

How To Watch This Week’s Spectacular Meteor Shower

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10 years ago

How To Watch This Week’s Spectacular Meteor Shower

Max Read

Radio-Style System Of Communication Via Magnetic Waves Demonstrated In Deep Mines

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10 years ago

Radio-Style System Of Communication Via Magnetic Waves Demonstrated In Deep Mines

Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

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10 years ago

A Brief History Of Luminance

Sam Biddle

Meta Cookie Uses Virtual Reality To Make A Cookie Taste Like Anything You Want

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10 years ago

Meta Cookie Uses Virtual Reality To Make A Cookie Taste Like Anything You Want

Adam Frucci

BP Declares Static Kill Cement Plug A Success

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10 years ago

BP Declares Static Kill Cement Plug A Success

Kyle VanHemert

Stephen Hawking Predicts The End Of Humanity, Again

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10 years ago

Stephen Hawking Predicts The End Of Humanity, Again

Jack Loftus

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10 years ago

Watch The Sun’s Epic Cosmic Belch In HD

Kyle VanHemert

Injectable Glowing Beads In Bloodstream Can Indicate Glucose Levels

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10 years ago

Injectable Glowing Beads In Bloodstream Can Indicate Glucose Levels

Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

First Test-Tube Baby Is Now A Mother Herself

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10 years ago

First Test-Tube Baby Is Now A Mother Herself

Kyle VanHemert

This School Bus Goes 590km/h On Fiery Rocket Power

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10 years ago

This School Bus Goes 590km/h On Fiery Rocket Power

Brian Barrett

Brighten Your Backyard With Air Quality Indicating Balloons

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10 years ago

Brighten Your Backyard With Air Quality Indicating Balloons

Christina Bonnington

Using Power Plant Waste To Clean Up The Gulf

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10 years ago

Using Power Plant Waste To Clean Up The Gulf

Brian Barrett

Learning From Carl Sagan: Even Cat Sh*t Is Made Of Starstuff

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10 years ago

Learning From Carl Sagan: Even Cat Sh*t Is Made Of Starstuff

Jesus Diaz

Here’s A Great Idea: Spinning A Pregnant Lady Around Real Fast So A Baby Comes Out

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10 years ago

Here’s A Great Idea: Spinning A Pregnant Lady Around Real Fast So A Baby Comes Out

Adam Frucci

The Largest Car Wind Tunnel In The World

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10 years ago

The Largest Car Wind Tunnel In The World

Jesus Diaz

The Universe Will Never Cease To Amaze Me

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10 years ago

The Universe Will Never Cease To Amaze Me

Jesus Diaz

Help Survey Genghis Khan’s Lost Tomb With Some Armchair Archaeology

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10 years ago

Help Survey Genghis Khan’s Lost Tomb With Some Armchair Archaeology

Kyle VanHemert

What Will Technology Do For The Future Of Healthcare?

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10 years ago

What Will Technology Do For The Future Of Healthcare?

Sam Biddle

Science & Health

10 years ago

‘Anti-Laser’ Traps All Incoming Light

Jeff Hecht - New Scientist

The Most Beautiful Way To Clean-Up Space Junk

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10 years ago

The Most Beautiful Way To Clean-Up Space Junk

Kit Eaton - Fast Company

Watch BP’s Latest Attempt To Plug The Oil Spill

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10 years ago

Watch BP’s Latest Attempt To Plug The Oil Spill

Rosa Golijan

Quantum Computers Could Overturn Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

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10 years ago

Quantum Computers Could Overturn Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

Alasdair Wilkins

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10 years ago

Want To See The Sun ‘Burp’?

Max Read

Buried Corpses Won’t Rest Long Thanks To New Body-Detecting Invention

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10 years ago

Buried Corpses Won’t Rest Long Thanks To New Body-Detecting Invention

Kat Hannaford

How To Be An Astronaut: A Beginner’s Guide

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10 years ago

How To Be An Astronaut: A Beginner’s Guide

New Scientist - Jamie Condliffe

New Solar Tech Uses Both Light, Heat To Nearly Triple Energy-Gathering Efficiency

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10 years ago

New Solar Tech Uses Both Light, Heat To Nearly Triple Energy-Gathering Efficiency

Adam Frucci

Madget Show: Magnetic Hocus Pocus For Multitouch Surfaces

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10 years ago

Madget Show: Magnetic Hocus Pocus For Multitouch Surfaces

Brian Barrett

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