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NASA Satellite Image Shows Record-Breaking Frozen Eastern US
Dayshot: NASA’s Terra satellite has captured an image of the current status of the Eastern United States, with “Arctic and Siberian air masses have settled in over [the area] triggering many record low temperatures in many states.”
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This Japanese Robot Feeds You Tomatoes While You Run
OK, it’s not exactly a robot — but I bet it’s still the craziest thing you’ve seen all day. Japanese juice and ketchup company Kagome built a freaking wearable tomato dispenser for a runner at the Japan Marathon this weekend.
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How ‘Defensive Architecture’ Is Ruining Our Cities
Cities have always struggled with the tension between the different needs of social classes who share the space. But as The Guardian documents, a new trend of defensive –and some times overtly hostile — architecture is changing the urban landscape, and not in a good way.
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Most Americans Wouldn’t Take A Trip To Space, Even If It Was Free
If you grew up during the space race of the 1960s, you probably thought that tourist flights into space would be common by now. Sadly, nobody is honeymooning on the moon just yet. But a new poll shows that most Americans actually have no desire to go to space — even if the trip was…