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Tuesday 12 November 2019
Julian day 2458800.1490
NEWS
Besting the screaming piha, here's the world’s loudest bird (video further down in the article)
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From Ulaanbataar: Guide to a traditional, lamb-based Mongolian meal
Starlite, that miraculous stuff invented by British tinkerer Maurice Ward? It exists.
History rewritten: 9000-year-old metropolis discovered near Jerusalem
DNA: Biblical Philistines were European, from as far as Iberia maybe
RAM revolution: Computers to use less power, no longer need to boot up
Extra muscle for “puppy dog eyes” evolved as survival benefit
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Graphene will change
everything
Now, exploring settlements in lost mini-continent of Doggerland
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The straight dope on “transparent aluminum”
U Mass Dartmouth: Large, rotating black holes might be safe hyperspace portals
Avian opium addicts devastate Indian poppy farms
Huge mountains and valleys charted -- 650 km (400 mi) under our feet
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Turkmenistan: Central Asia's North Korea
OSIRIS-REx approaches weirdly diamond-shaped asteroid. Sample return planned.
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Plane with no moving parts achieves powered flight
Approximate distance to the moon is currently
395,568 km (245,794 mi)
and it’s approaching at about 135.7 km/h (84.3 mph).
It’s speeding up.
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