Space photos of the week, August 2–8.
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Space Photos of the Week: Big Ol’ Bubbles of Color
The EPA Accidentally Turned This River Toxic—And Orange
Since Wednesday morning, a ribbon of bright orange water has been making its way down the Animas River.
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How Computers Are Changing the Way We Explain the World
Computers can prove mathematical theorems. But can they make deep conceptual insights into the way the world works?
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Psychology Society Bans Work With Government Interrogators
Today, the American Psychological Association voted to ban any collaboration between psychologists and national military and intelligence interrogators.
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Could High-Dive Jumpers Leap Over This Whole Pool?
This video shows some people jumping off a high dive. Is it possible they could jump fast enough to miss the pool?
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Inanimate Objects You Really Should Follow on Twitter
Sometimes it's better to spend your time on Twitter following things for which it is difficult to feel contempt, things without feelings.
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How the US Military Helped Invent Cheetos
How the US military figured out how to make self-stable cheese ... and helped invent Cheetos to boot.
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Nobody Knows What To Do About Pesticides in Legal Marijuana
Unchecked pesticide use has long been the status quo in the anything-goes world of illegal weed farming. But as more states legalize marijuana, that will have to change.
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Introducing Absurd Creatures: The Show! Now With Even More Horror
We have a new addition to the Absurd Creature family: a live-action show of epic proportions.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Ant That Blasts Itself Out of Danger With Its Face
Trap-jaw ants have remarkable mandibles, huge things that cock back and deploy to send attackers tumbling...or to blast the ant itself out of danger.
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