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Coming Soon: First U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Since 1996 (Op-Ed)
Live Science - 7 Feb 2015 03:32
It's been almost two decades since a new nuclear plant opened for business in the United States. But that's about to change as construction wraps up on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 (WB2) plant.
What We're Reading This Week Across the Web (Through Feb 7)
Singularity Hub - 7 Feb 2015 19:00
ROBOTS: The robot trade is booming in China Georgina Prodhan | Business Insider/Reuters "A race by carmakers to build plants in China along with wage inflation that has eroded the...
The Acceleration of Acceleration: How The Future Is Arriving Far Faster Than Expected
Singularity Hub - 7 Feb 2015 18:00
This article co-written with Ken Goffman. One of the things that happens when you write books about the future is you get to watch your predictions fail. This is nothing...
Laptops And Smartphones' Low-Power Signals Leak Data | Video
Live Science - 7 Feb 2015 17:54
Side-channel emissions from laptops and smartphones can be detected from a several feet away and transmit data even when not connected to the internet.
Getting Tattooed & Eating Human Ashes: 6 Strange 'Addictions'
Live Science - 7 Feb 2015 17:26
Many people get cravings for a cigarette or a glass of wine. But what about a potent desire to get tattoos or eat human ashes?
Turing also present at the nanoscale
e! Science News - 7 Feb 2015 16:51
In the world of single atoms and molecules governed by chaotic fluctuations, is the spontaneous formation of Turing patterns possible -- the same ones that are responsible for the irregular yet periodic shapes of the str...
Global Warming May Spawn More Southeast US Tornadoes
Live Science - 7 Feb 2015 15:43
While the tornado total will climb by 2100, the number of tornadoes will also swing wildly from year to year.
Killer Shrimp Could Invade the Great Lakes
Live Science - 7 Feb 2015 15:42
Killer shrimp, creatures that indiscriminately slay other animals without eating them, may soon join the list of invasive species living in the Great Lakes, a new study finds.
Wow! The Most Amazing Images in Science This Week
Live Science - 7 Feb 2015 09:13
Conjoined lizard twins, space bubbles and underwater eruptions are some of the cool images we found this week; check these out.