Improbable Thruster Seems to Work by Violating Known Laws of Physics — NOVA Next | PBS

So-called Cannae Drive apparently uses electromagnetic radiation to interact with “quantum virtual plasma” to create momentum.

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One Of The Most Beautiful, Accurate And True Cartoons Ever! A Masterpiece!

Do you want to know the real reason why there’ so much violence in the Middle-East? This animation by Nina Paley is one of the most beautiful, accurate and true cartoons I ever seen! A masterpiece! The animation makes it clear why there can be no clear “winners” over this land. Time to end the blood…

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Bill Nye: How Finding E.T. Will Change the World | Big Think

NASA researchers \u003Ca href="http://ift.tt/SoIO7K">recently announced\u003C/a> that life beyond our planet will be discovered in the next twenty years. \u003Ca href="http://billnye.com/">Bill Nye\u003C/a>, everyone’s favorite “Science Guy,” an educator…

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With Firefly Cast Reuniting, Firefly Online Sounds Like the Franchise's Next Big Thing

The cast of Joss Whedon's fan-loved Firefly will reprise their roles in the upcoming Firefly Online video game.

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Is Quantum Intuition Possible? — The Nature of Reality | PBS

Quantum physics defies our physical intuition about how the world is supposed to work. But does it have to be that way?

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Senator Denies Climate Change On Senate Floor And Gets A Science Lesson From His Colleague

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) blocked a Senate resolution that would have simply stated that climate change is real, citing various reasons and conspiracies. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) provided a thorough debunking.

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Something Civilized Countries Have Done Away With. Except the United States.

3 minutes | We need a more enlightened understanding of the death penalty. Actor Jeremy Irons explains.

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Ken Ham Opposes Space Exploration Because Aliens Aren’t “Saved”? Here’s Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Brief Response

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Carla Paralta

A caminho da Quinta dos Roques!!! ;)

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Light bulb burns for 113 years

The world's oldest light bulb has been burning for 113 years - so little wonder it has a fan club with thousands of members and its own website

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Firefly's Whole Cast Will Reunite for Firefly Online

Announced today at Comic-Con: All of the original Firefly stars will reprise their characters for the online game! And Alan Tudyk is playing multiple roles. Also showing up will be Michael Fairman as the crime lord Niska, who is apparently hiring.

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Comedy vs. anti-science: 10 amazing videos that show how humor can make...

From Colbert and Oliver to Sarah Silverman and Louis CK, comedians are torching anti-science activists with aplomb VIDEO

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135 Self-Education Resources For Lifelong Learners

Self-education and the embrace of lifelong learning is becoming a critical mindset to navigate our rapidly changing world. Lifelong learning can be a catalyst for earning more money in your career and it can be a gateway to self-employment. Fortunately, the Internet has made it easier than ever to f…

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Cycloid Optical Illusion Will Boggle Your Mind | IFLScience

Optical illusions typically prey on your mind’s ability to fill in blanks in the visual stimulus it is receiving. Sometimes this can be so strong, your mind continues to be tricked even after it has been explained. Case in point: this video from brusspup, purveyor of mind-melting illusions. The vid…

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My 2nd birthday cake! And a candy pizza XD Thanks Lulu (Luísa) ;)

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FREE GTR Evolution Steam key from Bundle Stars and PC Gamer

I've got my FREE Steam key for GTR Evolution from Bundle Stars and PC Gamer. Go get yours at http://www.pcgamer.com!

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Force2Play - Play Fun, Free, Role-Playing Games

José Lourenço has worked as 'Cooker' in STAR WARS: Heroes of the Force.

Play Kiwarriors, Heroes of the Force and Battle for Azeroth, top role-playing games.

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Canção De Engate

New favourite: Tiago Bettencourt / Canção De Engate http://t.co/tBIzLwysVf @Deezer

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Acústico

New favourite: Acústico by Tiago Bettencourt http://t.co/thT4Jdd9cP @Deezer

Acústico by Tiago Bettencourt - Year of production 2012

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In Vino Viajas : Portugal premiado: conheça os 1.752 vinhos de 397 vinícolas portuguesas com...

Cultura do Vinho, Enoturismo e Turismo de Qualidade * O mais internacional blog brasileiro de Cultura do Vinho e Enoturismo, com leitores em 98 países

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Marvel Studios Hopes For "One Sequel, One New Character" Per Year

According to Kevin Feige, Marvel's current plan is for two films a year: one sequel and one that introduces new faces to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Stephen Hawking: Why I support Assisted Dying

By Fergus Walsh Cambridge scientist Stephen Hawking is backing the Assisted Dying Bill which is being debated by peers on Friday. The 72-year-old...

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Marmoset sequence sheds new light on primate biology and evolution

By Science Daily A team of scientists from around the world led by Baylor College of Medicine and Washington University in St. Louis has...

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David G. McAfee

If you believe that some mediums can read "past lives," then I propose a simple test. Get two independent readings and check their stories.

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CCleaner - Android Apps on Google Play

+Todd Cromwell here it is ;) (CCleaner) https://t.co/wRVldlC1FM

\u003C​b>Keep your Android clean, safe and fast using CCleaner!\u003C​/b>\u003C​p>\u003C​br>Piriform, the makers of the world’s most popular PC and Mac cleaning software bring you CCleaner fo...

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Lawrence M. Krauss

such a sad day throughout the world.. innocents killed by warring factions, invasions in a region deemed holy by 3 religions, each of which believes it has god on its side.. and now here in In OZ, the country repealed its climate change measure (carbon tax) while remaining one of worst carbon producers per capita.. common sense, humanity, and long term vision seem harder to find everywhere.

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The Amazon River Flows Backwards, And Now Scientists Have Figured Out Why | IFLScience

The Amazon, once flowed the other way, from east to west. Reversing the direction of the Earth's largest river is no trivial thing, and geologists have pondered the cause for some time. In Earth and Planetary Science Letters The University of Sao Paulo's Dr Victor Sacek has demonstrated that nothing…

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"Kate's drink choices To pair up with Michel's gnocchi and broccoli pesto, I…

"Kate's drink choices To pair up with Michel's gnocchi and broccoli pesto, I suggest a white wine. A few good options are these Portuguese ones: *Quinta Das Maias Branco, (£9.99, Corks of Cotham)* FB Branco, (£11.75, Oddbins) Tagus Creek Chardonnay/Fernao Pires, (£6.19, Tesco)"

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Evolution of life's operating system revealed in detail

By Science Daily The evolution of the ribosome, a large molecular structure found in the cells of all species, has been revealed in unprecedented...

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The 50+ most influential wine entities on social media

Over the last couple of months there has been a few "most influencial wine people on the Internet" type lists circulated. They have been quite good indicators of wine related influence on the net,...

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Some really crazy people made the entire Star Wars movie in Minecraft

After three years in the making, the Minecraft version of Star Wars: A New Hope is almost done. According to the fans making the movie, the individual sets alone took six months to build—"no mods have been used, just custom textures and art." Here's their version of the original movie trailer, released in 1977:

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Louis Zamperini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Louis Zamperini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://t.co/JzWXjiNEKp

Louis Silvie "Louie" Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an AmericanWorld War IIprisoner of war survivor, inspirational speaker, and Olympic distance runner. In 2010 Laura Hillenbrand wrote a best-selling book about his experiences, which was adapted into film in 2014, Unbroken, directed…

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Falemos sobre vinho / Vestigius

O Vestigius, um dos spots mais badalados de Lisboa, é palco de "Vinhos com histórias" que, no primeiro encontro, junta à mesa o chef dos 100 Maneiras, Ljubomir Stanisic, e o jornalista e blogger do...

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Carbon Dating - a comic strip for science geeks

Support science outreach and nerdy relationship humor by hiring a full-time artist!

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As Honeybees Die Off, First Inventory of Wild Bees Is Under Way | Nat Geo Food

As honeybees die off, scientists are taking a closer look at North America's wild bees. Could they be the key to saving U.S. crops?

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Free books: 100 legal sites to download literature

Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.

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Stunning Time Lapse Map Video Shows 1000 Years Of Europe's History In 3 Minutes

An incredible timelapse look at how drastically European borders have changed over the last 1000 years. Extremely approximate on the years.

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#IWA #meeting

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David G. McAfee

If I write for the money, then I chose the wrong audience. Atheists make up about 2 percent of the world and there are even fewer skeptics.

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Extinct Animal Found Alive and Well in New Zealand | IFLScience

A tiny marine animal that was thought to be extinct for the past four million years has just been found living in New Zealand.

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This Could Have Been Very Inappropriate, But This Guy Saved It…

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The Demon-Haunted World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a book by astrophysicist Carl Sagan, which was first published in 1995.

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Mariscada! =D que venham mais 29 anos ;)

by José Lourenço via Facebook at July 13, 2014 at 03:22PM

World's largest swimming pool

The swimming pool is 3,323 feet in length and holds 66 million gallons of water. It hold the Guinness World Record for being the world's longest and deepest swimming pool. The swimming pool’s estimated cost of construction was £1billion and another £2million per year is needed to maintain it. The po…

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First “Super Moon” Of The Year Will Be Visible July 12 | IFLScience

Just as Earth doesn’t have a perfectly circular orbit around the Sun, our moon follows an elliptical orbit as well. The point in the orbit when the moon is closest to Earth is called perigee. When the moon is full in this location, it is referred to as a perigee moon. Because of its proximity, it ap…

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Nikola Tesla's Best Productivity Tricks

Inventor Nikola Tesla has certainly become one of the internet's darlings over the years. Part of the reason for that is because he managed to do a lot with his life. With that in mind, let's take a look at what was behind the brain that helped make Tesla so productive.

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Elon Musk Pledges $1 Million to Tesla Museum

The billionaire CEO of Tesla Motors received a tweet asking for a donation. He responded, big time

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First Look at Sir Ian McKellen as ‘Mr. Holmes’

It’s fair to say that Sir Ian McKellen is generally thought of an actor who establishes iconic roles, rather than following […]

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How Wheel Damage Affects Mars Rover Curiosity's Mission

The 1-ton robot has accumulated quite a bit of wheel damage since touching down inside Gale Crater in August 2012.

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97 Percent Of The World’s Top 500 Supercomputers Run Linux

97 Percent Of The World’s Top 500 Supercomputers Run LinuxJuly 8, 2014 By AbhishekLeave a CommentTop500 (a website tracking the world of supercomputers) has released its 43rd list of top 500 supercomputers in the world. As per this list, Linux is running on 97% of thee top 500 supercomputers. This s…

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Researchers Make Significant Progress In The Development Of An Alzheimer's Blood Test | IFLScience

Researchers have identified a set of proteins present in the blood which can be used to predict the onset of Alzheimer’s with almost 90% accuracy. The team believes that this discovery could not only be used to improve clinical trials for Alzheimer’s drugs, but it may also eventually lead to a blood…

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Ricky Gervais

This won't be the first time that thousands of Germans will have to lie low in Brazil for a while for their own safety.

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Don't Just Learn to Code, Learn How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

Recently, there's been much debate over whether or not everyone should learn to code. Software engineer Yevgeniy Brikman says that this is the wrong question: there's a huge difference between learning programming and learning computer science, which is the more valuable skill.

by José Lourenço via Facebook at July 05, 2014 at 09:24PM

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The Higgs Boson…or one of many Higgs Bosons? — NOVA Next | PBS

Physicists think there could be more than one Higgs boson. Don Lincoln explains how it could change our understanding of the universe.

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European Court of Human Rights upholds French ban on full-face veil

By National Secular Society The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a French law banning the wearing of the full-face veil in public, ruling...

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Deitados ao sol BD #sunny #afternoon

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What Could Have Caused Poland's Crooked Forest? | IFLScience

In a small corner of western Poland, near the town of Gryfino, a strange and eerie woodland exists. This bizarre collection of curved trees, named the “Crooked Forest,” is shrouded in mystery and despite the numerous different theories that have been proposed over the years, no one truly knows what…

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Corneas Regrown From Adult Human Stem Cells | IFLScience

Corneal abrasions are some of the most common eye injuries. While many heal up just fine, others can result in blindness and over 40,000 corneal transplants are done every year in the United States, with variable outcomes. Identifying the stem cells that regenerate corneas comes from a recent study…

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Prazeres de Junho. 04. Quinta dos Roques e das Maias. Luís Lourenço e José Lourenço. O Dão em estado puro, em estado de absoluta consistência, em almoço em casa do João Pedro.

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Que jantar excelente! Obrigado Diogo David Pereira =D Maias Branco 2013, Sopa fria de melão com presunto Quinta das Maias Malvasia Fina 2013, Tábua de queijos Quinta dos Roques Bical 2013, Vitela frita com salada e vinagrete de limão Quinta dos Roques Encruzado 2013, Bolo de Chocolate da Milinha

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Ask A Physicist To Speak At Your Funeral | IFLScience

You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy is…

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How to Win At Rock, Paper, Scissors With Science | IFLScience

A study of common strategies playing Rock, Paper, Scissors has provided advice on the best way to win, at least as long as your opponent has not read the same study.

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