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NASA's OSIRIS-REx is off to nick some rocks from asteroid Bennu  

Did space rocks bring us life? Just 7 years and we'll know!

NASA has successfully launched its first mission sending a spacecraft to an asteroid with the aim of returning samples of space rocks back to Earth.…

 
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Clinging to Power: Is The Merkel Era Coming To an End?  
Chancellor Merkel's refugee policies have divided the country and the right-wing populist AfD party is rapidly gaining support. Conservatives are calling on Merkel to change course, but she is refusing to admit fallibility. Could this be the end? By SPIEGEL Staff  
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The Origin of Dogs  

How and when did wild wolves turn into domestic pets? Science tells us that humans were behind the domestication of what is now man's best friend—but the timeline of the transformation has always been mysterious. In this video, Atlantic science writer Ed Yong explains the surprising origin of dogs in light of new research.

 
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To celebrate yesterday's launch of “Overview” in the UK, here is...  

To celebrate yesterday's launch of “Overview” in the UK, here is a mesmerizing view of residential development in the London suburb of Dagenham. Thank you to everyone who has ordered the book, left an Amazon review, or simply helped to spread the word about the project so far. As I write this in New York, it is very powerful to see this idea resonate not only across the pond, but across the globe. If you have friends in the UK that you think would enjoy the Overviews or the book, a tag or share would be enormously helpful to keep the momentum going. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend, wherever you are in the world!

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NASA's Other Asteroid Mission: Grab A Chunk And Put It In Orbit Around The Moon  

Flying people to an asteroid is really hard, so NASA wants to bring part of it to them. But some former astronauts say the $2 billion plan was born of politics and budget cuts, and makes little sense.

 
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Elon Musk says SpaceX Falcon 9 fireball robe is 'biggest challenge yet'  

'Anomaly' wasn't rocket engine's fault, he claims

SpaceX are still investigating the explosion that caused its Falcon 9 rocket, and the Facebook satellite it was carrying, to erupt into flames last week.…

 
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Pacific island states take lead role on #shark & #ray conservation ahead of #CITES #COP17 https://t.co/84h0CHNHeu https://t.co/X9RZkvvf1S 
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How Will Big Data Change The Way We Live?  

What's the future of technology and design that's driven by Big Data? Kenneth Cukier of the Economist looks at what's next for machine learning and human knowledge.

 
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How Do We Approach Big Data With A Critical Eye?  

Collecting more data doesn't always lead to better understanding. Data analyst Susan Etlinger explains why we need to deepen our critical thinking skills as we come to rely more on big data.

 
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Can New Technology Decode The Biggest Data Set Of All?  

Scientist Riccardo Sabatini says we have the technology to read the human genome and predict things like height, eye color, age — all from a vial of blood.

 
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Tray Tables Stowed, Seat Backs Upright — And Galaxy Note 7s Off, Please  

The Federal Aviation Administration is warning owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone not to turn their phones on or charge them during flights — and not to put the devices in checked bags, either.

 
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FCC Wants To Replace Your Cable TV Box With An App  

The FCC has seen the future of cable TV, and it looks like the apps on your smartphone. The agency will vote later this month on a proposal to free consumers from the set-top box.

 
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The Next iPhone Can't Do These Two Things At Once  

With Apple doing away with the ubiquitous headphone jack on its new iPhones, lots of people are puzzled about how they'll be able to charge their phones and listen to wired headphones simultaneously.

 
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Airbnb Unveils Changes To Address Racial Discrimination  

One study found booking requests from Airbnb users with African-American sounding names were roughly 16 percent less likely to be accepted; another found discrepancies in hosts' profits.

 
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NASA Launches Mission To Retrieve Ancient Asteroid Dust  

The mission aims to circle a hill-sized asteroid for two years, then skim its surface and bring a hearty sample of 4.5 billion-year-old dirt back to Earth.

 
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The Rise Of The Drone, And The Thorny Questions That Have Followed  

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the drone has become America's go-to weapon when it comes to tracking and killing extremists. But drones have raised many legal, moral and ethical issues.

 
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Aleksandra by Agata Serge  

Aleksandra by Agata Serge

Photography: Agata Serge Mua: Anna Sokolowska Model: Aleksandra | EcManagement Lens: Palecwnosie Bokeh Factory Help: Tom Widlak, Gosia Twardowska

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Move Beyond "Dieselgate" At National Drive Electric Week  

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Photo Above: 2015 Richmond California National Drive Electric Week Event

Have you ever thought about switching to an electric vehicle (EV)? Duped drivers of so-called "clean diesel" Volkswagen cars in particular may be in the market. This week, you have a terrific opportunity to check out truly cleaner cars at more than 200 National Drive Electric Week events nationwide.

After Volkswagen knowingly cheated emissions standards and manufactured cars that spewed illegal amounts of dangerous pollution, fueled sickening smog, and threatened the health of millions of people, the disgraced company is now offering their misled consumers a buy-back of their polluting vehicles. Almost half of the 475,000 affected U.S. drivers have already registered to participate in the Volkswagen AG settlement program. That means there are roughly 210,000 people in the market for vehicles that don't dirty our air or harm our climate.

Saturday, September 10 marks the start of National Drive Electric Week (NDEW). From September 10 to September 18, the VW owners now in the market for a clean set of wheels--and anybody else--can attend one of the more than 200 National Drive Electric Week events. Here they can get behind the wheel and talk to happy owners of vehicles that are fun to drive and cleaner for the air. Without dirty tailpipes, it's hard to cheat on tailpipe emissions tests.

Even factoring in the emissions associated with electricity used to charge EVs, these cars are significantly cleaner than conventional vehicles (and of course using solar power to charge them is the cleanest choice). EVs only get cleaner over time as we shift to more renewable sources of power.

National Drive Electric Week, organized by the Sierra Club, Plug In America, the Electric Auto Association, and many other local partner groups was founded on the idea that nothing converts the drivers of gasoline-fuelled cars to electric vehicle (EV) owners faster than conversations with existing owners and test-drives in cleaner, quiet and powerful plug-in vehicles. This week, we're expecting to hit the half-million mark for EV sales in the U.S. Will it be you that gets us there?

In San Diego, while parents check out the latest EVs, kids can get behind the wheel of a mini electric car. At the Poolesville, Maryland event, with an expected 10,000+ visitors, attendees will have the opportunity to win a wall mount charger for their EV. In Bakersfield, Cupertino, and Los Angeles, California, attendees can munch on food from delicious food trucks while test-driving the available EVs. In Knoxville, Tennessee, you can check out an EV tailgate party at the UT vs Ohio State football game. In cities like Juneau, Alaska and Richmond, California, event-goers will be able to check out electric transit buses. Mayors and other elected officials are expected to attend events in cities like Burlington, Vermont and Rochester, New York where people can encourage their local and state leaders to accelerate EV adoption through smart policies. The Mayor of Boise, Idaho will even be making a proclamation in honor of National Drive Electric Week.

Right before the launch of National Drive Electric Week, the White House announced several EV-related awards for federal agencies and leaders who have accelerated EV fleets, charging stations, and workplace charging programs.

An analysis by NerdWallet, created in honor of National Drive Electric Week last year, shows that owning or leasing the electric Nissan Leaf is significantly cheaper over a five-year period than the gasoline-powered Toyota Camry or the hybrid Toyota Prius--without even factoring in state rebates available to many. Thanks to federal, state and industry rebates and tax credits, decreasing prices in EV technology, and the much cheaper price of electricity versus gasoline, the cost of owning and operating an EV is notably lower than that of gasoline-fuelled vehicles. And with fewer moving parts--no mufflers, catalytic converters, or even oil changes--EVs are not only cheaper to fuel than any gas car, but they're cheaper to maintain.

With events in more than 200 cities, chances are there's a National Drive Electric Week event near you. So if you're looking to get rid of your dirty diesel car or generally thinking about making the switch from gasoline to electric, come out and see all the benefits EVs have to offer.

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National Parks in the Battle for Soul of America  
Whoever said you can't go back home again was wrong. On a 10-day retreat to my Jamaican homeland in celebration of my 65th birthday I rediscovered the places and the ethos of the people that made me a fierce defender of Nature, our National Parks and public lands system, and a believer in Rep. John Lewis' "Beloved Community" where all are as one.


Our friend Sheena invests her days maintaining her lavish estate and gardens so luminous that they attract visitors from across the country and was featured in Health Home & Garden Jamaican Magazine, Fall/Winter 2015.

In a deliberate digital detox, I put my phone on airplane mode, did not get on my computer and watched no TV. Frank and I, our daughter Lisa from Atlanta, friends including Carolyn Hartfield of Hartsfield Hikers entered the mystical garden retreat nurtured by my high school friend Sheena, and surrendered to beauty and harmony.

Other friends privileged to still live in Jamaica came to our party and we ate by candlelight on the lawn. A nationwide power blackout was broken just in time for the dancing to start, and I danced to the carefree song I loved most as a teenager, "Wash all my troubles away," by Prince Busta.

Behind the house where I was born, the gully bed is filled with grass. I was ready to bemoan the end of the stream where I sat quietly for hours as a child, absorbing the feel and view and sounds of nature.
"Come man! I'll show you!" my eight year old cousin urged.


My twin cousins twice removed took me back to my gully and shimmied up the tree to bring me back unbruised otaheite apples.

Running up the street behind him, after a few yards he turned right and disappeared in the bushes. I followed and suddenly, there it was! Falling over a jutting rock, at this point the gully ran wild and free tumbling into a 3-foot pool below.

"Do you still see mangoes bobbing down the river?" I asked.

"Mangoes? No! Apples!"

"Apples?" I asked, thinking American varieties.

"Yes," he said, pointing.

And there it was. A gigantic Otaheitie apple tree FULL of delicious delicate red apples on the opposite bank - my second favorite Jamaican fruit that I'd been yearning for. My nephews shimmied up the tree and brought down apples in their pockets to protect them from bruising.

Visiting my high school Clarendon College I walked the campus with some of my classmates, a retired civil servant and a banker of almost 40 years. On the campus set on a hill overlooking a 300-degree panorama of undulating hills with shocks of flowering color, I realized how lucky I was to be socialized in this place. My friends referred to me as our class' English standout, and mentioned I was such a formidable debater that few thought they could win against me. Evidently, I was good at formulating the logical argument then that I've put into service on behalf of our national parks for 21 years.

With eight of us heading to Montego Bay for a concerningly pricey weekend, our hostess called her friends and in short order we had a villa in the mountains, a five minute walk from the Caribbean Sea, for the price of paying the helper to cook for us. Not only was she a fabulous cook but sitting out on the verandah and overlooking the pool, we were inspired by her stories of how she lives in faith and how it manifests in supply. She confided that she had an obligation which she had no way of meeting and was praying when we showed up.

So that's where I learned community, I thought. The unseen hand is moving us all in the direction where all needs are met, if we only love and comply. Our national parks can play such a big role in resetting us, which is why I cannot let go of the subject.


Our little band of travelers arrives in historic Accompong Town where we walked back in time to the successful rejection of British enslavers.

It'd take a while to mention all the friends and relatives who welcomed us, made our special foods, transported us, and gave us gifts from the land. In Accompong, the town high in the mountains founded by Africans that successfully resisted British enslavers, I sat under the tree where the resolute leader Cudjoe may have strategized with his generals, where descendants own the land and there's no taxes, police or crime. I found that courage, generosity and openness of spirit lives within me and was implanted without my even knowing.

I've often asked park leaders how it is that our national parks can be considered the "soul" of America yet so few people associated with soul are ever in them? And now I'm asking you to rouse yourself sufficiently to take an interest in Nature and our national parks as we are at a dire point. Go back to the place where you were socialized and find your innocent attunement to Nature, then bring it back to join the battle for the soul of our country with a focus on our founding values, "liberty and justice for all."

The tenor of the discourse in our society is particularly jarring to return home to after being away from it for awhile. Given that the Republican platform for our public lands is to tear the system apart and return parts to the states for predictable exploitation, it is no longer enough for everyone who cares to make sure we vote against that. Now it is imperative that each one commits to educating him or herself on the issues and find out where your elected representative or candidate stands. Then you must make them know what is important to you, and why. You must commit to make sure everyone in your circle gets out to vote and send an overwhelming message that we care about our country and the future of our children.

"We have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people ever received, and each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune," President Teddy Roosevelt said of our public lands at the turn of the 20th Century.

It's decision time.

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A Map To Help Cancer Doctors Find Their Way  

A computer program can map cancer progression in much the same way historical explorers drew maps of the Earth without satellite imaging. Small bits of data can be pieced together to form a picture.

 
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Luigi Galvani Scientist of the Day

Luigi Galvani, an Italian physician, was born Sep. 9, 1737.

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Assange returns to Earth  

Gives Ecuadorian embassy 3 stars on TripAdvisor

Questions are being asked why no one has ever seen pallid, 11*-fingered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and NASA ‘naut Jeff Williams in the same room at the same time, after sharp-eyed observers noted the pair's startling physical resemblance.…

 
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