Utah Springs Surprise Tax on Massive NSA Data Center
The NSA will spend around $40 million per year on energy bills for the data center, according to one estimate. But those energy costs may be a bit ...
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Is the Middle East the Next Big Market for Solar Energy?
In late March, Matthew Merfert, First Solar’s Director of Projects for the Middle East and African markets, moved to Dubai.
Volcanic Sensationalism: Can’t We All Just Leave Yellowstone Alone?
Sometimes I get very frustrated by the way volcanoes are portrayed in the media. Yes, I realize that most people want to play up the sensationalism ...
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Eruption Continues at Pavlof, Less Ash in Plume
The eruption that started last week at Pavlof, at the far western end of the Alaska Peninsula, is still going strong. AVO says that the lava flows ...
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Unknown Mathematician Proves Surprising Property of Prime Numbers
An unknown mathematician, Yitang Zhang, has revolutionized his field and helped move forward a 2,000-year-old conjecture about prime numbers.
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Robot Guns, Combat Facebook: The Tech of the Army’s ‘Last’ Afghanistan Brigade
The last full-up Army brigade in Afghanistan has all the latest tech.
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After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites
Darpa is ending its experiment with small, close-flying spacecraft, but that doesn't mean the concept is dead.
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Eruptions Summer Plans
Well, it might seem early for some of you (and wrong for those of you in the southern hemisphere), but summer is upon us. ...
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The Fiftieth Anniversary of Chaos
Several decades ago, Edward Lorenz noticed something seemingly minor: his computational weather models yielded very different results if he changed ...
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New Efforts to Overhaul Psychiatric Diagnoses Spurred by DSM Turmoil
Tomorrow marks the official release of the DSM-5, a hugely influential diagnostic guide that defines disorders of the mind.
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