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Biologists Mount Webby Amphibian Rescue Campaign

Biologists are mounting a campaign to save amphibians around the world using the power of social networks.

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Biologists Mount Webby Amphibian Rescue Campaign

Google’s Schmidt Says He ‘Screwed Up’ on Social Networking

Google chairman Eric Schmidt took responsibility for the search titan’s failure to counter Facebook’s explosive growth, saying he saw the threat coming but failed to counter it.

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Google’s Schmidt Says He ‘Screwed Up’ on Social Networking

The Physics of a Triple Back Flip on a Bike

How did BMX biker Jed Mildon pull off an impossibly dangerous triple flip? Physicist and blogger Rhett Allain walks us through the equations

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The Physics of a Triple Back Flip on a Bike

Mystery of the Canadian Whisky Fungus

Mycologist James Scott goes on a hunt to explain the strange black fungus coating a whiskey warehouse and the town around it.

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Mystery of the Canadian Whisky Fungus

Licensed to Loop: America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot

Red Bull pilot Chuck Aaron is the only pilot licensed by the FAA to do acrobatic maneuvers in a helicopter. We joined him for a few craaaaazy aerial moves.

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Licensed to Loop: America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot

June 1, 1890: Census Bureau Can Finally Keep Tabs on Growing Nation

The development of a reliable tabulating machine eases the heretofore laborious task of taking the census.

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June 1, 1890: Census Bureau Can Finally Keep Tabs on Growing Nation

Astronaut Instructor Preps Space Voyagers for Liftoff

Loredana Bessone’s students learn robotics, field mapping and team dynamics, sometimes underwater and even in pitch-black caves.

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Astronaut Instructor Preps Space Voyagers for Liftoff

Microsoft will talk about ‘the next version’ of Windows at Computex tonight

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Microsoft’s Computex keynote today was all about the software giant’s expansive portfolio of current offerings, but it started off with a pretty awesome promise: a partner preview event is coming tomorrow (Taipei time) where we’ll get to hear about the next version of Windows. Steve Guggenheimer , the man who dished up this delicious tease, naturally had nothing more to say on the matter, but we do know that said event kicks off at 10AM local time, making it 10PM ET ( on Wednesday! ) in the US.

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Microsoft will talk about ‘the next version’ of Windows at Computex tonight

Air Force Wants to Fight Afghan Corruption … With Chicken

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Air Force Wants to Fight Afghan Corruption … With Chicken

iCloud: Is 4th Time a Charm for Apple’s Media Service?

Apple has revealed the name of its upcoming online media service: iCloud. But don’t let the cute branding fool you

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iCloud: Is 4th Time a Charm for Apple’s Media Service?