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NASA rover Curiosity approaching Mars

Star ripped apart by unknown black hole

Scientists record signal as distant black hole consumes star

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How to watch everything in 3D

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Graphics software gets faster and easier to write

A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that’s much shorter and clearer — but also faster

Outage in India could be a harbinger for the rest of the world

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How to convert 3D animations into real action figures

Tool developed at Harvard turns animated characters into fully articulated action figures

$5 million grant to study immortality

John Templeton Foundation grant to UC Riverside philosopher John Fischer will fund research

World’s first solar-powered country

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Fish eye-size effects could offer insights for human vision

How a Purdue University student’s research project on zebrafish eyes could lead to better understanding of vision problems that affect billions of people

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Expanding synthetic biology’s toolkit for creating genetic circuits

Engineers design new proteins that can help control novel synthetic genetic circuits in cells

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