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Astronaut and "Spaceman" author Mike Massimino has made two trips to space, one of which was spent servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.

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When the Great War began in 1914, the armies on both sides brought new technologies to the battlefield the likes of which the world had never seen. The destruction and carnage caused by these new weapons was so extensive that portions of old battlefields are still uninhabitable.

World War I saw the first widespread use of armed aircraft and tanks as well as the machine gun. But some of the weapons devised during the war were truly terrifying.

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A New York City Police Department captain drew backlash Friday for saying a lack of arrests after reported sex attacks was "not a trend that we're too worried about" because many of the perpetrators were acquainted with the victims, and not strangers.

The Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn has seen a 62.5% spike in reported rapes over the last year, with 10 out of 13 reported cases remaining unsolved, DNAinfo reported Friday.

Police attributed the... Читать дальше...

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Vice President Joe Biden, presiding over the official Electoral College vote tally on the House floor Friday, had three words for Democratic lawmakers attempting to object to the results of the election.

"It is over," the vice president said, eliciting laughs from House Speaker Paul Ryan, seated behind him, and applause from lawmakers in the chamber.

More than a half-dozen Democratic members of Congress rose to speak at different points, protesting the results. Читать дальше...

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In the beginning of "Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope," rebel leader Princess Leia (RIP the great Carrie Fisher) was captured by the evil Empire. The rebels had managed to steal the plans for the Empire's secret weapon, the Death Star, and so the Empire's agents were ruthlessly hunting for them all over the galaxy.

Leia told her captors that the planned Imperial crackdown on the rebels, using the Death Star to terrify planets into submission, wouldn't work.

"The more you tighten your grip," she said... Читать дальше...

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I bought two humidifiers this winter. First, the $40 Holmes Warm Mist Humidifier. Second, the $200 Avalon Ultrasonic Warm/Cool Mist Digital Humidifier.

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If you're at all familiar with the world of Formula One racing, then you know there's no greater rivalry than that between Ferrari and McLaren.

Over the past few decades, the two have gone head to head for countless race wins and world championships. These days, that rivalry has left the track and spilled over to world of supercars.

While Ferrari's road car business has been firing on all cylinders for decades, McLaren only started down this road in 2011. But, it's making up ground quickly. Читать дальше...

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A Maryland-based company claims it can take control over an enemy drone while in flight without the use of jamming, a potential game-changer for the US military, prisons, and airports.

Started in 2010, Department 13 came out of DARPA-funded research into radio frequencies and Bluetooth technology. That was when CEO Jonathan Hunter realized his work could have real effects in mitigating radio-controlled drone aircraft — a frequent, and growing nuisance to militaries as well as the private sector. Читать дальше...

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Miami (AFP) - A onetime Haitian coup leader who was recently elected senator has been taken to the United States to face longstanding federal drug trafficking charges, officials said Friday.

Guy Philippe, who has been wanted on US drug charges for more than a decade, was arrested Thursday near the capital Port-au-Prince by heavily armed Haitian antinarcotics police and transported to the United States.

Philippe, who was elected to the Haitian parliament as a senator in November... Читать дальше...

Your iPhone has a lot of hidden features you may not know about — like the ability to make custom vibrations and letting you control your screen by tilting your head.

  At the tip of the Arabian peninsula, Yemen’s disastrous war has been raging for nearly two years. Somewhat overshadowed by the devastating crisis in Syria, it is nonetheless a major calamity: according to the UN, more than 10,000 people have lost their lives, while more than 20m (of a total population of some 27m) are in need of humanitarian assistance. More than 3m people are internally displaced, while hundreds of thousands have fled the country altogether. There are reports of looming famine... Читать дальше...

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Paul Krugman is at a loss for the future of the Trump presidency, but he's not hopeful.

The Nobel-prize winning economist and New York Times columnist is concerned about possible connections between the president-elect and Russia.

"We are, I'd argue, in much deeper and more treacherous waters than even the pessimists are saying," Krugman tweeted Friday. 

The election of Trump is "tainted," Krugman said, due to the FBI's announcement regarding... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump has maintained his protectionist stance since the election, and recently threatened automotive manufacturers Toyota and GM on Twitter over plans to shift production to Mexico.

In light of that, it's worth examining which sectors in Mexico could get hit the hardest in the event Trump's proposed protectionist measures are implemented following his inauguration.

Neil Shearing, the chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump released a statement Friday after his much-anticipated meeting with intelligence officials to discuss the intelligence community's report on Russian election-related hacking, calling the meeting constructive.

"While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations including the Democrat [sic] National Committee... Читать дальше...

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The 2017 North American International Auto Show pulls into the mighty Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit next week, with media preview days commencing on Monday.

We'll be on the ground in Motown to bring you all the exciting news — the concept cars, the high-tech machines, the big reveals — but until then, here's a rundown of all the hot rides we're looking forward to checking out.

NAIAS is the biggest car show in the world and represents the midpoint of the global auto-show circuit... Читать дальше...

There's no way around it: Raising kids — even just one! — is expensive. 

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Earlier this year, we surveyed 656 millennial women to see how they feel about splitting the check on dates. As we started to look deeper into the numbers, however, another talking point came up — how much women make in comparison with their partners. Of the straight women surveyed, 55% of those coupled off had lower salaries than their respective partners. Only 24% of the straight women reported that they earned more than their significant others.

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Detroit Lions safety Glover Quin is in the fourth year of his five-year, $23.5 million contract. But by living on just 30% of that salary and investing the other 70%, Quin has managed to double his money in just eight years.

In a fantastic story from Michael Rothstein of ESPN, Quin said his frugal tendencies and savvy investments — from the moment he entered the NFL in 2009 — had allowed him to effectively earn two contracts simultaneously.

"To sit here and... Читать дальше...

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The master’s degree in business administration (MBA) is one of the traditional education choices for people seeking high-powered careers with a lot of earning potential.

But MBAs aren’t cheap. A year of tuition at a top business school can easily exceed $50,000, and many programs last for two years.

Given that students are highly likely to have education debt from their undergraduate degrees, graduates’ student loan debt can easily reach six figures.

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We all know about white collar and blue collar jobs, but IBM says there should be a third variant: new collar jobs.

They are jobs somewhere in the middle between professional careers and trade work, meaning they combine technical skills with a knowledge base rooted in higher education. 

As the US prepares for several decades of robotic automation, IBM believes that if society doesn't begin prizing adaptability over expertise in certain cases, many people won't be able to find a job. Читать дальше...

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Your 20s are a bit of a tumultuous time.

As you cross the 20-year-old threshold, you're likely still in college, with your entire career in front of you, and by the end of your 20s, there's a chance you'll be settled into a career trajectory that will dictate your income potential and professional development until you're able to retire.

It's spooky to think about, right? You're young, you're free, and you can do pretty much anything you set your mind to ... Читать дальше...

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The world lost two of Hollywood's most towering figures in little more than the blink of an eye with the shocking deaths of Carrie Fisher, on December 27, and her mother Debbie Reynolds the next day.

As is so often the case in the career of Sheila Nevins, head of HBO Documentary Films, her cameras will be the coda to the story.

On Saturday at 8 p.m., HBO will air the documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.” Directed by Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom... Читать дальше...