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  • Ten years of the sun in one hour – Nasa releases mesmerising space film

    The space agency gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun, which have now been stitched together to form the video

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  • Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions

    Human skin contains sensitive nerve cells that detect pressure, temperature and other sensations that allow tactile interactions with the environment. To help robots and prosthetic devices attain these abilities, scientists are trying to develop electronic skins. Now researchers report a new method in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that creates an ultrathin, stretchable electronic skin, which could be used for a variety of human-machine interactions.

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  • Millions of High-Speed Black Holes Could Be Zooming Around The Milky Way

    How are black holes born? Astrophysicists have theories, but we don’t actually know for certain. It could be massive stars quietly imploding with a floompf, or perhaps black holes are born in the explosions of colossal supernovas. New observations now indicate it might indeed be the latter.

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  • Google Earth user claims he found the entrance to Area 51

    Satellite images supposedly showing the entrance to the secret base of ‘Area 51’ have caused quite a buzz on social media. Are we on to something?

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