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As the 12-day-old wildfire rages on in California, firefighters are beginning to take control of the inferno -- with the help of some heavy artillery.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/drones-yosemite-fire_n_3833528.html
As the 12-day-old wildfire rages on in California, firefighters are beginning to take control of the inferno -- with the help of some heavy artillery.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/drones-yosemite-fire_n_3833528.html
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By Physicists In Scotland
Scientists have created a microscopic sphere and set it awhirl at a blistering 600 million rotations per minute.
The sphere, which rotates 500,000 times faster than the average washing machine, is the fastest-spinning object ever made.
The findings, which were detailed today (Aug. 28) in the journal Nature Communications, could shed light on the physics of matter. [The 9 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics]
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A few chance encounters hundreds of metres underwater seem to have solved the long-standing mystery of what one squid species does with its unusual tentacles: it pretends they are fish to lure its prey into range.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/deep-sea-squid-tentacles-attract-prey_n_3830898.html
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Don't believe that whole "men are from Mars, women are from Venus" trope. New evidence seems to support the theory that we're all from the red planet.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/life-start-on-mars-origin-martians-new-evidence_n_3830652.html?ir=Science&utm_campaign=082913&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-science&utm_content=Title
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Pope Francis Calls Rape Victim Alejandra Pereyra In Argentina To Offer Words Of Comfort
Alejandra Pereyra was knitting at her home when she received a phone call from a stranger who knew her name. When she identified herself, he said, "It's Pope Francis."
Pereyra recounted the experience on Argentinean television, and after she picked up the phone, "I started crying. With an angelic voice, he told me to be calm and that he was calling because he had read my letter and my story struck him."
Pereyra wrote to Pope Francis in mid-August, recounting her tragic story. The mother of six said after months of police harassment, she was raped at gunpoint inside an officer's car
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