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Adorable Japanese Camera Drone Now Lives Aboard the ISS
2017-07-20 15:14:52| Extremetech
The small spherical drone was constructed by Japanese space agency JAXA with a special orientation system that allows it to maneuver around the ISS and capture video. The post Adorable Japanese Camera Drone Now Lives Aboard the ISS appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Trader Joes: Looks adorable, passes gas like a climate villain
2016-06-27 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Trader Joes is the go-to supplier of bagged almonds and $2 wine to an entire generation of city dwellers. But did you know that Trader Joes is also a stone-cold villain of the greenhouse gas variety? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that Trader Joes slacked off so much on refrigerator maintenance that it released a very large quantity of the greenhouse gas R-22 (better known as Freon) into the atmosphere. R-22 is a doozy of a greenhouse gas, with 1,800 times the...
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Arctic Warming Is Shrinking This Adorable Shorebird
2016-05-12 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The migratory red knot is getting smaller due to climate change, making it harder for the threatened birds to find the best food. The red knot shorebird is a tough, long-distance flier that migrates yearly from the Arctic into the Southern Hemisphere and back. For decades, the bird has been at risk because its food sources, such as crab eggs, have declined in the feeding grounds along its migratory route. Now an alarming discovery by an international team of scientists, published this week...
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Sharp's Adorable (and Pricey) Robot Smartphone on Sale Soon
2016-04-14 19:04:41| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
RoboHon will launch in Japan on May 26, for a whopping 198,000 yen (more than $1,800).
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Honduras: How to Rescue These Adorable Tree Frogs
2016-04-07 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: How to Rescue These Adorable Tree Frogs A new effort hopes to save endemic frogs in a Honduras cloud forest. The Cusuco spike-thumb frog (Plectrohyla dasypus) is one of several endangered species from the cloud forests of Honduras that scientists hope to save from extinction. High in the misty mountains of Honduras, the world looks primeval, with glistening pine trees draped in moss and leafy bromeliads. This is ideal habitat for tree frogs, and some of the species hiding in the foliage...
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