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Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Rainbow Geminid Meteor

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A Rainbow Geminid Meteor Meteors can be colorful. While the human eye usually cannot discern many colors, cameras often can. Pictured is a Geminid captured by camera during last week's meteor shower that was not only impressively bright, but colorful. The radiant grit cast off by asteroid 3200 Phaethon blazed a path across Earth's atmosphere longer than 60 times the angular diameter of the Moon. Colors in meteors usually originate from ionized elements released as the meteor disintegrates, with blue-green typically originating from magnesium , calcium radiating violet, and nickel glowing green. Red, however, typically originates from energized nitrogen and oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere. This bright meteor ic fireball was gone in a flash -- less than a second -- but it left a wind-blown ionization trail that remained visible for several minutes, the start of w

People with extreme political views have trouble thinking about their own thinking

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Science Your super liberal and super conservative relatives might all have one thing in common. Radical political views of all sorts seem to shape our lives to an almost unprecedented extent. But what attracts people to the fringes? via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2EEeEKd"

Gifts that get better as they age

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Gadgets About 99 percent of consumer goods aren't in use six months later. Let's strive for something different. Stop buying things that will get throw away six months later, and start buying stuff that could turn into family heirlooms. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2PKviZz"

Eating raw cookie dough is fine if you follow these steps

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Health Like all things in life, its all about calculated risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly issued warnings about the dangers of consuming raw dough. But are there really risks of eating raw cookie dough? via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2PLUZZC"

Your internet year in review: See how you spent time online in 2018

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Technology How much music did you listen to and video did you stream? Here's how to find out See your stats for 2018 on some of the biggest online services. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2GtuFEj"

Megapixels: Two stars in a fight to the death

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Space See this interstellar blood bath in all its glory detail. Two stars are locked in a fight to the death a mere 650 light-years from Earth. A new camera system on the Very Large Telescope zoomed in on the action. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2Clx9QY"

Daily Deal - The Curious Expedition, 50% Off

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Midweek Madness - XCOM® 2, 75% Off

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Save 75% on XCOM® 2 during this week's Midweek Madness*! *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2R1JRNe"

Of course the most likely time to have a heart attack is on a holiday

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Health Home is where the heart attack is. We romanticize the holiday season so much that it’s easy to forget how stressful the whole thing can be. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2Bulr4Y"

Four rockets could go to space in the next 24 hours. Here's how to watch them all.

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Space Stream Blue Origin, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace's launches. Many industries are winding down in anticipation of the holidays, but the space industry is ending not with a whimper, but with a bang: four different missions should… via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2GpGTOw"

Apparel gifts for the active, outdoorsy type

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Gift Guides Clothing for enjoying nature, or just looking good while walking around. Gifts for the active, outdoorsy type including clothing for enjoying nature or just walking around. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2PO9vAa"

The Chemical Weapons Detectives

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Military Meet the scientists who trace the world's most notorious acts of war back to labs in which they were made. Meet the scientists who trace the world's most notorious acts of war back to labs in which they were made. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2Eu2wdR"

These skulls look purple and orange. They are both red.

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Head Trip The pigments morph because of the Munker-White illusion. In the image above, two skulls appear to be two different colors, purple and orange, when in reality they are the same hue. The pigments morph because of the… via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2PLLA4t"