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No, dolphins are not your ‘therapists.’ So just stop it.

No, dolphins are not your ‘therapists.’ So just stop it.

No, dolphins are not your 'therapists.' So just stop it.

Though it might not fit with New Age dolphin lore, the reality is that dolphins, even those born in captivity, are wild. There's absolutely no evidence [...]

June 19, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Science
We are way off target if we hope to feed everyone by 2050

We are way off target if we hope to feed everyone by 2050

We are way off target if we hope to feed everyone by 2050

A comprehensive study suggests that food production is not on track to keep up with population growth. That means food prices are going [...]

June 19, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Futurism
A map showing the original meanings of place names in North America

A map showing the original meanings of place names in North America

Now this is impressive: It's called the Atlas of True Names, and it reveals the etymological origins and translations of familiar place names whose original meanings we've mostly forgotten. Looking at it, you'd think North America was some sort [...]

June 19, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Maps
This is what happens when you play with fire in space

This is what happens when you play with fire in space

The simple flame is an extraordinarily complex phenomenon, one that involves thousands of chemical reactions. But fire also plays off the effects of gravity. So what happens when you take that gravity away? As a recent experiment aboard the [...]

June 19, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Chemistry, Fresh IO9, International Space Station, ISS, Nasa, Science, Space
Holy crap, did the Enterprise just fly past the moon?

Holy crap, did the Enterprise just fly past the moon?

Romanian photographer Maximilian Teodorescu recently captured this dramatic photo of the International Space Station (ISS) as it drifted across the surface of the Moon. But looking at it a bit closer, you could be forgiven for thinking it was [...]

June 19, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, International Space Station, ISS, Space, This is awesome
New echo-detecting app could allow humans to ‘see’ like bats

New echo-detecting app could allow humans to ‘see’ like bats

New echo-detecting app could allow humans to 'see' like bats

By using five microphones, a speaker, and a sophisticated new echolocation algorithm, researchers have successfully built a full 3D image of a cathedral’s insanely complex interior. The [...]

June 18, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Futurism, Science
Watch as Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano tears a hole in the sky!

Watch as Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano tears a hole in the sky!

Mexico's active Popocatepetl volcano erupted yesterday, spewing ash and incandescent rock almost three miles high. And as you'll see in this dramatic video, the explosion produced a massive shockwave as huge chunks of burning debris were tossed to the... [...]

June 18, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Science, This is awesome
Would you copy your mind to a robotic body-double?

Would you copy your mind to a robotic body-double?

Would you copy your mind to a robotic body-double?

A central theme of the recently concluded GF2045 Congress was the idea of achieving a kind of immortality by transferring our minds to avatars or robots. And [...]

June 18, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Futurism
It looks like PayPal is making a move to be the first bank in space

It looks like PayPal is making a move to be the first bank in space

Forgot to bring your wallet to the Red Planet Gift Shop? Not to worry. If a recent rumor is true, you may be able to pay for that Martian trinket by using PayPal. Read more...     [...]

June 18, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Futurism, Space
Researchers Discover 280 Hidden Craters on the Moon

Researchers Discover 280 Hidden Craters on the Moon

By combining gravity and terrain mapping techniques, scientists from Australia have identified hundreds of previously uncharted craters on the Moon, including a handful on the far side. Read more...     [...]

June 18, 2013 Astronomy, Breaking Fresh, Fresh IO9, Moon, Science, Space