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Is NYC Really the Greatest City in the World?

What do other cities have that NYC doesn't? Well, Europe's great food halls, Sydney's robust ferry system, and Moscow's elegant train stations for starters. New York city-based architects Vishaan Chakrabarti and Gregg Pasquarelli analyze how urban metropolis from around the world stack up against the city that never sleeps.




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Absurd Creatures | Bats Are Totally Awesome. Trust Me, I'm a Vampire

Bats are awesome. They're the only mammals that truly fly, they have echolocation and, scientists have recently discovered, tiny hairs that helps them fly by feel.




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The Jellyfish’s Swimming Secret? It’s a Master of Suction

New fluid dynamics research shows that jellyfish and lampreys essentially suction their way through Earth’s oceans. Understanding the creatures' movements could someday lead to more efficient boat designs.




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You Can Actually Duel With These Awesome Custom Lightsabers

As Star Wars fans have grown up, so have their lightsabers. Forget cheap plastic toys, these sabers are bespoke laser blades that light up, buzz, and are made for Jedi dueling.




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Wow! Haha! Angry! Facebook Finally Has Emoji Reactions

Facebook just expanded the “Like” button with a feature it calls Reactions---six animated emoji the company hopes will let users to respond with more emotional nuance to the posts in their news feeds.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Watch Brent Rose Epically Fail NASA’s Astronaut Test

In light of the current open application for new astronauts, Brent Rose heads out to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to meet with real astronauts and try out real training facilities–let's see if he has what it takes to make it to space.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Is Vaping Really Healthier than Smoking?

Vaping is smoking's hottest new trend--just ask Leonardo DiCarpio who was caught puffing on one at the Golden Globes. The industry claims this is a safe alternative to cigarettes, but how much do we really know about the health effects of vaping? From The Vape Shop to USC's Health and Science campus, Brent Rose explores this new trend and searches for answers.




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App Pack | These Apps Will Make You a Better Human (Environmentally Speaking)

You’re worried about your impact on the environment. Maybe you just want to recycle more, or eat greener. Well, good on you. These handy apps can help.




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How iOS Actually Changed the World

With iOS10 on its way, we thought we’d look back at the way iOS changed the world. But the most pivotal thing in iOS history is something Apple got right on its very first try.




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Absurd Creatures | That Fish That Attaches to Sharks? It's Actually Pretty Righteous

It’s called a remora, and you’ve probably seen it before. It attaches to fish and marine mammals all the time. But get this: It doesn’t attach with its mouth. It’s got a suction cup it wears as a hat.




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Hey Thanks Apple: Siri May Now Actually Be Useful

Siri's been little more than a slightly sassy sidekick for iPhone users, but now Apple has made some big moves to make the voice assistant work for more people.




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Absurd Creatures | Silly Tree Kangaroo, You’re Not Supposed to Be Up There

The tree kangaroo may have shrunken hind legs, but hey, at least it can walk backwards unlike regular roos. Oh, also: It can plummet out of trees and not suffer the consequences.




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Believe It: Segway’s New ‘Hoverboard’ Is Actually Kinda Cool

You know those people you see on guided Segway tours? You know how you laugh at them and swear you’ll never do that? Well, Segway may have the answer to its ‘uncool’ problem with its new MiniPro.




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See How an Insane 7-Circle Roundabout Actually Works

Your first thought upon seeing Swindon's 'magic roundabout' might be: man, the Brits have really lost the plot lately. But this thing—which is actually seven roundabouts in one—has been working for 60 years.




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How Tesla's Self-Driving Autopilot Actually Works

Exploring everything from the radars and camera to the Mario Kart easter egg, our roadtrip shows Tesla’s autopilot works well—but it's no self-driving wunderkind.




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Food Myths: Can Hot Foods Really Cool You Down?

Can eating or drinking hot things really cool you down on a hot day? WIRED investigates.




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Absurd Creatures - The Most Stunning Fish in the Sea Are Actually Dragons (Kinda)

The leafy and weedy seadragons might not breathe fire, but they’re every bit as majestic as real dragons.




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Snap's Spectacles Are the First Camera We Actually Want to Wear

Snap, the company formerly known as Snapchat, just released its sunglasses with built-in cameras. They're tough to get, but fun to use and they just might be the first face computer you'll actually want to wear.




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Meet the Blind Man Who Convinced Google Its Self-Driving Car Is Finally Ready

Google is getting serious about self-driving cars. So serious that it put a legally blind man in one that drove him around safely on his own. The successful trip means that the tech giant can now launch its own self-driving car company, which it's calling Waymo.




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How the Morpho Butterfly Can Be Blue But Also Not Really Blue

The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because of some very fancy scales on its wings.




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This Spinach Plant Can Actually Detect Explosives

Can plants really detect explosives? At MIT, a new technology is being developed that can make dangerous chemicals in the soil easier to detect.




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The Adorable Little Fish With a Suction Cup for a Belly

Meet the lumpsucker, the tiny fish that sucks at swimming but is great at suctioning.




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If the Tin Man Actually Had a Heart, It'd Look Like This

A robotic heart points the way to a future where soft robots help us heal.




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If Tech Really Wants to Help the Homeless, It Should Hire Them

To bridge the divide between San Francisco's wealthy tech workers and their impoverished neighbors, organizations like Code Tenderloin are trying to get disadvantaged people into tech companies. They teach skills like coding and help students craft resumes, but even with all these new skills the greatest challenge facing Code Tenderloin graduates is convincing a company to take a chance on them.




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Does Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer Really Work? Let's Ask Science

Your phone might automatically dim its blue light at night. But does this really help you fall asleep?




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After 4 Years, Seattle's Giant Tunneling Machine Finally Breaks Through

Bertha, the largest boring machine in North America, has reached the light at the end of the tunnel, after getting stuck, and sitting motionless underneath the city for two years.




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This Is What $250 Billion Actually Looks Like

Apple recently announced that they have a $250 billion in the bank. This is what that amount of money actually looks like.




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Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Whales Are So Big

According to a new study, whales didn't grow big just because they could. They did it because of climate change.




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The Tesla Model 3 Is Finally Here. Sort Of.

Tesla has just delivered the first 30 models of its most crucial car, the Model 3. The new addition to the Tesla family is supposed to be the “affordable” car, starting at $35,000. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says over half a million people have already paid $1000 to reserve their Model 3.




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HardWIRED: So, What Is a Robot Really?

Introducing HardWIRED, a new video series about the robots that are poised to take over the world. In the first episode WIRED explores what qualifies as a robot in the first place.




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Tech Support - Scott Kelly Answers Astronaut Questions From Twitter

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about astronauts. How fast is the international space station? Can you see the eclipse from space? Scott Kelly's book 'Endurance' is now available.




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This Robot Snake Means No Harm, Really

The robotic snake has 16 windpipe-constricting actuators, but this serpent bot is more likely to save your life than suck it out of you.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Sarah Silverman & John C. Reilly Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

"Ralph Breaks the Internet" stars Sarah Silverman & John C. Reilly take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. Is Sarah Silverman Canadian? How did John C. Reilly meet Will Ferrell? Is Sarah now a Disney Princess? John and Sarah answer all these questions and more! "Ralph Breaks the Internet" is in theaters November 5




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Billy Eichner & Cobie Smulders Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

"Friends from College" stars Billy Eichner & Cobie Smulders take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. What's Cobie's real name? How tall is Billy Eichner? Is Cobie Smulders Canadian? FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE is now streaming on Netflix




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Tech Support - Nick Jonas and Kelly Clarkson Answer Singing Questions from Twitter

Nick Jonas and Kelly Clarkson use the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about singing. How can you increase your vocal range? How do people sing and play an instrument at the same time? UglyDolls is in theaters May 3




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New York Innovators Series: How One New York Company Brings Hollywood To The Empire State | WIRED Brand Lab

BRANDED CONTENT | Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for Empire State Development | Branch VFX, a visual effects company in Albany, is an important member of the growing creative economy in upstate New York. The entire capitol region attracts talent interested in being part of an affordable and supportive community where great ideas thrive.




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Machine Gun Kelly Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Machine Gun Kelly takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. What's Machine Gun Kelly's real name? What was his first ever song? Does he have a girlfriend? A wife? Is he single??? Machine Gun Kelly answers all these questions and more!




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WIRED Autocomplete Interviews - Lilly Singh Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Lilly Singh takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about herself. Why is Lilly Singh called superwoman? Is Lilly married to The Rock? Is she in Stranger Things? How many YouTube subs does she have? Lilly answers all these questions and more!




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Using EPIC to find conflicts, inconsistencies, and gaps in Department of Defense policies [electronic resource] / Carolyn Wong, Daniel Gonzales, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Eric Landree, John Hollywood ; prepared for the United States Navy

Wong, Carolyn, 1952-




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Partner for performance [electronic resource] : strategically aligning learning and development / Ingrid Guerra-López and Karen Hicks

Guerra-López, Ingrid, author




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People CMM [electronic resource] : a framework for human capital management / Bill Curtis, William E. Hefley, Sally A. Miller

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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / J.D. Vance

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Spatially separated bimetallic cocatalysts on hollow-structured TiO2 for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00042F, Research Article
Ping She, Jun-sheng Qin, Heng Rao, Buyuan Guan, Jihong Yu
A hollow-structured TiO2 decorated with spatially separated bimetallic cocatalysts (Pd@TiO2@Au) was obtained, which exhibited superior photo-induced charge separation by combining the SPR effect of Au NPs and the smaller size effect of Pd NPs.
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Zeolite-confined carbon dots: tuning thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission via energy transfer

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1404-1410
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00549H, Research Article
Hongyue Zhang, Jiancong Liu, Bolun Wang, Kaikai Liu, Guangrui Chen, Xiaowei Yu, Jiyang Li, Jihong Yu
CD@zeolite composites with tunable TADF emission via an energy transfer process between confined CDs.
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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Chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers used in biosensing

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1315-1327
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00026D, Review Article
Lei Zhang, Yanbing Yang, Jie Tan, Quan Yuan
This review describes the applications of chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers in biosensing, and mainly introduces different assembly methods of chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers.
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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[ASAP] Interplay between Viscous Pressure and Capillary Pressure on Polymer Gel Dehydration and Water Shutoff in Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00368




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French écocritique: reading contemporary French theory and fiction ecologically / Stephanie Posthumus

Hayden Library - PQ307.E26 P67 2017




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The Roman de Troie / by Benoît de Sainte-Maure ; translated by Glyn S. Burgess and Douglas Kelly

Hayden Library - PQ1429.A3 2017




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Shift to At-Home and Online Learning Underscores the Importance of Culturally Responsive Education Practices in Schools

For this episode of On the Evidence, a principal and an education researcher share insights from research and the field on implementing culturally responsive practices.




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Gaming globally: production, play, and place / edited by Nina B. Huntemann and Ben Aslinger

Hayden Library - GV1469.3.G428 2013