Non-IT News Thread
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Ornithomimus: Dinosaur Fossil With Preserved Tail Feathers and Skin Found in Alberta, Canada
Paleontologist Aaron J. van der Reest found the fossil, thought to be 75 million years old. It is the most complete feathered specimen found in North America, Cretaceous Research science journal said.
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Jerusalem: Archaeologists Discover Remains of Acra in City Parking Lot
After 10 years of excavations, an Israel Antiquities Authority team unearthed a section of the 2,000-year-old Greek fortress. Researchers have searched for the ruins for more than a century.
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University of Tokyo: Scientists Say They Have Developed a Glass Almost as Strong as Steel
The school's Institute of Industrial Science used gas to mix alumina, an oxide of aluminum, and silicon dioxide to make a stronger glass. The findings were published in Nature earlier this month.
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@mlnews said:
University of Tokyo: Scientists Say They Have Developed a Glass Almost as Strong as Steel
The school's Institute of Industrial Science used gas to mix alumina, an oxide of aluminum, and silicon dioxide to make a stronger glass. The findings were published in Nature earlier this month.
Is this the formulae?
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@JaredBusch No. That one looks more like transparent aluminum.
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@dafyre said:
@JaredBusch No. That one looks more like transparent aluminum.
Oh yes, not to be confused with Aluminum Glass. My bad.
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Honduran firm feeds crocodiles owned by 'drug's clan'
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Pakistan factory collapse 'kills 16' with many trapped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34720251 -
Sinai plane crash: Bomb fears prompt Sharm flights suspension
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Federal Aviation Administration: Agency Issues Ground Stop to Plane Arrivals at San Diego Airport
"We are allowing departures but we are not landing aircraft due to the active shooter situation under the approach path," the agency said about how the shooting has affected the San Diego airport.
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Marksville, Louisiana: City Marshals Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old Boy in Pursuit of Father in Car, Officials Say
Jeremy Mardis, 6, was killed and his father Chris Few is in critical condition after he fled in his car, central Louisiana authorities said, adding that police were attempting to serve Few a warrant.
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Oak Lawn, Illinois: Police Arrest School's Volleyball Coach for Shooting Video in Girls' Locker Room
Police said they arrested Richards High School volleyball coach Raymond W. Van Syckle Sunday, after a female student recovered an unattended cellphone in the locker room recording her.
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Live tapeworm pulled from California man's brain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34732010 -
Kunduz bombing: US planes 'fired on MSF hospital staff'
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Mexico begins its path to legalize Marijuana.
Mexican marijuana activists on a high after Supreme Court ruling
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UK Suspects Bomb on Russian Plane
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Mustard Gas Was Used in Syrian Attack
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Brazilian Dam Bursts Engulfing Homes
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More News on Anonymous and the KKK
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Pittsburg, California: 2-Year-Old Boy Killed After Driver Attempts to Flee Scene of Crash, Police Say
The boy was killed Thursday after his mother crashed into a light pole while attempting to flee the scene of a minor collision, Pittsburg police Capt. Ron Raman said.
