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The weather has been all over the place this year, with record highs and lows recorded in hundreds of different locations around the globe. So how exactly are temperatures changing globally?
The stem cell scientist Sir Ian Wilmut who cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996 has outlined how to resurrect a woolly mammoth by using cells from frozen carcasses. 
"We may soon be rescuing people from death's clutches hours, or even longer, after they have actually died."
Watch these girls comment on the perversity of the sexuality in marketing to young girls.
A view of the clouds from above, via Astronaut Karen Nyberg
The bright surrounding ring is atmospheric haze above Titan, the largest Moon of Saturn. This image was captured by the robotic Cassini spacecraft.
Should Manning be found guilty or innocent?
NASA's Cassini orbiter has spent 8 years taking pictures of Saturn's rings and moons, resulting in 200,000 pictures, and this wonderful video montage below. 
In this video, Former Army Staff Sgt. Glen Lehman demonstrates the progress of brain-interfacing prosthetic devices. 
Carissa Yip has been playing chess for one-third of her life, that is, three years. In this extremely short amount of time the 9 year old Massachusetts girl has reached […]
Dogs are capable of copying our behavior as long as 10 minutes after it's happened.
With 360 movie panels, the sky over (almost) an entire year is shown in time lapse format as recorded by a video camera on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco, California.
If Superman punched you in the face you would hardly feel a thing. 
Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, is using technology to "flip the classroom" and in the process revolusationize education.
Would you kill a baby if you knew he would grow up to be Hitler?
It doesn’t take a study to explain that being better able to listen to and understand others will make you more successful in your career and your relationships. 
After investigating deadly school bus accidents, the National Transportation Safety Board made recommendations for the development of connected-vehicle technology.