On Monday, the moon will be the closest it has ever been to Earth since 1948. The Full Beaver Moon of November, known as the supermoon, will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the average monthly full moon. The moon won't look...
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Instagram has added three new features to Stories. Users will now be able to insert links into stories and people will be able to click on them without leaving the app. A "see more" button will be added to the bottom of any story with...
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Research has found that a new form of brain implant could one day help people with paraplegia regain control of their legs. Scientists in Switzerland restored movement in the legs of two paralyzed monkeys within two weeks of them being injured. Related: Medical Breakthrough: Repairing Your...
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Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada passed a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. This is the biggest electoral victory for the marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved marijuana for recreational use. Adults over 21 can now use, possess, and transport...
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Voters in nine states will have the opportunity to legalize marijuana for medicinal or recreational use. Five states, including Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada, all have marijuana legalization initiatives on the ballot. If these five states all legalize recreational marijuana, it would be a...
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The World’s largest animal sanctuary to be built in Antartica’s Ross Sea. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources announced it is establishing a Ross Sea marine protection area. Related: Wildlife populations dropped nearly 60 percent since 1970: report The joint agreement between...
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On Election day, voters in five states will get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. California: The passage of Proposition 64 would legalize marijuana for people 21 years of age and older. Adults could possess up to an ounce of cannabis,...
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NASA's next stop in the quest to find Martian life: Hawaii. Researchers partnering with the federal space agency will travel to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to prepare for future manned missions to the Red Planet. The project, called Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT),...
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The biggest, brightest supermoon to ever grace the skies in the 21st century is coming November 14. Take it all in, because a supermoon like this won't come around again until 2034. A supermoon happens when there is a full moon on the same days it's...
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Leonardo DiCaprio is adding to his award collection this weekend as he is set to receive the Hollywood Documentary Award at Sunday's Hollywood Film Awards ceremony. The documentary, called "Before the Flood", follows DiCaprio as he travels to five continents and the Arctic to speak...
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