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Sweet Seat Relief

Sitting on hundreds of little springs has never felt so good

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Video: Swoop Through the Real New York as Google Earth Meets Google Street View

Google Earth Mashed Up With Street ViewGoogleGoogle Earth has long allowed users to zoom in on textured, three-dimensional representations of cities, but the view was more or less limited to one angle:...

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Tandem Pair of German Orbital Imaging Satellites Will Create Sharpest-Ever...

An Artist's Rendering of TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X in FormationThe TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X satellite will fly in formation, occasionally orbiting within just 700 feet of each other, to create the most...

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3-D Map-Making TanDEM-X Satellite Returns First Images, Showing Fine Detail...

TanDEM-X MadagascarCharting the ups and downs of waves in the Indian Ocean, represented by the pale yellow area, is one example of the TanDEM-X satellite's capabilities. This picture shows northern...

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3-D Laser Maps Show How Major Quakes Rend the Earth

How Earthquakes Rip the GroundEarthquake surface ruptures cut and warp the ground in this 3D rendering of the post-earthquake topographic survey, colored by elevation change during the earthquake....

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Mercury Has a Liquid Core, and Other New Surprises From the Innermost Planet

Detail: Mercury North LatitudesNew observations from the Messenger spacecraft suggest a deep reservoir of high-density material exists within Mercury. Measurements show that Mercury must have sustained...

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Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?

Stand Up GuyJosé-manuel Benitos via Wikimedia CommonsA new theory suggests humans became bipedal so that we could scramble up rugged terrain. The story of how humans evolved from knuckle-walking...

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Big Pic: Radar Makes Lake Look Like Bad Stoner Art

Raystown Lake by RadarEuropean Space AgencyTopographic radar imagery paints a glowing line through bone-white Appalachia The alien landscape above is actually a slice of Appalachia in Pennsylvania. At...

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NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in June, will use seven instruments to deliver the most detailed picture of the moon yet. In addition to photographing the...

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Video: Swoop Through the Real New York as Google Earth Meets Google Street View

Google Earth Mashed Up With Street View Google Google Earth has long allowed users to zoom in on textured, three-dimensional representations of cities, but the view was more or less limited to one...

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Tandem Pair of German Orbital Imaging Satellites Will Create Sharpest-Ever...

An Artist's Rendering of TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X in Formation The TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X satellite will fly in formation, occasionally orbiting within just 700 feet of each other, to create the most...

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Gallery: Mapmaker Satellite TanDEM-X's First Images

Dek TanDEM-X will help create the most accurate 3D maps yet ArrayThe TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X satellite will fly in formation, occasionally orbiting within just 700 feet of each other, to create the...

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3-D Map-Making TanDEM-X Satellite Returns First Images, Showing Fine Detail...

TanDEM-X Madagascar Charting the ups and downs of waves in the Indian Ocean, represented by the pale yellow area, is one example of the TanDEM-X satellite's capabilities. This picture shows northern...

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3-D Laser Maps Show How Major Quakes Rend the Earth

How Earthquakes Rip the Ground Earthquake surface ruptures cut and warp the ground in this 3D rendering of the post-earthquake topographic survey, colored by elevation change during the earthquake....

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Mercury Has a Liquid Core, and Other New Surprises From the Innermost Planet

Detail: Mercury North Latitudes New observations from the Messenger spacecraft suggest a deep reservoir of high-density material exists within Mercury. Measurements show that Mercury must have...

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Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?

Stand Up Guy José-manuel Benitos via Wikimedia CommonsThe story of how humans evolved from knuckle-walking primates to upright bipeds is still a matter of great debate among anthropologists. One of...

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Big Pic: Radar Makes Lake Look Like Bad Stoner Art

Raystown Lake by Radar European Space Agency The alien landscape above is actually a slice of Appalachia in Pennsylvania. At the center of it, in bright reds and vibrant purples, sits Raystown...

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Video: Swoop Through the Real New York as Google Earth Meets Google Street View

Google Earth has long allowed users to zoom in on textured, three-dimensional representations of cities, but the view was more or less limited to one angle: straight down. But the search giant has now...

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Tandem Pair of German Orbital Imaging Satellites Will Create Sharpest-Ever...

A Dnepr rocket lifting off from Kazakhstan has successfully launched the second half of the world's most precise 3-D mapping mission of the globe into orbit today, setting in…

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