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Freaked-Out Tweets After Earthquakes Help Scientists

SAN FRANCISCO — A team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists have developed a web service that combines seismic data about an earthquake with Tweets of surprise and angst from the popular microblogging service’s users. The goal of the project is to improve emergency response by provi...

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Wired Science — December 14

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New Infared Telescope’s Awesome First Images

Thick clouds of dust usually obscure the Flame Nebula in visible light, but a brand new infrared telescope saw right through to capture this spectacular image. VISTA is the latest telescope to come online at the European Southern Obervatory outpost in the chilean desert. It is the largest&n...

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Wired Science — December 14

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Baby-by-Number: Parents’ New Obsession With Data

Allen Fawcett admits he and his wife are mildly addicted to keeping track of their babies’ schedules. The pair of economists have been recording every diaper, feeding and nap since they became parents. With the help of the Trixie Tracker website, they know they’ve changed exactly 7,3...

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Wired Science — December 14

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Giant Panda Genome Reveals Why It Eats Shoots and Leaves

What’s black and white and read all over? The giant panda genome. All 2.4 billion DNA base pairs of a 3-year-old female panda named Jingjing have been cataloged, researchers report online Dec. 13 in Nature. The information will help researchers understand panda traits such as finicky diets...

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Wired Science — December 13

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Spacewalking Astronauts Seen With a Backyard Telescope

With a big enough telescope and some good fortune, an amateur astronomer can look into the sky and see humans at the space station. Here’s the proof. On March 21, 2009, astronaut Joe Acaba stepped into space for some extravehicular activity. Down on Earth, Ralf Vandebergh was in his backya...

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Wired Science — December 11

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Earth’s Atmosphere May Have Alien Origin

Isotopic analyses of the gases krypton and xenon suggest that much of Earth’s atmosphere came from outer space, not inner space. Krypton and xenon appear in Earth’s atmosphere — and in the universe as a whole — only in trace amounts. Detailed analyses of the gases p...

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Wired Science — December 11