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Billy Ray Cyrus Releases New CD, Time Flies

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科学美国人60秒 SSS Solar Eclipse in 1097 May Be Rock Carving Subject

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Tesla unveils batteries to power homes US electric carmaker Tesla Motors has unveiled batteries that can power homes and businesses. Chief executive Elon Musk announced the firm would build batteries that store solar energy and serve as a back-up sys

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While you were going about your day on February 24th of this year, the sun was ejecting a massive jet of particles into space. This phenomenon is known as a CME, a coronal mass ejection and they often come after a solar flare. Luckily for us on earth

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Earth’s Arctic Ice Disappears, Scientists Study Nearest Exoplanet

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A: I came here to get a chest X-ray. B: I will need you to take your clothes off from the waist up and put on the gown, leaving the opening in the back. A: What comes next? B: I will need you to face this glass plate right over here. A: Should I do a

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A: I was told to come to you to get a chest X-ray. B: No problem. Just take your clothes off from the waist up and put the gown on, with the opening in the back. A: Then what should I do? B: You will stand over here up against this plate. A: Should I

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