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On the hunt for the Surface Pros missing battery life

2013-02-28 17:25:12| Extremetech

Surface Pro is much faster than Surface RT, but the battery life impact is severe. We go under the hood with Microsoft's new tablet to find out what's responsible for high power usage in multiple task scenarios.

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Canada orbits suitcase-size camera to hunt asteroids

2013-02-27 01:31:09| CNET News.com

With its small telescope, the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite is looking for space rocks that could devastate our planet. [Read more]

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After Sandy, scientists hunt for sewage in New York Citys harbors

2013-02-26 11:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: After Sandy, scientists hunt for sewage in New York Citys harbors By James West and Tim McDonnell For most people affected by superstorm Sandy, the damage was plain to see: devastated homes, impossible traffic, even lost lives. But for Bruce Brownawell, the storms biggest consequences are buried under several meters of seawater. Brownawell is a marine scientist at SUNY-Stony Brook who has spent the last several years becoming intimately acquainted with the chemical makeup of mud on the floor...

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