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How much of Jupiter's moon Europa is made of water? A lot, actually. Based on the Galileo probe data acquired during its exploration of the Jovian system from 1995 to 2003, Europa posses a deep, global ocean of liquid water beneath a layer of surface ice. The subsurface ocean plus ice layer could range from 80 to 170 kilometers in average depth. Adopting an estimate of 100 kilometers depth, if all the water on Europa were gathered into a ball it would have a radius of 877 kilometers. This illustration compares that hypothetical ball of all the water on Europa to the size of Europa itself...
With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.
Don’t Miss The Connection: Obama ‘Delivered’ to Office by Black Panthers, Holder ‘Owes Them Some Favors’2012-05-24T02:17:31Z
The New Black Panthers "delivered" Obama into office . •Obama "owes" the Black Panthers "some favors". •Obama and Holder showed the Black Panthers "mercy" in their voter intimidation case, where the DOJ controversially dropped charges against the group . Does not know how much longer Obama and Eric Holder can hold out in their favor.
We have a tendency to think that all of the annoyances that came with the Internet are also brand new to humanity. Surprise! They aren't.
Powell once helped keep gay and lesbian service members in the closet. Now he supports marriage equality.
Each day, how many motor vehicles do you see or actually use? You probably couldn't keep track. Now, how about guns. How many do you see or actually use during the same period? For most people, not that many. If any at all. And yet, in 10 states gun deaths actually outpace motor vehicle deaths.
With tax refunds in hand, vacation spending is on the rise this year with the majority of traveling Americans expected to spend the same or more on their travel excursions. An Occupy Wall Street-eyed Review of The Avengers Movie and the Future of Movies2012-05-23T17:21:38Z
I had to go see the movie, The Avengers. But the past year's Occupy Wall Street experience gave me new eyes and it brought me to an epiphany. Superheroes serve the 1%. They serve the top down powers that are waging a massive war with the 99% -- we on the bottom.
Imgur is used to share photos with social networks and online communities, and has the funniest pictures from all over the Internet.
Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives video interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia
Ellen Rosenblum's victory is meaningful for supporters of sensible reform to marijuana law. It is time for an honest and sober discussion about the costs of incarcerating Oregonians for victimless crimes.
Are you tired of telling people about your "out-of-town" girlfriend who "goes to a different school," as you brandish that "photo of her" from your wallet like you're Napoleon Dynamite? Well, in just the latest proof that the Internet is "the best thing everything," you can now buy a fake Facebook girlfriend and let her do all the legwork.
You’ve seen Stephen Spielberg’s film, Minority Report, right? Tom Cruise’s character stands in front of virtual screens, puts on a pair of gloves, and manipulates the data and the memories without touching a thing.
NASA's Opportunity rover can't really take a full-frontal picture of itself on Mars, but catching its own shadow on camera is the next best thing. And if you can get a breathtaking view of Endeavour Crater in the background, so much the better.
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I hope no one is nauseated if I suggest that the Newark mayor was engaged in idle self-promotion.
Football pro Donald Driver has amassed legions of fans in his years playing for the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers but he says it was more than just the team’s notoriously devoted cheese-head fans who won him the title of "Dancing With the Stars" champion. "Packer Nation didn’t do it by itself," Driver said today on "Good Morning America." "America took care of it for us." PHOTOS: ‘Dancing’ Stars Take Over Times Square Driver, 37, and professional partner Peta Murgatroyd walked away with the show’s coveted mirror-ball trophy Tuesday night after 10 weeks of int
If you want to keep up with world events, Fox News and MSNBC are the worst places to go for information — and you may be surprised by the best.
Why does there always seem to be enough money for military expansion, prisons, bank bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy, but not enough for education -- or for jobs, housing, healthcare, or old age pensions?