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How the moon will appear on Christmas, 2015.
Rare Full Moon Revealed This Christmas

There will be a full moon on Christmas which is the first one since 1977 so be sure not to miss this rare lunar event this holiday season.

American Kennel Club Announces Most Popular Dogs In The U.S.
Brit Pays South Korean Lab £67,000 To Have Puppies Cloned From Dead Dog

Even if the eight-year-old Yorkshire terrier of British couple Laura Jacques and Richard Remde has been dead for 12 days, a South Korean lab managed to clone two puppies from the dead pet. Sooam Biotech Research Foundation's website says the dog's DNA could be extracted up to five days from its death.

Burning a solid magnesium metal is part of a sacrificial anode from a hot water heater.
Superman Of Metals: Scientists Set To Revolutionize Airline, Automotive Industries

The airline and automotive industries are set to be revolutionized by the Superman of metals. This material created by a group of scientists in Los Angeles is very strong but very lightweight so it could help create faster vehicles.

Kurdish Peshmerga Control Sinjar After Driving Out ISIL With U.S. Airstrikes
Islamic State Fatwas OK Rape Of Sex Slaves, Organ Harvest, Cannibalism

A translation of one of the ISIS Research and Fatwa Committee rulings published on Friday says members of the terror group could rape their sex slaves, eat the flesh of apostates and harvest the organs of prisoners to save Muslim life.

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UW graduate student Sean LaHusen pointing to buried debris at an older slide on the north fork of the Stillaguamish River.
Study: More Deadly Landslides Coming to Oso, Washington

New findings reveal how Oso, Washington's Stillaguamish River's North Fork apparently suffers from one huge landslide per year on average in the last 2,000 years.

At left, a deformed sample of pure metal; at right, the strong new metal made of magnesium with silicon carbide nanoparticles. Each central micropillar is about 4 micrometers across.
New Extremely Strong and Lightweight Metal Revealed by Scientists

Researchers have developed a new type of metal that is extremely lightweight yet strong that can be used for cars, airplanes and even spacecraft.

These images of an asteroid 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) long were taken on Dec. 17 (left) and Dec. 22 by scientists using NASA's giant Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California. This asteroid will safely fly past Earth on Dec. 24, at a distance of
NASA: Christmas Eve Asteroid Will Not Hit Earth

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms that asteroid 2003 SD220 will not hit the planet, as it will zoom safely past Earth from 6.6 million miles away.

New Caledonian crows can make, use and even store their own tools.
Study: Clever Crows Build, Use and Store Their Own Tools

New video footage reveals how New Caledonian crows not only make and use their own tools but they also store them for future use.

Aircraft are seen at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Nov. 23, 2015.
Beijing to Create Blacklist for Rowdy Travelers

Tourists who behave badly and threaten security at the Beijing Capital International Airport may soon be placed on a blacklist that can affect their future travel plans to China’s capital and the rest of the country.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying speaks to Hong Kong journalists at a press conference during the APEC Summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, on Oct. 6, 2013.
Xi Urges Correct Implementation of 'One Country, Two Systems' in HK

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged the Hong Kong government to adhere to and correctly implement the "One Country, Two Systems" principle in the region.

By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions
US Now Produces Own Plutonium to Fuel NASA Space Missions

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that scientists have already produced a new batch of plutonium to fuel future NASA space missions especially to Mars.

President Xi called for the establishment of a foundation that will help the country hasten and deepen reforms for the first three years of the framework.
China’s Next Stage of Reform to Focus on Urban Development: Top Leaders

According to China's top leaders, urban development will be the center of the country's next set of reforms. More city clusters will be built under this plan.

Twin Girls
US Twin Birth Rate Hits Record High, Larger Multiples Decline: Report

The number of twins that are born in the United States hit an all-time high in 2014 based on a report that was released by the nation's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the number of other multiples is at the lowest figures in two decades. About 135,000 of the almost 4 million babies born last year in the US were twins, which is about 3.4 percent.

Happy holidays from Boston Dynamics' dystopian robotic reindeer, Spot.
[VIDEO] Let These Robot Reindeer Wish You a Very Dystopian Christmas

Google-owned Boston Dynamics recently released a dystopian Christmas video with Santa and its headless, robotic reindeer.

MIT researchers have invented x-ray vision technology.
MIT Researchers Invent 'X-Ray' Vision Technology That Allows User To See Through Walls

An x-ray vision device is not something that can be seen only on sci-fi movies anymore. Such gadget is now a reality after a group of researchers successfully developed a technology that enables one to ‘see' through walls.

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