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'Massive pool' of methane discovered hidden deep underground

The discovery helps solve a longstanding mystery and yields new insights about the possibility of life on other worlds.

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Mysterious space plane breaks record on latest military mission

The robotic craft has logged nearly 719 days of orbital spaceflight, and counting.

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Facebook bans Epoch Times ads after huge pro-Trump buy

By hiding its multimillion-dollar dark money ad spend, the organization bypassed Facebook's political advertising transparency rules.

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Cyborgs will replace humans and reshape the world, famed scientist says

'Our supremacy as the prime understanders of the cosmos is rapidly coming to end.'

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In Cuba, gamers lament what they see as the end of the island's underground network

"I don't understand why such a benign network that does not talk about politics, religion or pornography would disappear," one SNet user lamented.

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This hypersonic airliner would take you from Los Angeles to Tokyo in under two hours

The 300-passenger Stratofly MR3 would hit speeds of up to 5,400 miles an hour. Just don't expect to book a flight anytime soon.

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This hypersonic airliner would take you from Los Angeles to Tokyo in under two hours

The 300-passenger Stratofly MR3 would hit speeds of up to 5,400 miles an hour. Just don't expect to book a flight anytime soon.

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Does ViacomCBS stand a chance against streaming giants Netflix and Amazon?

CEO Bob Bakish is covering all bases, hoping that CBS will catch any subscribers who fall off the pay model that Viacom offers.

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Newly released messages reveal when Facebook first knew about Cambridge Analytica breach

Internal messages show what Facebook employees knew about Cambridge Analytica and when they first learned of its data scraping.

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YouTube removes channels spreading Hong Kong discord

The channels used software to mask their origin and were consistent with China-linked accounts removed by Twitter and Facebook, the company said.

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Elon Musk seems serious about plan to nuke Mars

The SpaceX CEO has proposed the use of nuclear explosions to warm Mars and make it more hospitable for humans.

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A battle over high-tech crime-fighting is dividing one of America's most dangerous cities

Detroit's police chief says facial recognition is making the city safer. Some residents fear it could create a surveillance state.

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Extremists creep into Roblox, an online game popular with children

NBC News was able to find more than 100 accounts that featured extremist and racist content

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NASA headed to ocean world that might harbor alien life

The space agency is moving ahead with its Europa Clipper mission to an icy world, considered a likely place to find alien life.

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A years-old Instagram hoax is back — and it's tricking celebrities and politicians

"If you're seeing a meme claiming Instagram is changing its rules tomorrow, it's not true," Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, wrote on Twitter.

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California high school locks up cellphones to keep students focused

Some experts say taking away the students' devices creates its own kind of distraction — and anxiety — for students

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Scientists think they spied a black hole devouring a neutron star for the first time

The cosmic collision took place about 900 million years ago.

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Beijing hosts robot extravaganza

Superheroes, exoskeletons, and musical robots are all on show in Beijing. They're part of this year's World Robot Conference which highlights not only robots for play but also for the workplace.

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YouTube star PewDiePie announces marriage to long-term girlfriend

"I'm the happiest I can be," Kjellberg tweeted. "I'm so lucky to share my life with this amazing woman."

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Inside the secretive media outlet that became one of Trump's biggest supporters

Started almost two decades ago with a stated mission to "provide information to Chinese communities to help immigrants assimilate into American society," The Epoch Times now wields one of the biggest social media followings of any news outlet.