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Use this section if you need to improve your reading, vocabulary or you're just interested in seeing what the world of science is up to. The suggestions range from serious (BBC) to light (mental floss) from difficult to easy.

Text Compactor: Free Online Automatic Text Summarization Tool. Understand what you read. Summarize Articles, Editorials and Essays Automatically. National Geographic magazine. Product reviews and prices, software downloads, and tech news - CNET. Technology. Science & Environment.

Home. Science Illustrated. Meerkat Magic Some of the magic moment of filming meerkats for the BBC’s Planet Earth Live. Technology meets fashion This is what happens when fashion and technology come together — a look at the DVF Spring 2013 show through the eyes of the models, the designers and Diane von Furstenberg herself. All… Air traffic worldwide When you look up to the sky remember that at any given time there are between 9,000 and 13,000 aircraft in the air (according to the US Federal Aviation Agency, there are at… Birth of a planet Researchers use 3D models to better our understanding of how planets are formed. Bioengineers developed an artificial jellyfish Medusoid is the brainchild of professor Kevin Kit Parker and a team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Snow leopards found in den Mother snow leopards and their cubs have been filmed in their den in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains for the first time.

The science behind Spiderman Higgs boson: the quest continues Untamed nature. MIT Technology Review. Pocketnow | Smartphone, Tablet, and Wearable Reviews, Video, Editorial, and News. Ars Technica. Quora - The best answer to any question. Random, Interesting, Amazing Facts - Fun Quizzes and Trivia | Mental Floss. Brain Pickings – An inventory of the meaningful life. The Times in Plain English.

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