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                        Kory Kessel - Thu, Jun 04, 2015
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        The consortium governing the planning and construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope — which will be the worlds largest optical telescope when completed — has approved its $500 million assembly phase, which is roughly half of the project's $1 billion overall budget. The massive...
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                        Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 23, 2013
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        Great ape keepers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo found themselves inspired by an "Apps for Apes" program that's been implemented in a dozen zoos around the world, and so they decided to try it out with their six orangutans. Each...
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