NASA's Delayed Mars Lander Will Launch in 2018 and other top stories.

• NASA's Delayed Mars Lander Will Launch in 2018

  This artist's concept from August 2015 depicts NASA's InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of the Red Planet. The lander is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2018. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A mission to study the inner workings of Mars is now set to launch in the spring of 2018, NASA announced today (Sept. 2). The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, was originally scheduled to launch in March 2016, ..

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• This is How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Urban Life in 2030, According to Stanford Study

  

  Sep 03, 2016 07:29 AM EDT Technology has greatly affected our lives over the years. Now, a study from Stanford University has revealed how artificial intelligence (A.I.) may change people's lifestyle -- from transportation, employment, health and household chores -- by the year 2030. According to a Stanford report entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030," A.I. will be more common and will, in fact, be helpful in terms of improving the economy and everyday quality of life. “A.I. tec..

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• Higher orbit will help Dawn address science questions about Ceres

  

  Higher orbit will help Dawn address science questions about Ceres Laurel Kornfeld September 3rd, 2016 This artist concept shows NASA’s Dawn spacecraft above dwarf planet Ceres, as seen in images from the mission. Image Credit: JPL In order to obtain a different view of Ceres’ surface and address science questions regarding the dwarf planet, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began raising into a higher orbit starting Sept. 2 using the spacecrafts onboard ion engine. The spacecraft spent the last eight mo..

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• 'The Ivory Game' Telluride Review: Urgent Documentary About Elephant Killing Is a Roar for Action

  

  With more than 150,000 elephants killed in the last five years, the scourge of ivory trading has quickly turned into an extinction issue. As reported upfront in “The Ivory Game” — a persuasive new documentary from directors Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson (“The Devil’s Miner”) and executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio that plays like a rapid response team headed straight for your conscience — at the current rate, African elephants will be wiped out within 15 years. It’s the kind of worldwide n..

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• Climate pact: After years of talk, focus shifts to action

  

  Eight months after 195 nations concluded a hard-fought climate rescue pact, pressure is mounting to put its carbon-cutting promises into action as world leaders gather at G20 and UN meetings this month. The historic deal reached in Paris in December ...

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• Have a blast at ASU space launch party

  

  Bennu is about the size of one of Giza’s smaller pyramids, large enough to be “a region-killer,” said John Hill, a doctoral student working on the calibration. And one of the reasons it was selected for exploration is its relatively high likelihood of hitting Earth late next century — though reported NASA estimates put that chance at less than a tenth of 1 percent. Still, knowing the physical and chemical makeup of the asteroid will be critical to know in the event of what NASA calls an “impact..

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• Is Elon Musk trying to do too much too fast?

  

  If you deal in cars and rockets, you’re going to have crashes and blasts.But how many crashes and blasts before your business takes a fatal hit? That’s one of many questions facing Elon Musk, now engaged in one of the most fascinating stories in the history of business, a story playing out in real time.The spectacular explosion Thursday of a Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by SpaceX, a Musk company, inflames concerns about his management style -- that he’s trying to do too much too fast. “This r..

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• Jupiter's Wild North Pole, Southern Auroras Photographed for 1st Time

  

  NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter’s north pole on Aug. 27, from a distance of 120,000 miles (195,000 kilometers). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA's Juno spacecraft has beamed home the first-ever photos of Jupiter's north pole, and scientists can hardly believe their eyes. Juno captured the images on Aug. 27, when the probe skimmed just 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops during the first of three dozen close flybys of the solar system'..

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