China Hunts for Scientific Glory, and Aliens, With New Telescope and other top stories.

• China Hunts for Scientific Glory, and Aliens, With New Telescope

  But the telescope shows the government in Beijing is also willing to spend heavily to propel China high into the big leagues in research that offers few direct payoffs, apart from knowledge and prestige.“Astronomy is an ultimate expression of ‘pure’ science that has little immediate practical benefits,” Luis C. Ho, the director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, said by email. “It is a luxury that only the most advanced economies enjoy.”China’s history o..

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• These Photos Prove The iPhone 7 Plus Doesn't Take Better Pictures Than LG V20 Or Huawei P9 Plus

  

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• Users report that replacement Note 7s are still having battery issues, just not explosive ones

  

  Thought you’d heard the end of news surrounding Samsung’s Note 7 recall? Wrong. As the company continues to push distribution of replacement devices worldwide, there are a growing number of user complaints that the new devices are still having battery issues, just of the less explosive variety… A report from South Korean TV news network YTN (via WSJ) cites multiple incidents of new, presumably safe devices, which are apparently having issues with accelerated battery drain or difficulty when ..

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• How will Twitter's suitors reap its value?

  

  Diversity of potential buyers a sign of different uses companies might have for the social media group You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.

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• Palmer Luckey's politics were hiding in plain sight

  

  On Friday evening, a little more than 24 hours after the revelation that boy wonder and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey was the moneyman behind a strange scheme to bring down Hillary Clinton using the power of memes, the 24-year-old near-billionaire posted an apology to Facebook. Luckey had, he explained, given $10,000 to a pro-Trump, nonprofit organization called Nimble America because it had “fresh ideas” for how to communicate with young voters. But he asked people to stop renouncing their supp..

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