Schrödinger's cat just got even weirder (and even more confusing) and other top stories.

• Schrödinger's cat just got even weirder (and even more confusing)

  

  Everyone’s heard of Schrödinger’s cat, and if you’re not a physicist or a liar, you can probably admit that you don’t really get it. Well, hold onto your hats: A new study pushes the thought experiment into even stranger territory. Scientists have given Schrödinger’s kitty a second box to play in. If the infamous imaginary cat can be both alive and dead at the same time, they argue, it can also be both dead and alive simultaneously in two locations at once. “People are generally very interested..

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• 'No Man's Sky' Should Be PlayStation VR's Flagship Title

  

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• 1st Inflatable Habitat for Astronauts All Pumped Up on Space Station

  

  The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module is seen fully inflated on the International Space Station after being successfully expanded to its full size on May 28, 2016. The Bigelow Aerospace-built BEAM is a prototype space habitat for future space stations, moon colonies and moon bases. Credit: NASA TV Houston, you have an epic balloon room in space. NASA has inflated the first-ever expandable room for astronauts on the International Space Station, a round module that made occasional popcorn..

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• Space probe confirms chemicals of life in comet's halo

  

  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists have found further evidence supporting the theory that some of the building blocks for life might have come to Earth from outer space. Using instruments aboard the European space probe Rosetta, researchers detected glycine and phosphorus in the dusty halo around a comet. BERLIN (AP) — Scientists have found further evidence supporting the theory that some of the building blocks for life might have come to Earth from outer space. Using instruments aboard the ..

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• Google Photos celebrates first birthday and 24 billion selfies

  

  A teardown of the latest update for the app by Android Police reveals that Nexus folks could soon have another benefit other than speedy firmware updates: unlimited original-quality photo and video storage. More than that, it looks like the app could see internal adjustment tools for exposure and contrast. Way down the road, we might see Google Assistant going a further than it currently does and delete duplicate photos or blurry shots, according to a Buzzfeed News interview with Photos lead An..

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• This ancient Aussie marsupial dined on snails, say scientists

  

  Scientists have an addition for the list of weird extinct animals found in Australia: a snail-munching marsupial."Malleodectes mirabilis was a bizarre mammal, as strange in its own way as a koala or kangaroo," University of New South Wales professor Mike Archer, the lead author of a study published Friday in the journal Scientific Reports, says in a press release. New fossil evidence suggests the animal was a cousin of contemporary animals such as the Tasmanian devil, but roamed the earth aroun..

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• Amazon built a tool that puts Alexa in your browser

  

  Amazon's Alexa personal assistant is super useful in the Echo and lot of fun to use. But if you don't have an Echo or can't buy one because you're outside of the US, it can be hard to appreciate Alexa's skill set. In light of this, Amazon has created a web app that lets you play with Alexa right in your browser. You can access the web app at echosim.io and it lets you ask Alexa all kinds of questions. What it doesn't let you experience is the always listening nature of the Echo device and its f..

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