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Four New Elements Find a Place on Periodic Table | To discover the elements, researchers at the three labs slammed lighter nuclei into one another and looked for radioactive decays that should come from the new elements. Ununtrium and ununpentium are thought to be metals. Ununseptium could be a metalloid. The fourth element, ununoctium, may be a gas, like other elements, helium, neon and argon. It is hard to know for sure because so few atoms of each element have ever been made. Paul Karol, chair of the IUPAC panel that verified the elements, said: “It will be a long time before we can find practical uses for the new elements.” | 1Int
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Four New Elements Find a Place on Periodic Table | To discover the elements, researchers at the three labs crashed lighter nuclei into one another and looked for the radioactive decays that should come from the new elements. 113 and 115 are probably metals. 117 could be a metalloid – a material with some metallic characteristics. The fourth element, 118, may be a gas. Paul Karol, chair of the IUPAC panel that checked the elements, said: “It will be a long time before we can find practical uses for the new elements.” | 2Ele
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Google Introduces its Driverless Car | Unveiling a car with a top speed of 25mph, two seats and no pedals or steering wheel might not make much of an impression at a motor show. But Google, in the US, sent a minor earthquake through the car and taxi industries as it unveiled the latest version of its driverless car. The electrically powered vehicle, which Google has begun testing around its headquarters in Mountain View, California, dispenses with all the normal controls, including foot pedals. Instead, it has a smartphone app that summons it and tells it the destination, and a single STOP button mounted between the two front-facing seats in case the occupants need to override the computer. | 0Adv
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Google Introduces its Driverless Car | The car, in fact, takes over all the tasks of navigation, steering, acceleration and braking. The company is building about 100 prototypes for a two-year test. The company’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, told a conference in California that the vehicle was “still in the prototype stage” but that the project was “about changing the world for people who are not well served by transportation today.” He said of the car: “You’re just sitting there; no steering wheel, no pedals. For me, it was very relaxing. About ten seconds after getting in, I forgot I was there. It reminded me of catching a chairlift by yourself – a bit of solitude I found really enjoyable.” | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by an enormous explosion that blew in the balcony windows and shattered clay pots containing her few houseplants. When she jumped out of bed she could see a huge vapor trail hanging in the morning sky and hear the wail of car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then a series of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” What she had actually witnessed were the death throes of a ten-ton meteorite that plunged to Earth in a series of fireballs just after sunrise. Officials put the number of people injured at almost 1,200, with more than 40 taken to hospital – most as a result of flying glass shattered by the sonic boom created by the meteorite’s descent. There were no reported deaths. | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by an enormous explosion that blew in the balcony windows and shattered pots containing her houseplants. When she jumped out of bed, she could see a huge vapor trail hanging in the morning sky and hear car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then a series of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” What she had actually witnessed was a ten-ton meteorite that fell to Earth in a series of fireballs just after sunrise. Officials said almost 1,200 people had been injured, with more than 40 taken to hospital – most as a result of flying glass shattered by the sonic boom created by the meteorite’s fall. There were no reported deaths. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by an enormous explosion that blew in the balcony windows and shattered pots containing her houseplants. When she jumped out of bed, she could see a huge vapor trail hanging in the morning sky and hear car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then a series of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” What she had actually witnessed was a ten-ton meteorite that fell to Earth in a series of fireballs just after sunrise. Officials said almost 1,200 people had been injured, with more than 40 taken to hospital – most as a result of flying glass shattered by the sonic boom created by the meteorite’s fall. There were no reported deaths. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by an enormous explosion that blew in the balcony windows and shattered pots containing her houseplants. When she jumped out of bed, she could see a huge vapor trail hanging in the morning sky and hear car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then a series of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” What she had actually witnessed was a ten-ton meteorite that fell to Earth in a series of fireballs just after sunrise. Officials said almost 1,200 people had been injured, with more than 40 taken to hospital – most as a result of flying glass shattered by the sonic boom created by the meteorite’s fall. There were no reported deaths. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by a very big explosion that broke the balcony windows and broken pots containing her houseplants. When she jumped out of bed she could see a huge vapor trail in the morning sky and hear car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then lots of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” In fact, it was a ten-ton meteorite that fell to Earth in lots of pieces. Almost 1,200 people were injured. More than 40 people were taken to hospital – most of them were hurt by flying glass. There were no deaths. | 2Ele
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by a very big explosion that broke the balcony windows and broken pots containing her houseplants. When she jumped out of bed she could see a huge vapor trail in the morning sky and hear car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then lots of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” In fact, it was a ten-ton meteorite that fell to Earth in lots of pieces. Almost 1,200 people were injured. More than 40 people were taken to hospital – most of them were hurt by flying glass. There were no deaths. | 2Ele
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by a very big explosion that broke the balcony windows and broken pots containing her houseplants. When she jumped out of bed she could see a huge vapor trail in the morning sky and hear car alarms from the street below. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” said Zaglumyonova. “There was a big explosion and then lots of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash.” In fact, it was a ten-ton meteorite that fell to Earth in lots of pieces. Almost 1,200 people were injured. More than 40 people were taken to hospital – most of them were hurt by flying glass. There were no deaths. | 2Ele
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | The meteorite entered the atmosphere traveling at a speed of at least 33,000mph and broke up into chunks between 18 and 32 miles above the ground, according to a statement from the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event caused panic in Chelyabinsk, a Russian city of one million people to the south of the Ural mountains, as mobile phone networks swiftly became jammed by the volume of calls. Amateur video footage from the area, often peppered with the obscene language of frightened observers, showed the chunks of meteorite glowing more brightly as they approached the moment of impact. The vapor trail was visible for hundreds of miles around, including in neighboring Kazakhstan. | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | The meteorite entered the atmosphere traveling at a speed of at least 33,000mph and broke up into chunks between 18 and 32 miles above the ground, according to a statement from the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event caused panic in Chelyabinsk, a Russian city of one million people to the south of the Ural mountains, as mobile phone networks swiftly became jammed by the volume of calls. Amateur video footage from the area, often peppered with the obscene language of frightened observers, showed the chunks of meteorite glowing more brightly as they approached the moment of impact. The vapor trail was visible for hundreds of miles around, including in neighboring Kazakhstan. | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | The meteorite entered the atmosphere traveling at a speed of at least 33,000mph and broke up into pieces between 18 and 32 miles above the ground, according to a statement from the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event caused panic in Chelyabinsk, a Russian city of one million people to the south of the Ural mountains. Mobile phone networks swiftly became jammed by the volume of calls. A video showed the pieces of meteorite glowing more brightly as they approached the moment of impact. The vapor trail was visible for hundreds of miles around, including in neighboring Kazakhstan. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite struck. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see a cloud of some unspecified smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, came the explosions. At least three craters were subsequently discovered, according to the Ministry of the Interior, and were being monitored by the military. One crater was more than six meters wide, while another lump of meteorite was reported to have slammed through the thick ice of a nearby lake. Radiation levels at the impact sites were normal, according to local military officials. | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite struck. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see a cloud of some unspecified smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, came the explosions. At least three craters were subsequently discovered, according to the Ministry of the Interior, and were being monitored by the military. One crater was more than six meters wide, while another lump of meteorite was reported to have slammed through the thick ice of a nearby lake. Radiation levels at the impact sites were normal, according to local military officials. | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite struck. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see a cloud of some unspecified smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, came the explosions. At least three craters were subsequently discovered, according to the Ministry of the Interior, and were being monitored by the military. One crater was more than six meters wide, while another lump of meteorite was reported to have slammed through the thick ice of a nearby lake. Radiation levels at the impact sites were normal, according to local military officials. | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite hit. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see a cloud of smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, the explosions came. At least three craters were discovered, according to the Ministry of the Interior. One crater was more than six meters wide and another piece of the meteorite broke through the thick ice of a nearby lake. Radiation levels at the impact sites were normal, according to the local military. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite hit. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see a cloud of smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, the explosions came. At least three craters were discovered, according to the Ministry of the Interior. One crater was more than six meters wide and another piece of the meteorite broke through the thick ice of a nearby lake. Radiation levels at the impact sites were normal, according to the local military. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite hit. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see a cloud of smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, the explosions came. At least three craters were discovered, according to the Ministry of the Interior. One crater was more than six meters wide and another piece of the meteorite broke through the thick ice of a nearby lake. Radiation levels at the impact sites were normal, according to the local military. | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite hit. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, the explosions came. At least three craters were found. One crater was more than six meters wide. Another piece of meteorite broke through the thick ice of a lake. The local military said that the radiation levels at the impact sites were normal. | 2Ele
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite hit. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, the explosions came. At least three craters were found. One crater was more than six meters wide. Another piece of meteorite broke through the thick ice of a lake. The local military said that the radiation levels at the impact sites were normal. | 2Ele
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Tatyana Bets was at work in the reception area of a hospital clinic in the center of the city when the meteorite hit. “First we noticed the wind, and then the room was filled with a very bright light and we could see smoke in the sky,” she said. Then, after a few minutes, the explosions came. At least three craters were found. One crater was more than six meters wide. Another piece of meteorite broke through the thick ice of a lake. The local military said that the radiation levels at the impact sites were normal. | 2Ele
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | In Chelyabinsk itself, schools and universities were closed and many other staff told to go home early. About 200 children were among the injured. A steady stream of lightly injured people, most suffering cuts from flying glass, came into the clinic where Bets works. She said a nearby college was particularly badly affected and many of the students were brought in suffering from fright. “There were a lot of girls from the college in shock. Some were very pale and many of them fainted,” she said. Early estimates suggested more than 100,000 square meters of glass had been broken and 3,000 buildings hit. The total cost of the damage in the city was being valued at in excess of one billion roubles (£20m). | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | In Chelyabinsk itself, schools and universities were closed and many other staff told to go home early. About 200 children were among the injured. A steady stream of lightly injured people, most suffering cuts from flying glass, came into the clinic where Bets works. She said a nearby college was particularly badly affected and many of the students were brought in suffering from fright. “There were a lot of girls from the college in shock. Some were very pale and many of them fainted,” she said. Early estimates suggested more than 100,000 square meters of glass had been broken and 3,000 buildings hit. The total cost of the damage in the city was being valued at in excess of one billion roubles (£20m). | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | In Chelyabinsk itself, schools and universities were closed and many other staff told to go home early. About 200 children were among the injured. A steady stream of lightly injured people, most suffering cuts from flying glass, came into the clinic where Bets works. She said a nearby college was particularly badly affected and many of the students were brought in suffering from fright. “There were a lot of girls from the college in shock. Some were very pale and many of them fainted,” she said. Early estimates suggested more than 100,000 square meters of glass had been broken and 3,000 buildings hit. The total cost of the damage in the city was being valued at in excess of one billion roubles (£20m). | 0Adv
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Chelyabinsk itself, schools and universities were closed and many other staff told to go home early. About 200 children were among the injured. A steady stream of lightly injured people, most suffering cuts from flying glass, came into the clinic where Bets works. She said a nearby college was particularly badly affected and many of the students were brought in suffering from fright. “There were a lot of girls from the college in shock. Some were very pale and many of them fainted,” she said. Early estimates suggested more than 100,000 square meters of glass had been broken and 3,000 buildings hit. The total cost of the damage in the city was being valued at more than one billion roubles (£20m). | 1Int
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Hundreds Hurt after Meteorite Falls to Earth | Chelyabinsk itself, schools and universities were closed and many other staff told to go home early. About 200 children were among the injured. A steady stream of lightly injured people, most suffering cuts from flying glass, came into the clinic where Bets works. She said a nearby college was particularly badly affected and many of the students were brought in suffering from fright. “There were a lot of girls from the college in shock. Some were very pale and many of them fainted,” she said. Early estimates suggested more than 100,000 square meters of glass had been broken and 3,000 buildings hit. The total cost of the damage in the city was being valued at more than one billion roubles (£20m). | 1Int
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