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The Night Sky in December: A new cold war waged not on Earth, but in space

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Thursday, December 4th, 2014
The Night Sky in December: A new cold war waged not on Earth, but in space
The chart shows the sky at the start of December. The positions of the stars on other nights can be found from previous charts (our last appeared on November 3) for they rise two hours earlier each month.
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Google’s self-driving cars and others get permits to drive in California
Google’s self-driving cars have made impressive progress in the past few years, logging over 700,000 accident-free miles without human intervention, according to the company (there has been at least one accident reportedly caused by a human driver).
Posted on: September 24, 2014 4:09 am
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