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China's 'Rejuvenation' Bullet Trains Are the World's Fastest

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China's new "Rejuvenation" bullet trains can reach maximum speeds of about 250 mph (400 km/h). China was once home to the world's fastest trains,

Will Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Still Be Safe to Use in 2024?

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Wear and tear can damage lenses in disposable eclipse glasses, making them unsafe to use.   The 2017 total solar eclipse has come and gone, but another one is less than a decade away for North America.

Brain-Like Neural Networks Study Space-Time Distortions at Breakneck Speed

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For the first time, researchers have used neural networks to analyze gravitational lenses, characterizing the distortions in space-time 10 million times faster than traditional methods can do so.