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The big day is May 16th, and there's an event happening in London that's open to fans. It won't be easy to get into, though.

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The new Avalon is bigger, quieter, smoother, and sportier. The hybrid costs just $1,000 more. And Toyota finally warms to Apple CarPlay, but not Android Auto.

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The new design is rolling out now, and you can give it a shot in a few clicks.

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There's an alternate explanation for the huge void inside the Great Pyramid -- and while it's a bit more prosaic than a secret chamber of riches that hasn't seen the sun in thousands of years, it's no less important.

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Should astronauts ever make a trip to Uranus, they'll want to hold their breath. Scientists have confirmed that Uranus smells really bad. That's not a joke -- well it is, but it's also a true fact about the seventh planet in our solar system.

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There are an estimated 100 billion planets in the Milky Way, at least, but which of them are most likely to support life? We've rounded up the top candidates.

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A week and a half ago, I found out that my first book had been plagiarized by someone and was being sold on Amazon. Here's what's happened since.

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AMD is again offering boot kits to anyone who needs to update a motherboard to support a second-generation Ryzen CPU.

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Hypnagogia has a reputation for promoting creativity and freedom of thought, so researchers from MIT have been investigating techniques to prolong this state.

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Astronomers have long known that the shape of a galaxy can tell us about its past, but for the first time scientists have confirmed another important aspect of galactic shape. It can also tell us how old a galaxy is.

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