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Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal.
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There’s a new version of the venerable Salomon/Atomic Shift binding in town, and it’s aimed squarely at aggressive skiers looking for the ultimate 50/50 binding. The basic functionality remains the ...
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Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air. Lost Science Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams ...