‘Space elevator’ would take humans into orbit
A new space race is officially underway, and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating.
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China launches crew into orbit for first spacewalk
China successfully launched a three-man crew into space Thursday to carry out the country’s first spacewalk, beginning the nation’s most challenging space mission since it first sent a person into space in 2003.
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Brain scanners trying to pinpoint our virtues within
Images that purport to show — in living color — the parts of the brain that generate such virtues as compassion, fairness and wisdom are invading turf that was once reserved for philosophers, theologians and psychologists.
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Massive particle collider passes first key tests
The world’s largest particle collider passed its first major tests by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.
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CIA, FBI push ‘Facebook for spies’
When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off.
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Google’s Chrome-plated strategy
If Google’s new Chrome Web browser succeeds, going online will be an all-Google experience.
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Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.
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Constant Contact and SCORE Join Forces to Help Small Businesses
Constant Contact(R), Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT), a leading provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations, today announced its national SCORE Program. This alliance unites two dedicated supporters of small businesses and provides SCORE offices with access to easy, effective email marketing to enhance communication with their clients and volunteers.
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Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell
Edison had his lightbulb, Ford had his Model T, and Jan Vinzenz Krause has his spray-on condom. Inspired by the mechanics of a drive-through car wash, the German sexual-health educator designed a custom-fitting male contraceptive using liquid latex and some materials from a hardware store. “I felt a little like MacGyver,” he says of building [...]
Africans get upwardly mobile in cell phone boom
One afternoon late in 2002, Mukhsin Alhassan Kadir drove his taxi from the busy streets of Accra, the capital of Ghana, to a nearby market community to meet a man who wanted to trade a plot of land for two cell phones.
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