Briefs: U.S. home-video spending tops $24 billion
Spending on home video in the United States topped $24 billion last year as both sales and rentals posted gains in 2005.
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Geoscience rediscovers Phoenicia's buried harbors
The exact locations of Tyre and Sidon's ancient harbors, Phoenicia's two most important city-states, have attracted scholarly interest and debate for many centuries. New research reveals that the ancient basins lie buried ...
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Electronic nose sniffs out landfill odor
An electronic nose has been developed to keep tabs on bad odors and methane gases at waste landfill and water treatment sites.
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Experiments help explain mysterious 'floppy' space molecule
A laboratory method developed for making and analyzing cold, concentrated samples of a mysterious "floppy" molecule thought to be abundant only in outer space has revealed new data that help explain the molecule's properties.
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Gulf of Maine census surprises scientists
The first census of marine life in the Gulf of Maine uncovered more than 3,317 different species -- 50 percent more than was previously thought.
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Milky Way Churns Out Seven New Stars Per Year, Scientists Say
In an investigation smacking of forensic detective work, scientists have measured the rate of star death and rebirth in our galaxy by combing through the sparse remains of exploded stars from the last few million years.
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Movement's sixth sense
Have you ever tried to balance on one foot with your eyes closed? No problem, you think? Well, just try it.
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Briefs: KVH ties up with Microsoft for mobile TV
KVH Industries said it will work with Microsoft to provide television service in cars, trucks and boats across the United States.
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Briefs: Vodafone completes Swedish unit sale
Britain's Vodafone said Thursday that it has completed the sale of its Swedish unit to Telenor.
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Briefs: Nintendo to launch new Pokemon game
Nintendo said Thursday it will launch a new Pokemon game on March 6.
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