Mini space shuttle skids off runway in test flight
A new, smaller version of NASA's space shuttle is recuperating from a rough first landing.
Space Exploration
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IBM board OK repurchase of another $15B of stock
IBM's board has approved the repurchase of $15 billion of its common stock.
Business
Oct 29, 2013
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How mice survive infection by virulent Toxoplasma parasites
One of the commonest parasites in the world is Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma can infect most warm-blooded animals, including humans, and causes significant damage to the unborn child if a woman becomes infected for the first ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2013
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Russia breaks 'Zero Waste' Olympic pledge
Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2013
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Newspaper web ads not to blame for print advertising decline, research says
An open question as the newspaper industry struggles with declining revenues and profits is whether online ads cannibalize print advertising.
Business
Oct 29, 2013
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Seeing in the dark
Thermal infrared (IR) energy is emitted from all things that have a temperature greater than absolute zero. Human eyes, primarily sensitive to shorter wavelength visible light, are unable to detect or differentiate between ...
General Physics
Oct 29, 2013
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IDC: Smartphone shipments up 39 percent in 3Q
Research group IDC says worldwide shipments of smartphones grew 39 percent in the most recent quarter to 258 million as Samsung and Apple maintained their dominance.
Business
Oct 29, 2013
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Elephants face extinction, football star Yaya Toure warns
Reigning African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure, star of Manchester City and Ivory Coast, warned Tuesday that the slaughter of elephants for their ivory was threatening their very existence.
Ecology
Oct 29, 2013
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Shutterstock expands to Europe with German office
Internet stock photo service Shutterstock is expanding to Europe by opening a sales and development office in Berlin.
Business
Oct 29, 2013
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Google+ adds photo, video tools to ramp up challenge (Update)
Google+ on Tuesday added "auto-amazing" photo and video tools for telling artful life stories at the online social network, ramping up its challenge to Facebook.
Internet
Oct 29, 2013
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