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NASA Lacks Coherent Direction
A report sponsored by NASA has concluded that the agency is failing to inspire the world, the nation or...
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Private Company to Offer Rides to Moon By 2020
A new private venture aims to sell manned trips to the moon by 2020, its founders announced. The company,...
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Scientists Working on Suit for Walking on Mars
Mars has long held a fascination for those of us on Earth, but recent NASA pictures of Martian landscapes...
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Black Marble: The Earth at Night Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
For three weeks spread out over April and October of this year, the Suomi NPP satellite (jointly of NASA...
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Researchers Hope to Expand Functions of Time Reversal Physics
Within the next five years, it may be possible to charge a cellphone without knowing where it is and...
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New Age of Exploration in the Hunt for Extreme Life
A two-billion-dollar robot scoops up pale-red samples on the surface of Mars to search for chemical clues in the...
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Pesticides in Tap Water Linked to Food Allergies
As food allergies become increasingly common, a new study offers the first proof that they may be linked to...
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‘The Particle at the End of the Universe’ Gets Real
Caltech physicist Sean Carroll makes the search for the Higgs boson a scientific detective story. At heart is the...
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The Robotic Equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife
The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife Reconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.
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Spaun, the Most Realistic Artificial Human Brain Yet
A group of neuroscientists and software engineers at the University of Waterloo in Canada are claiming to have built...