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Flying Car Could Become a Reality
The flying car has been the stuff of science fiction movies and novels, up until now.
The Massachusetts-based aerospace company Terrafugia announced on Sunday that it has begun feasibility studies on the TF-X, a four seat plug-in hybrid electric flying car.
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Spacewalk May Be Needed to Fix Ammonia Leak on Space Station
Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station are preparing for a possible spacewalk to repair an ammonia leak in a cooling system on one of the station's solar arrays, NASA said on Friday.
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Nokia to Sell New Lumia Phone Through Verizon Wireless
Nokia will sell a new high-end smartphone through U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless, it said on Friday, aiming to expand its share in the high-margin premium market after years of falling behind Samsung and Apple Inc.
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Twitter Eyes Big Business in Brazil's World Cup
While Brazil struggles to finish its stadiums in time for the 2014 World Cup, Twitter is already working to cash in on what the U.S. company's head of revenue, Adam Bain, sees as a
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Facebook in Talks to Buy Israel's Waze for up to $1 Billion
Facebook Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for $800 million to $1 billion, business daily Calcalist reported on Thursday.
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Grassley Amendments Worry Tech Industry
Changes to immigration reform that would affect highly skilled immigrants have tech companies up in arms.
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Exoskeleton Gives Freedom to Disabled
Researchers are a step closer to making wheelchairs obsolete.
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Applications Still Available for Life on Mars
Tens of thousands of people are hoping to someday pack up and move: to the planet Mars.
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Billionaire Son Emerges With ‘Puzzle and Dragons’ Role-Playing App
Taizo Son, the youngest brother of SoftBank Corp. magnate Masayoshi Son, has become a billionaire after shares of his company GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. soared more than tenfold this year.The GungHo chairman holds a 27.8 percent stake in the Tokyo-based company.
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Shell to Develop World's Deepest Offshore Oil Well
Royal Dutch/Shell is to go ahead with the world's deepest offshore oil and gas production facility, pushing the boundaries of industry technology to drill almost 1.9 miles underwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
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AOL Shares Tumble
AOL Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income jumped 23 percent, helped by an increase in global advertising revenue.
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San Francisco Surrenders in Fight Over Cell Phone Warnings
San Francisco city leaders, after losing a key round in court against the cell phone industry, have agreed to revoke an ordinance that would have been the first in the United States to require retailers to warn consumers about potentially dangerous radiation levels.
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Buzz Aldrin Looks to Next Frontier: Mars
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who completed the world's first successful spacewalk and who walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong has a new frontier in mind - he believes the United States should be the first country to put people on Mars.
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East About to be Overrun by Billions of Cicadas
Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground and overrun parts of the East Coast.But don't worry. They don't do any harm. It's an event that occurs in the region just once every 17 years. The bugs have been underground since 1996,...
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YouTube to Charge for Premium Content
First it was Hulu, now YouTube.
The up-to-now free online video platform could start charging for some content as early as this week, The Financial Times reports.
The stuff you upload yourself and plenty of other content will still be free for the time being, at least....
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Civil War Mystery Solved: Moon Spelled Doom for Stonewall Jackson
A mystery that has perplexed Civil War historians for 150 years why legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was fatally shot by his own troops has been solved.
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Underwater German WWII Bomber to be Salvaged
The only known surviving example of the German Dornier Do 17 bomber known as the flying pencil is to be salvaged from its watery grave in the English Channel.The RAF Museum says the challenging operation will be the biggest recovery of its kind.Museum director Peter Dye...
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GOP Questions Accountability of Science Studies
House Republicans are questioning whether projects such as studying China s dairy industry and analyzing pictures published in National Geographic are the best use of taxpayer dollars for science research.
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Feds: Many Causes for Dramatic Bee Disappearance
A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006.
The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides.
The...
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Study: Starving Jamestown Settlers Turned to Cannibalism in 1609
Settlers at Virginia's Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609, dismembering and consuming a 14-year-old English girl, the U.S. Smithsonian Institution reported on Wednesday.A recent excavation at the historic site revealed not just the...
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Apple’s Ive Seen Risking IOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul
Jonathan Ive, six months into an expanded role as Apple Inc. s top product visionary, has embarked on a sweeping software overhaul that leaves the company at risk of falling behind on a new version of the operating system that runs iPhones and iPads, people with knowledge...
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Two-year-old Gets Windpipe Made from Stem Cells
A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment.Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South...
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App Helps Wealthy Travelers Hitch Rides on Private Jets
Wealthy travelers wanting to fly in style can book empty seats on private planes with a new app for a jet-sharing service.
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Damaged Russian Ship Docks with Space Station
A Russian cargo spacecraft with a malfunctioning antenna has docked with the International Space Station, and officials say the problem isn't expected to prevent unloading the food, fuel, oxygen and equipment aboard.The unmanned Progress cargo ship failed to deploy one of...
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Twitter Lands Ad Agency Partnership for Major Revenue Boost
Twitter has struck one of its biggest advertising deals to date with media agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), the companies said, in the social media site's latest effort to boost revenue.
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