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Giant Mars rover will search for lifeNASA will search for signs of life on Mars with a giant rover due to launch in 2009. The agency selected the vital instruments that the Mars Science Laboratory rover will carry on Tuesday. |
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Bipedal robot learns to runThe latest version of Honda's humanoid robot Asimo can perform several new tricks thanks to a hardware overhaul. In a demonstration in Japan, the robot impressed onlookers by showing off the ability to run for the first time. |
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Slick trick could save marine ecosystemsA cheap modification to supertankers could help prevent devastating oil pollution if the vessels sink. The new system makes it quick and easy to empty the tanks if the ship ends up on the seabed. |
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Proud France Inaugurates World’s Highest BridgePresident Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world's highest bridge on Tuesday, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer than the Champs Elysees and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France. |
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Stanford and Google to Make Library Books Available OnlineStanford University today announced an ambitious plan to cooperate with Google Inc. in digitizing hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of books from the shelves of Stanford libraries and making them available to readers worldwide and without charge. |
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GM, DaimlerChrysler to develop hybrid enginesGeneral Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid engines in hopes of cashing in on an expanding market already dominated by hybrid leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. |
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Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German CaveA 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been unearthed in a German cave by archaeologists, the University of Tuebingen said on Friday. |
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Green Cars Start Taking RootEnvironmentally friendly hybrid cars are finally being mass-produced -- thanks to an increase in demand due to rising fuel costs, cheaper technology and growing public acceptance. |
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Brazil Finds New Europe-Related Dinosaur SpeciesScientists have found well-preserved fossils of a new dinosaur species that lived 225 million years ago in southern Brazil but had its closest relatives in what is now Europe, Brazilian paleontologists said on Thursday. |
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Scientists turn cellphones into flowersInstead of chucking your old cellphone, you can now transform it into the flower of your choice as a team of researchers at the Warwick University have found a novel way to compost old and discarded phones into flowers. |
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Batwing airliners would cut noise by half"batwing" aircraft, which would be far quieter and more fuel efficient than any conventional airliner, is being developed by British and American scientists. |
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Italy Returns Stolen Obelisk to EthiopiaA cyclopean task will put to an end a decades-long diplomatic dispute between Italy and Ethiopia over a looted obelisk, according to a bilateral agreement signed last week in Rome. |
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Thousands of marine species discoveredAn international coalition of scientists has detected 13,000 new marine species in the last year. |
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Sponge-like artificial bone developedA Japanese research group has developed a sponge-like artificial bone that can be cut by scissors for an easy fit inside the body and transforms into real bone within months. |
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Ancient discoveries
- Exciting stone tool find in Kenya
- NASA satellite helps find 17 Egypt pyramids
- Vietnam’s own ‘great wall’ uncovered
- New Type of Ancient Human Found - Descendants Live Today?
- New discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon
- Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really looked
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Breakthroughs in Technology
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Real-life Jedi: Pushing the limits of mind control
- Groundbreaking solar plant in Spain generates 24 hours of power
- A winning solution for renewable energy and CO2 reduction?
- ‘Optical Battery’ Discovery Could Mean Solar Power Without Solar Cells
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