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Popular UN-backed Internet word game feeds Myanmar’s cyclone victims
Survivors of the cyclone which ravaged Myanmar last month will soon be receiving rice generated by the popular United Nations-backed Internet game that allows players to expand their word skills while helping to feed the world's hungry.
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Radically thin Lumeneo Smera ropes in enviro-minded couplesParis, Franc - At only eight feet long and less than three feet wide, the Lumeneo Smera two-seater is incredibly compact. |
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Totally Tubular Modern PrefabSwitzerland - Around 1960, Swiss artist Guy Dessauges wondered why we were so square. |
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Ford Changes Focus From SUVs To Smaller Cars, HybridsDetroit, Michigan, USA - Facing higher commodity prices and consumer rejection of SUVs and trucks, Ford is doing a quick change on this year's production plans to favor smaller cars and crossovers. |
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VIDEO: Rocket Man Makes Debut FlightReal-life rocket man Yves Rossy soared through the Alps this week on his first demonstration flight with a self-made flying contraption. |
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One Millionth Hybrid Vehicle Hits the American RoadDetroit, Michigan, USA - In December 2007, an auto dealership employee somewhere in America handed a new owner the keys to the one millionth hybrid vehicle sold in this country. |
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Game Lets Players Find Scientific Solutions
Foldit allows gamers to fold proteins in ways that could help develop an HIV vaccine.
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Virtual telescope opens night sky
Microsoft launches a free tool that allows amateur star-gazers to explore the universe from their computers.
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Waste Management To Fuel CA Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural GasAltamont, California, USA - California government agencies are supporting a large-scale project to better manage garbage and recyclables in a California joint venture between Linde North America, a Linde Group subsidiary, and Waste Management. |
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Tornado-flattened Kansas town is coming back greenerGreensburg, Kansas, USA - A year after it was practically wiped off the map by a tornado, Greensburg is rising again -- and going green, too, with solar panels, wind turbines, tinted windows, water-saving toilets and other energy-efficient technology. |
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