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The world's first privately built spacecraft is scheduled to leave Earth on June 21 and -- if successful -- usher in a new era of spaceflight for private enterprise.
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Michael Moore's ready to launch some serious fireworks just in time for the Fourth of July. The Oscar-winning filmmaker's latest lightning rod of a documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, has finally secured a U.S. release date. A consortium of indie studios will release the flick on June 25.
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Space -
European researchers have found 30 previously hidden supermassive black holes anchoring faraway galaxies, which suggests there at least twice as many of the colossal gravity wells as thought.
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Space -
European researchers have found 30 previously hidden supermassive black holes anchoring faraway galaxies, which suggests there at least twice as many of the colossal gravity wells as thought.
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Washington -
NASA has issued its mission design requirements to three industry teams for a proposed mission to Jupiter and its three icy moons. The requirements are also the first product formulated by NASA's new Office of Exploration Systems in Washington.
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Washington -
NASA has issued its mission design requirements to three industry teams for a proposed mission to Jupiter and its three icy moons. The requirements are also the first product formulated by NASA's new Office of Exploration Systems in Washington.
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Iqaluit, Nunavat, Canada -
The Nunavut government says it's stepping up efforts to protect the territory's artifacts, and its more than 7,000 known archaeological sites.
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A system designed to capture waste heat from industrial smokestacks and turn it into electricity could significantly boost the efficiency of power stations, drastically cutting carbon emissions, its inventors claim. It could also reduce the amount of toxic pollution released into the atmosphere.
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San Ramon, California -
California became the first state in the nation to adopt consumer protections for cell phone customers last week.
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Dublin, Ireland -
Ireland has hailed its pioneering smoking ban as a success, after a report showed nearly all workplaces had complied with the new law.
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