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Venezuela Considers Internet Regulation as Opposition Groups Protest (20 March 12:07) |
| Venezuelan lawmakers have begun debating ways to police the Internet at the urging of President Hugo Chavez, a firebrand socialist who has seen opposition groups increasingly use the Web to ... |
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Chinese Students Uncover Clawed Dino (19 March 09:40) |
| A claw sticking out of a cliff face in Mongolia, China, turned out to be the tip of the dinosaur -- the skeleton of a 6-foot-long agile predator that preyed on its own kind. |
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12 Weirdest Museums on Earth (19 March 09:07) |
| Museum of the iron? Museum of the phallological? A mustard museum, for heaven's sake? our collection of the strangest museums from around the world. |
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Indian Army Develops Blinding Chili Grenade (19 March 07:47) |
| India has unveiled the latest hot new weapon -- a grenade made using the bhut jolokia, the world's hottest chili. |
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Goof Proof Gadget Guide 5 Great Get-Fit Gadgets (19 March 07:42) |
| No health-care, no problem! Stay in shape (and reach your New Year's resolution) with these great gadgets and you'll need the doctor far less frequently. |
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Hobbit Fossils Found (19 March 06:58) |
| Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought. |
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When the Hobbits Conquered Indonesia (19 March 06:44) |
| Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according to a new study. |
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MSG Launching First 3D Sportscast in US (19 March 06:29) |
| Next week's Islanders-Rangers game is more than local hockey rivals facing off: It will be the first show broadcast in the U.S. in 3D, a burgeoning trend that sports fan are sure to embrace ... |
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Mosquitoes Turned into Flying Vaccinators (19 March 05:31) |
| Experts in Japan have developed a mosquito that spreads vaccine rather than disease when it bites humans. |
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Atom Smasher Sets 35-Trillion Volt Energy Record (19 March 05:21) |
| Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets o... |
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Report Google to Shut China Operation in April (19 March 09:33) |
| U.S. Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans next week, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking. |
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Scientists a Step Closer to Making Cloak of Invisibility a Reality (19 March 12:28) |
| Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology report they were able to cloak a tiny bump in a layer of gold, preventing its detection at nearly visible infrared frequencies. |
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In the Age of Digital Transparency Everyones an Expert (18 March 10:37) |
| From the stimulus bill to the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the cost of the Democrats' health care bill to the "Climate-Gate" e-mails that have raised doubts about global warming... |
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HP Clamps Down on Knock-Off Printer Ink (18 March 10:28) |
| Hewlett Packard Co. said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with three companies that have been accused of infringing on the printer company's patents for ink cartridges. |
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Questions Swirl Around UNs Climate Auditors (18 March 09:03) |
| A little-known group called the InterAcademy Council has been made the voice of authority on the credibility of climate change, leaving critics scratching their heads -- and some key questio... |
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No UN Love for Endangered Bluefin Tuna (18 March 08:01) |
| The UN body overseeing commerce in endangered wildlife on Thursday rejected a proposal to outlaw international trade in eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, a sushi mainstay in J... |
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Hubbles Greatest Hits (18 March 07:52) |
| The Hubble Space Telescope explores our universe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, supplying us with heavenly images of the universe. Here's the best of the bunch. |
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What Does the Hubble Really See (18 March 07:43) |
| The nearly 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope has taken many iconic images of the cosmos and is even the star of a new 3D IMAX movie that gives viewers a chance to fly through those snapshot... |
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Caught Web-Handed Social Media Become Valuable Tool in Crime-Fighting (18 March 07:03) |
| Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using social media to fight crime – and some criminals are making that task very easy. |
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New Cybersecurity Act Eliminates Internet Kill Switch (18 March 06:25) |
| In a rewritten version of the Cybersecurity Act, President Obama no longer has a kill switch for the Internet. |
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Australians on High Alert as Sharks Spotted Feet From Shore (18 March 05:35) |
| Melbourne residents were back on high alert after there were two more shark sightings in shallow costal waters Thursday -- within mere feet of the shoreline. |
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Japanese Recruiting Hitmen Online (18 March 05:24) |
| In a bizarre twist on the Internet suicide pacts that first emerged in Japan in 2003, the Japanese appear to be turning to the web to recruit hitmen, according to statistics published Thursd... |
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Russian Soyuz Craft Returns to Earth from ISS (18 March 05:04) |
| A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday. |
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Ghastly Slaughter of Research Monkeys Prompts Calls for Oversight (18 March 01:54) |
| Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Tw... |
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Ancient Muslim Ruins Found in Israel Again (18 March 12:47) |
| Israeli archaeologists have announced that ruins long thought to be of an ancient synagogue are actually the remains of a palace used by Muslim caliphs 1,300 years ago. |
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St Patricks Day 2010 Irish Shamrock Shortage More (18 March 12:10) |
| Fast facts for St. Patrick's Day 2010: the science behind the shamrock shortfall, the man behind the myth, and more. |
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Jaws From 4 Million Years Ago (17 March 10:32) |
| Sharks battled dolphins off the coast of Italy four million years ago, and paleontologists reconstructing the killing have discovered evidence of just how those ancient shark attacked and ki... |
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Luck O the Irish Why Some Clovers Have Four Leaves (17 March 09:38) |
| The leaves of clover plants are said to hold the luck o' the Irish when they sport four leaves. This myth likely arose because four-leaf clovers are rare finds ? the result of an equally rar... |
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GPS Jammers Illegal Dangerous and Very Easy to Buy (17 March 08:53) |
| An electronic device small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and big enough to conceivably bring down an airplane can be easily purchased over the Internet. All a terrorist needs is a credit c... |
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Analyzing the Effect Of a Hoops Ball Hog (17 March 06:47) |
| When a basketball team's best player sits out for a while the team will sometimes actually do better than when the star is playing. And the science of game theory helps to explain why. |
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Nursery Rhyme Ads Banned for Overstating Climate Change (17 March 06:14) |
| Two Government advertisements which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks. |
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UK Job Office Apologizes for Anti-Jedi Discrimination (17 March 05:18) |
| A believer in the Jedi religion won an apology from a job center that threw him out for refusing to remove his hood. |
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NASA Telescope Spots Cosmic Rose (17 March 05:06) |
| A new snapshot from NASA's latest space telescope has revealed a vast cloud in deep space that is brimming with new stars inside flower-like wisps of interstellar dust. |
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Facebook Beats Google for First Time (17 March 03:25) |
| Facebook has become the most visited Web site in the United States as millions of people turn to the social networking site to play online games. |
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NOAA to Use New Way to Predict Hurricanes Punch (17 March 02:30) |
| This hurricane season, researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they will use Global Positioning System technology to measure the dynamics of moisture far off... |
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Feds on Facebook When Tweets Can Make You a Jailbird (17 March 01:00) |
| Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prose... |
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Orbitals Space Freighter on Track for 2011 Launch (16 March 10:55) |
| The field of commercial spaceflight is ripe with younger companies hoping to make it big with new spaceships, but Orbital Sciences is drawing on nearly 30 years of rocket-launching experienc... |
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Bees to Invade New York Bees Beekeepers too (16 March 10:08) |
| Beekeepers in New York City no longer have to keep the honey of their labors a secret.
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Bees to Invade New York Beekeepers too (16 March 10:08) |
| Beekeepers in New York City no longer have to keep the honey of their labors a secret.
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Eight Great Software Freebies (16 March 08:13) |
| With PCs, the best things in life are often free. Here are some of my favorites for working with photos, editing documents, exploring the Web, and more. |
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Google Reportedly Ends Censorship in China (16 March 06:46) |
| One day after announcing it was 99.9 percent certain to shut its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, search giant Google may have pulled the plug on censorship in the country. |
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Microsoft to Continue Censorship in China as Google Opens Up (16 March 06:46) |
| Bing could soon be the big word in Beijing as Microsoft moves to fill the void sure to be left after Internet giant Google blew the doors off its search engine Monday -- and at least briefly... |
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3400-Year-Old Statues Unearthed in Egypt (16 March 05:51) |
| A team of Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 13-foot statue of the ancient god of wisdom and part of a statue of one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs in the southern city of Luxor. |
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Twitter Spreads Its Wings With anywhere Platform (16 March 05:33) |
| Twitter users will soon be able to tweet, connect and follow on everyday sites such as YouTube and eBay without having to go back to their own Twitter page. |
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National Broadband Plan A 25X Faster Web (16 March 05:25) |
| U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile ... |
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Help Wanted Space Flight Experience Required (16 March 03:08) |
| For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring. |
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Hand Bacteria Could Help Catch Criminals (16 March 01:14) |
| A new study finds that the bacteria that live on our hands are just as unique to each of us as our DNA. |
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Swiss Designer Creates Dinosaur Dung Watch (16 March 12:23) |
| A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance -- dinosaur dung. |
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Ancient Amphibian Skull Discovered at Pittsburgh Airport (16 March 12:06) |
| A meat-eating amphibian that lived 300 million years ago may represent one of the earliest examples of land-based vertebrate life. And scientists found it at the Pittsburgh airport. |
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Apple iPad Already Leading to Web Site Redesign (15 March 09:45) |
| The standoff between Apple and Adobe has prompted NPR to build a version of its Web site designed specifically for the iPad. |
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