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Tuesday, 1 April 2008
It looks like a toy, but this new 3-wheeled vehicle combines fuel efficiency with power and safety (1:35 min.) |
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|  | Aviation’s History Takes Flight
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Some are old and some are HUGE, and they make a fascinating collection of airplanes and spaceships – under one roof ! (2:13 min.) |
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|  | Whee!! It’s a Wii
Sunday, 10 February 2008
The average age of video game users took a big jump when retirement communities started baseball, bowling, and tennis contests (1:51 min.) |
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|  | Will It Launch?
Wednesday, 7 February 2008
Weather may be the deciding factor for the liftoff of Atlantis today – a lot of European countries are hoping it flies (1:50 min.) |
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|  | Look! Up in the Sky! It’s…
Friday, 1 February 2008
… an out of control spy satellite rushing towards Earth. And where it might crash, nobody knows. Keep a close eye on the sky this month (1:02 min.) |
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|  | A Helping Hand
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
A bionic breakthrough gives amputees lifelike use of a new artificial hand, and it is improving the quality of life for many (2:36 min.) |
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|  | Science in Your Life
Friday, 21 December 2007
Do you remember all that happened this year in the world of science? Here are some highlights (2:00 min.) |
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|  | Well, I’ll Be a Monkey’s Uncle!
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Visitors continue to pour into an exhibit of Lucy, said to be an early hominid from the same family tree as humans and apes (2:25 min.) |
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Saturday, 10 November 2007
A revolutionary new battery has the flexibility of paper and the power potential to run just about anything (1:40 min.) |
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Saturday, 13 October 2007
The shape is unorthodox, but they last forever, are easy to heat and cool, laugh at windstorms, and certainly get your neighbors talking (2:13 min.) |
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|  | Sputnik Starts the Space Race
Thursday, 4 October 2007
50 years ago today the USSR launched the Earth’s first artificial satellite – a history-changing spin-off of failed military space ventures (3:10 min.) |
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|  | Wanna Buy a Hot Laptop – Cheap?
Thursday, 27 September 2007
An entrepreneur has developed computers for children in developing countries that are rugged, have Internet access, educational programs and more – for under $200 (1:41 min.) |
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|  | Growing More Than Corn
Sunday, 16 September 2007
Windmills generating electricity are increasingly common in the farming state of Iowa – it now ranks third in megawatts produced (2:40 min.) |
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|  | Airplanes on Skis
Wednesday, 8 August 2007
A U.S. military air group has the challenging specialty of flying people and tons of supplies to the polar regions for scientific experiments (4:27 min.) |
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|  | Fasten Your Seatbelts!
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Want the thrill of a launch into space without the risk? Try a very realistic visitor ride at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (2:22 min.) |
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|  | Very Cool, Very High Tech
Friday, 29 June 2007
Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone goes on sale today in the U.S. – there has never been so much publicity about a mobile phone (2:06 min.) |
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|  | Ewww !!
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Cadavers, brains and body parts – part of a fascinating exhibit that presents an inside look at the human body – crowds find it mesmerizing (4:37 min.) |
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|  | Space Shuttle Extends Stay in Orbit
Thursday, 14 June 2007
The Atlantis crew is installing solar power panels on the international space station plus taking extra walks to fix the skin of the shuttle (1:49 min.) |
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|  | STS-117 Atlantis Ready for Launch
Friday, 8 June 2007
The space shuttle is on the launch pad, scheduled for an evening liftoff. The crew will add massive elements to the International Space Station (1:48 min.) |
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|  | A Treasure Trove of History
Monday, 14 May 2007
Long believed washed away, archeologists found the original Jamestown settlement and are digging up more than they expected (2:56 min.) |
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|  | Martin Waldseemuller 1507 World Map
Friday, 4 May 2007
500 years ago a map first labeled a land mass as ‘America.’ Considered the continent’s ‘birth certificate,’ the map is now on display in Washington (2:06 min.) |
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|  | Hello? Anybody There?
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Scientists have discovered a planet, possibly with water – and life. Temperatures are similar to Earth’s (2:16 min.) |
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|  | Robots Battle for Top Prize
Sunday, 15 April 2007
With ingenuity and a few wires, high school kids compete for robot supremacy (2:32 min.) |
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|  | Space Tourist Goes For Flight
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Hungarian-American is the fifth space tourist, but the first to build a library in space (3:46 min.) |
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|  | How Does it Get Off the Ground?
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
The world’s largest passenger plane made its debut in the U.S. The Airbus A380 can hold 555 passengers and weighs nearly 600 tons. 2:38 (2:32 min.) |
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|  | Electronic Negotiations
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Learning how to create peace - this video game will have parents encouraging their kids to spend more time on a computer (3:04 min.) |
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|  | Stonehenge Mystery Grows
Sunday, 4 February 2007
Archeologists have discovered what they think were the home sites for the workers who built the massive stone circles about 4500 years ago (2:40 min.) |
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|  | A Much Anticipated Debut
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Window’s Vista became available in stores yesterday. Microsoft expects to sell more than 200 million copies of the operating system – this year (2:09 min.) |
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|  | The Changing Face of News 
Saturday, 16 December 2006
New technologies accelerate the spread of news and information, and have an impact on human rights and democracy (5:42 min) | |
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|  | A Re-Wiring Job
Friday, 15 December 2006
Space Shuttle astronauts begin re-wiring the International Space Station, to install a brand new permanent power source (1:34 min) | |
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Sunday, 3 December 2007
Some scientists are predicting a quarter of the planet’s mammal species could be extinct by the middle of the century. But cutting edge genetic science could prevent that from happening (2:54 min.) |
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