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Killer hot peppers; Straightening kids' spines; Netting mosquitoes; Retiring the shuttle; and more...
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Killer hot peppers; Straightening kids' spines; Netting mosquitoes; Retiring the shuttle; and more...
President scores victory in effort to widen scope of federal government's warrantless recon power
New exhibit shows how technology helps to study and restore artwork
A University of Florida researcher has plans on the drawing board for a saucer-shaped aircraft that turns the surrounding air into fuel
West Nile is back; Chameleons live the fast life; The world is becoming happier; and more. . .
New system finds that education level is more of a factor than race or severity of crime
Brain plaque without Alzheimer's symptoms; Teaching computers to teach better; Sweet plan to save the Everglades; From fins to limbs; and more...
IBM, Intel and HP—three companies that fueled the development of PCs over the past 30 years—have just made major commitments to solar energy
More than three decades after launching Microsoft, Gates this week sets his sights on philanthropy full-time
A new biometrics system uses the blood network in the palms of your hand to ID individuals
Clone your dog; Stem cells help mend bones; Latrines cleaner than toilets; and more...
An interview with Grady Booch, the Indiana Jones of computer programming
Researchers use carbon nanotubes and electricity to coax the growth of stronger, bone-cushioning tissue
Pluto becomes just another plutoid; Predicting if coma patients will awaken; Brain protein stops alcoholism; and more...
Researchers hope that microscopic bits of the glittery stuff could resurrect potential drugs that originally fell flat
Anthropologists say women prized since 5000 B.C.; new mega-Earth discovered; making fuel from car exhaust; and more
Activists find a "disturbing" increase of illegal ivory items for sale a year after the online site vowed a crackdown
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