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Pipe Dream? 3D-Printed Model of Hyperloop Created

A model of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's futuristic Hyperloop system, a superfast transportation system based on pneumatic tubes, has been created using 3D printing.


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Best 'Bear' in Wedding Inspires Wild Animal Show

NEW YORK — Taking one's work home may not always be advisable. But for animal tracker and naturalist Casey Anderson, it's one of the best things that ever happened to him. After saving a grizzly bear cub named Brutus from euthanasia, he raised it and now considers the animal his best friend — Brutus was even the best "man" at his wedding.


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Weekend Stargazing: How to See the Summer Triangle

Have you ever wished you knew more about the stars overhead? It's easier than you think. All you need to do is lie back on a warm summer evening and look straight up.


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Comet ISON: Forecast for Potential 'Comet of the Century' Looks Dim

Comet ISON is not brightening as much as expected as it zooms toward the sun, an amateur astronomer has reported, dealing a blow to skywatchers hoping for a spectacular show from the icy wanderer during its close solar approach this November.


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Cosmonauts prepare for new lab in record Russian spacewalk

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Friday to set up power and ethernet cables for a new research laboratory scheduled to arrive in December. Flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin opened the hatch on the station's Pirs airlock at 10:36 a.m. EDT (1436 GMT) to kick off a 7-hour, 29-minute spacewalk, the longest ever by Russian cosmonauts. The spacewalk eclipsed by 13 minutes the Russians' previous record set in July 2000 outside the Mir space station. ...

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Obsession: The Dark Side of Steve Jobs' Triumphs

At the turn of the millennium, "Think Different" was the widely acclaimed advertising campaign for Apple Inc. But for company chairman Steve Jobs, thinking differently was more than just a slogan — it was an unavoidable fact of life.

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Sustainable Energy Breakthrough: Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight

A University of Colorado Boulder research team has moved closer to what some call the Holy Grail of a sustainable hydrogen economy — splitting water with sunlight.


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World's Largest Owl Exposes Health of Russia's Forests

The world's largest owl requires equally huge trees, a finding that reveals that this salmon-devouring predator could be a key sign of the health of some of the last great forests of Russia's Far East, researchers say.


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3 Organic Super-Vegetables that Cost Less than $2

Have you ever felt like you were on the right track with your diet, only to have someone completely derail your progress with a simple comment? It happens all the time. You may eat a diet filled with fresh fruits and vegetables… but someone asks you, are they organic? Locally-grown? Ugh.

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Cosmonauts Break Record for Longest Russian Spacewalk

Two cosmonauts set a new record for the longest Russian spacewalk on Friday (Aug. 16), spending more than seven hours working outside the International Space Station to prepare it for the addition of a new Russian-built orbital lab.


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The Right Stuff: Book Portrays Most Influential People in Space

Scientists, entrepreneurs and famous thinkers from all over the world are pushing the boundaries of what is possible in space and humanity's understanding of the final frontier.


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