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Video: Flipping the anti-aging switch

In the search to help patients with Progeria, a disorder that causes accelerated aging, scientists have uncovered what makes us age over time. Will this open the door for true anti-aging treatments? Wyatt Andrews reports

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How CNN And YouTube Forged A Presidential-Debate Partnership

CNN runs one of the world's most advanced newsrooms : Holograms stream over the airwaves, touchscreens dot the walls, and reporters and producers practically have iPads attached to their hips. Tonight, that forward-thinking tradition continues with the network's first GOP debate--which will include conservative stars such at Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann--of the upcoming presidential election.

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Facebook Hits A Wall

Usage data suggests that something unusual has happened to Facebook's membership growth in the U.S.

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Power-Generating Artificial Leaf Moves Closer to Reality

Mimicking the highly efficient power-generation process of photosynthesis, an artificial leaf could change how the world gets energy. And new developments at MIT mean it could happen in the next few years. Earlier this year, MIT professor Daniel Nocera made a discovery : By dipping a cobalt-and phosphate-coated artificial silicon leaf into a jar of water, he could effectively mimic photosynthesis and create power at an efficiency greater than today's solar panels

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Carnival Cruise Lines sued over harbor traffic

Preservation groups in the state of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on Monday against Carnival Cruise Lines, claiming the company's ships pollute Charleston and threaten its historic charm.

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Bill Gates Funds Human Waste To Biofuel Project In Ghana

Developing countries lack both clean water and clean energy sources. By converting soiled water into energy and clean water, a new project could wipe away both problems. Waste to fuel facilities are nothing new--in the past few years, we've seen chicken poop-powered fuel cell plants , a scheme to use astronaut poop for fuel in space, and a town that's converting wastewater sludge into thermal energy.

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Two Wheels Better Than Four For Students’ Mad Max-Esque EV City Car

Australian students have welded together a two-wheeled electric vehicle monster that could have come straight out of a surreal eco-remix of Mad Max. It's cheap, efficient, and the future of city commuting. Flame thrower, optional.

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