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For decades the little gray terminal was a staple in million of French homes. [More]
Read More »Space Shuttle: The complete missions
NASA's 30-year space shuttle program came to an end on July 21st, 2011. To mark the occasion, the Nature Video team have produced this tribute which features footage from every shuttle flight and is set to a rockin' soundtrack
Read More »The Bilingual Advantage: Second Language Increases Cognitive Ability (preview)
Many parents would like their children to master a second language, but few kids in this country do. Only 9 percent of adults in the U.S.
Read More »NASA’s Space Shuttle By the Numbers: 30 Years of a Spaceflight Icon
NASA's space shuttles have racked up an amazing set of accomplishments over the last 30 years, not to mention the miles and statistics. But after three decades and 135 flights, the era of the NASA space shuttle is at an end. The final shuttle flight, NASA's STS-135 mission aboard Atlantis , will land Thursday (July 21) to cap a 13-day trip that delivered supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station
Read More »Space Shuttle Era Ends with Safe Landing of Atlantis
NASA's 30-year space shuttle program drew to an end this morning when the Atlantis orbiter touched down safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read More »ATMs Branch Out
It's hard to remember a time before automated teller machines made our money available 24/7. And since the first networked ATM more than 40 years ago, banks have been trying to make their electronic tellers more secure and more versatile. [More]
Read More »Great day at the Network
Wow! What a fantastic series of posts today…. [More]
Read More »Weekly Highlights #2 – snake antivenom, lunar lions, wormy mummies and urban jungle.
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Read More »Circles Fatigue: The Dark Side Of Google+
One of Google Plus's most unique features, Circles, initially attracted users to the service and set it apart from competitors.
Read More »An Astronaut’s View of the Southern Lights as the Final Shuttle Mission Wraps Up
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Read More »Space Shuttle Atlantis Closes In on Historic Final Landing
When space shuttle Atlantis rolls to a stop at the end of its current mission, the only remaining U.S. spacecraft capable of taking astronauts to orbit will be powered down for good. NASA's fleet of space shuttles, developed in the 1970s and first launched in 1981, have provided the nation with 30 years of almost uninterrupted access to space.
Read More »Disease Charities Bargain for New Drug Profits
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine Early next year, a drug for cystic fibrosis is expected to come before the US Food and Drug Administration for approval. [More]
Read More »Semiconductor Technology Cuts Genome Sequencing Cost
By Gwyneth Dickey Zakaib of Nature magazine Like the computer chips made by Intel, the company that Moore co-founded, the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) exploits semiconductor technology, with its ability to deliver ever-increasing speed and lower costs--a trend predicted by 'Moore's law' some 50 years ago. [More]
Read More »USDA Denies It Can Cut Genetically Modified Grass
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine When the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this month that it did not have the authority to oversee a new variety of genetically modified (GM) Kentucky bluegrass, it exposed a serious weakness in the regulations governing GM crops. [More]
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