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NASA's revealed plans for manned human spaceflight, centering on the four-seat, conical Orion capsule. NASA's plans for manned human spaceflight are salvaged from the wreckage of the Constellation program

If your city isn't going to install bike lanes, make one yourself.

For Amazon, the deep discount wasn't a random bout of charity--it represented a huge opportunity to present consumers with an alternative to iTunes, and to introduce its cloud-based music service. How'd that go? Behold, the power of Lady Gaga.

If approved by the FDA, Allergan could market its product to teens--and insurers might be more likely to give the go-ahead for the surgery, which can cost up to $20,000.

1. Sony's hack woes have deepened--now its Canadian version of the eShop has been hacked by a self-professed grey hat Lebanese hacker, and 2,000 customer records have been acquired (evidence for around 1,000 posted online).

For many smaller businesses, outsourcing IT to "the cloud" is tempting (read that; cheap and easy), but scary (at the mercy of someone else having an outage or getting hacked leaving the company exposed). Intel is hoping to ease anxiety with a new offering it describes as a "hybrid cloud" solution, specifically targeting nervous small business owners. See what you think

A cheat sheet to turn your vision for a successful new business into a reality Some of the most important things in life don’t come with instruction manuals: homes, spouses, kids, and start-ups are a few. That’s why I created this start-up road map. Inspired by the lean approach often favored by today’s tech entrepreneurs, the principles apply to any industry

This year has already been the most successful breeding season to date for endangered North Island brown kiwis ( Apteryx mantelli ) at New Zealand's Pukaha Mount Bruce national wildlife center , and now the rangers who manage the program have an extra reason to celebrate: the May 1 birth of an extremely rare all-white kiwi . [More]

UPS is testing trucks made of an ultra-light material that makes them more fuel efficient than their sheet-aluminum counterparts. UPS has the unfortunate task of figuring out how to deliver packages without bleeding cash in our resource-constrained world

What would happen if there were an oil disaster in the Arctic?

Blood spatters are telltale marks of violent crimes, and have captured the public imagination in shows like Dexter, CSI, and Bones--shows whose cool tech may be less based in reality than special effect. For instance, it's only just now been worked out how to determine the height from which blood droplets fell.

Every business needs to keep their people connected and communicating. Here is how to select a cell phone plan to meet the needs of your staff while keeping costs low

Tiger Woods says he'll be ready to go for the U.S.

A new report says that 41% of mobile workers have a tablet, and another 34% plan on buying one inside six months. We're doomed.

This word cloud is the full text of Apple Legal's response to Lodsys (see item 2 below). Subtly and impressively Apple's using its might by referencing its own name more often than any other word. 1