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Set for theatrical release in only a few days, the 3-D documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" explores the famed Chauvet Cave in Southern France. Scientifc American interviewed director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) about the film.
Read More »Werner Herzog on the "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
Set for theatrical release in only a few days, the 3-D documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" explores the famed Chauvet Cave in Southern France. Scientifc American interviewed director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) about the film
Read More »What China’s New Space Station Means For The World
Once in space, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to the moon... and Mars.
Read More »Urban Birds Boast Big Brains
Cities have a lot to offer: theater, music, restaurants, birds. Yes, birds.
Read More »Counterterrorism Software Helps Cops Shine Light Into Terrorism’s Dark Corners
One of the largest distributors of commercial law enforcement software in the United States is integrating open source intelligence into its products--and they are betting the results will lead to enhanced counterterrorism efforts. More than ever, law enforcement agencies are connecting to far flung sources of information in the fight against terrorism. Now Virginia's i2 Group
Read More »One Wire To Rule Them All On Your PC: Intel’s Thunderbolt
Something tech fans have been desperate for for years may actually be about to happen: Most of your computer wires may soon be replaced with a single, simple standard. It could change everything, right down to device design
Read More »Recession briefly axed greenhouse gases in 2009
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Recession drove industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions down 5.6 percent in 2009 but analysts said the plunge may be a brief, misleading sign of progress in slowing climate change.
Read More »10 most polluted cities in the U.S.
Air quality is improving in the U.S., but some cities still have big pollution problems
Read More »GolfChannel video: Tiger’s record quest in trouble
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Read More »Fukushima Meltdown May Mean Tighter Rules for Spent Nuclear Fuel in U.S.
Japan's nuclear plant crisis with the radioactivity contamination from spent fuel pools is likely to put an overdue spotlight on stalemated U.S. policies for managing reactor fuel, authors of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report on the nuclear fuel cycle said yesterday.
Read More »What autism and Obama’s birth certificate controversy have in common
Despite mountains of evidence against them, certain ideas just seem to stick
Read More »PGT: McIlroy loves Ulster rugby, but this is insane
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Read More »New Boom in Silicon Valley
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. Office-space shortage in the South Bay.
Read More »Apple: We Are "Not Tracking The Location Of Your iPhone" [Updated]
Apple's just spoken up publicly on the matter of iPhones storing location data. "Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone.
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