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Microsoft is trying to be a social network

Microsoft is trying to be a social network

Microsoft -- a company most associated with Word documents and Excel spreadsheets -- is getting a makeover.
by Aarti Shahani

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The White House backs the Internet in a major way

The White House backs the Internet in a major way

President Obama is calling on rule-makers to reclassify broadband as a public utility. It would give the FCC much broader authority to stop "fast lanes" and "slow lanes" to the Internet.
by Elise Hu

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Green with envy, tickled pink: Our color-coded world

Green with envy, tickled pink: Our color-coded world

Red means stop; green means go. You live in a red state or a blue state. Elizabeth Blair kicks off NPR's color series with a look at the way color organizes our lives -- in ways we don't even realize.
by Elizabeth Blair

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Tackling America's sleep problem

Tackling America's sleep problem

It's clear that we're trying to remedy some problem--tiredness--but what's the best way to get at our sleep deprivation?

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Macalester professor, student help discover ancient mammal fossil

Macalester professor, student help discover ancient mammal fossil

A 5-inch-long skull is making big news among paleontologists and evolutionary scientists this week.

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How a tilt toward safety stopped a scientist's virus research

How a tilt toward safety stopped a scientist's virus research

The Obama administration has halted some experiments on three viruses, saying the risks need further review. Work in one scientist's lab is on hold.

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Astronomers glimpse distant planetary nursery

Astronomers glimpse distant planetary nursery

Images produced by a giant radio telescope array show a nascent star and what's thought to be its solar system in the process of being born.

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2015 emoji update will include more diverse skin-tones

2015 emoji update will include more diverse skin-tones

The new plan lets people use emoji that look like them, and make groups of emoji in which the faces don't all look like one another.

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Alvin: The little submarine that could

Alvin: The little submarine that could

The first research submarine capable of carrying passengers to and from the seafloor, Alvin has spent some 50 years plumbing the ocean's depths. It's responded to national crises and discovered extreme ecosystems.
by MELISSA PANDIKA

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This new atomic clock may end time as we know it

This new atomic clock may end time as we know it

At the heart of this new clock is a small chamber of strontium atoms suspended by crisscrossing laser beams. Researchers give them a little ping, like ringing a bell.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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