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BBC: What If...We All Had A Car?

There are over a billion cars in the world today, and there could be as many as four billion by the middle of the century. So how will we keep the roads moving and prevent pollution rising? Theo Leggett meets the people developing new cars that can fold, drive themselves and even communicate with each other.

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Local police grapple with response to cybercrimes

Local police grapple with response to cybercrimes

When one person hacks into someone else's computer to access a bank account, credit cards or even email, the crime fighting path is uncertain. Local police departments are looking to boost their expertise so they can respond to cybercrimes and cyberthreats that are expected to only get worse.

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Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

These "hacker boot camps" promise to teach students how to write code in two or three months and help them get hired as web developers, with starting salaries between $80,000 and $100,000, often within days or weeks of graduation.

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Why spring storms mess up the roads

Why spring storms mess up the roads

As plows remove snow and exposed a melted layer of snow beneath, the blowing cold air quickly freezes it. That's what has quickly created the icy conditions.
by Conrad Wilson

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3-D 'printing' is Eden Prairie firm's next big thing

3-D 'printing' is Eden Prairie firm's next big thing

What comes out of your printer? These days you can print a wrench, a working clock, or a killer design for a custom motorcycle. Objects designed on a computer can be sent to machines known as 3-D printers that will build them layer by tiny layer. An Eden Prairie-based company helping usher in the 3-D printing world.
by Martin Moylan

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Supreme Court to decide whether human genes can be patented

Supreme Court to decide whether human genes can be patented

About 20 percent of human genes have been patented by private companies, universities or the government. The ACLU, however, is challenging these patents in a case that the Supreme Court will hear next week.

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Translation device bridges language gap for emergency responders

Translation device bridges language gap for emergency responders

A screaming baby is badly burned, but the mother doesn't speak English and paramedics cannot communicate with her. But the stressful episode is diffused because of a new device that quickly helps locate a translator.
by Conrad Wilson

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Paleontologist Switek offers new ideas about an old subject -- dinosaurs

Paleontologist Switek offers new ideas about an old subject -- dinosaurs

Millions of years after dinosaurs became extinct, scholarly thought about them continues to evolve. A new book and other writings by paleontologist Brian Switek are full of new thoughts about an ancient subject.

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McKnight grants to fight climate change

The McKnight Foundation says it's focusing its climate-related efforts on the Midwest, beginning with a $25 million grant to two organizations.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer

Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer

NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday. The ship would capture the 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle up next to the rock in 2021 for spacewalking exploration, according to a government document.

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