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Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use

Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use

Microsoft is aiming its redesigned Office software at the growing number of people who expect their favorite applications to be at their fingertips, wherever there's an Internet connection.

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Can the science of psychology help prevent wrongful convictions?

Can the science of psychology help prevent wrongful convictions?

What if the biggest flaw within the courts wasn't corruption or bad evidence, but our own brains? How can psychological science improve the justice system?

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APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport lease

APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport lease

Virgin Galactic has agreed to start paying New Mexico rent on the nearly quarter-billion dollar spaceport the state built for British businessman Richard Branson's space tourism business, but it says it is doing so under protest and without waiving its right to walk away from the project, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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Robotics Day at Capitol spotlights industry

Monday is Minnesota Robotics Day at the state Capitol, where students and people who work in the robotics industry will be demonstrating what they do.
by Mark Zdechlik

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BBC Discovery Documentary: 'The New Genetics'

Recent publications from the ENCODE project have shown that the parts of our genome that were thought to be junk, are in fact functional. What does this discovery tell us about ourselves? And has genetics become data crunching rather than lab based experiments?

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How do children develop empathy?

How do children develop empathy?

Are children born good? Or do they develop positive traits such as empathy and altruism as they get older?

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When nanoparticles go rogue: Wis.-based center leads new research

When nanoparticles go rogue: Wis.-based center leads new research

Nanotechnology is changing many basic products. But there are questions about what happens to those nano particles when they find their way into the environment. A new federally funded research center in Wisconsin brings together scientists from several states to help answer those questions.
by Dan Gunderson

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Space station to get $18 million balloon-like room

NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome "metal cans" that now serve as astronauts' homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can be deployed on the cheap.

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Climate change expected to hit Minn. with rising temps, moving forests

Climate change expected to hit Minn. with rising temps, moving forests

This week on Climate Cast, we'll look at 2012 being the 10th hottest year on record globally and warming predictions based on current greenhouse gas emissions.

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Bear famous for Net births has 2 more cubs

A black bear that became famous for giving birth live over the Internet has done it again.

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