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Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO

Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8.

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US-Russian crew blasts off for space station

A Russian spacecraft blasted off into a clear Central Asian sky Tuesday, carrying a three-man crew on their way to the International Space Station.

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Holiday gadgets: New iPads, Macs unveiled

Apple unveiled a smaller iPad, updated its full-sized one and refreshed its line of Mac computers in time for the holiday shopping season.

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Govt. to examine technology for automated cars

Govt. to examine technology for automated cars

Cars that drive themselves may hold the potential to save thousands of lives, an Obama administration safety official said Tuesday, as the government prepares to launch a research initiative to determine the safety and reliability of automated driving technologies.

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Why we worry

Why we worry

Why do we worry about some things and not others? In a recent op-ed, David Ropeik notes, "while our choices about risk invariably feel right when we make them, many of these decisions end up putting us in greater peril."
by Emily Kaiser

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Astronomer Jennifer Wiseman on the universe, faith and science

Astronomer Jennifer Wiseman on the universe, faith and science

Astronomer Jennifer Wiseman will discuss the latest discoveries in astronomy and the depth into space and time that deep images are enabling us to see. She'll also share her thoughts on how science, faith and our view of ourselves as humans intersect.
by Emily Kaiser

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BURN: An Energy Journal's election special, The Power of One

BURN: An Energy Journal's election special, The Power of One

Alex Chadwick explores the energy policies of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney and looks at the key energy issues the next president will face.

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Skydiver's feat could influence spacesuit design

Skydiver's feat could influence spacesuit design

Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated over the possibility his exploit could someday help save the lives of pilots and space travelers in a disaster.

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Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8

Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8

While Microsoft is touting next week's launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical that the new operating system will lure consumers away from tablets and smartphones.

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Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system

Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system

European astronomers say that just outside our solar system they've found a planet that's the closest you can get to Earth in location and size.

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