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Will Phoenix survive its landing today on Mars? Phoenix's landing sequence will ramp up starting at about 7:30 pm EDT (23:30 UTC) today and last just over an hour.

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Kuchofuku, which develops and sells air conditioned clothing that uses almost no energy compared to conventional air conditioners, has developed the "Suzukaze" air conditioned seat cushion as its newest product.

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Corporations really need folks in their 30s to early 40s, but there is a tentative relationship at best between that cohort and Corporate America

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A documentary about a guy, Jim Killeen, who Googled himself and then went all over the world meeting others with his name.

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2.4GHz wireless mouse with 30’ range - RF technology, no line of sight, digital security signature - 800 channel radio - works on the desk and in the air - miniature USB dongle receiver - PC and MAC compatible

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Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids—and spells out five (and really, he’s got six) dangerous things you should let your kids do.

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You know what I love about the Internet? You can find courses, tutorials and lessons for almost anything - and many of them are free.

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“Using data from 2006, the South Korean government estimates that approximately 210,000 South Korean children (2.1 per cent; ages 6-19) are afflicted and require treatment,” he said.

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Within minutes of riding on the first trains in Japan, I notice a significant change in advertising, from train to television. The trend? No more printed URL's. The replacement?

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Well, we do have flat-screen computers you can write on that fit in a briefcase, but I’m still waiting to take my 250 MPH car to a business meeting in another domed city. Perhaps by the end of the year.

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Michael Persinger has a vision - the Almighty isn't dead, he's an energy field. And your mind is an electromagnetic map to your soul.

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Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking and public analysis.

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Semantic Web will start the long, slow decline of relational database technology. Web 3.0 enables the transition from “structure upfront” to “structure on the fly”. The world is clearly too complex to structure upfront.

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Yet another list - the open-source world is expanding so rapidly

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A high quality education doesn't have to come at a high cost. In fact, it's possible to take classes from big names like Yale, MIT, and Tufts without ever submitting an application or paying a cent in tuition.

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U.S. leadership in the global system seems more secure and more likely to endure through the next generation. On the other hand, the world we are called on to lead is poorer and more troubled than we anticipated.

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Fears that technology would hurt class attendance have proved unfounded, at least at MIT, where 96 six percent of instructors reported no decline.

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Valid 3 Column CSS-based Layouts- usually with full layout structure, such as headers, navigation bars, content containers, sidebars and footers.

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A groundbreaking project to create a £1 million film and give it away to over 1 million people using the Internet and a global community of members

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Certain parties don't want you to know certain facts.

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