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Rocking a Planetary Rover With an iPod Touch

Mac-based planetary exploration rovers, remote controlled via iPod Touches, will be debuted publicly at the MacTech Conference in LA.READ»

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10 Patterns in Our Continuously Disruptive World

When I first started helping organizations with change, leaders were coming to me saying, "We have new and better ways of doing business. Can you help us get people's attention, then create the appetite and uptake so we can realize a ...READ»

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Virgin's VSS Enterprise Glides, Moves One Bold Step Closer to Space [Video]

Another starship Enterprise just undertook a bold new mission: This time it's Virgin Galactic's premier space vehicle, which has flown its first manned glide flight. It's another successful step on the road to tourists in space.READ»

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Oceans: Now With 18% More Water Flow!

NASA satellites show that the amount of water flowing into the world's oceans has jumped significantly since 1994. Say it with us now: Is global warming to blame?READ»

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Government Wants Astronauts on Commercial Rides, Orders NASA's New Big Rocket Too

The Science and Technology Chairman written has just written $1.2 billion for commercial rockets for astronauts into a new version of NASA's next funding bill. A new giant Shuttle-derived rocket is also ordered, to be ready within six years.READ»

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Is NASA's Chief Corrupt?

Recent headlines might lead you to think so, but the real story of Charles Bolden's phone call to Marathon Oil is more complicated.READ»

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We're No. 3! U.S. Falls Behind in New Space Race

China recently revealed its plans for Lunar (and Venusian) exploration. Last week Europe announced its moon lander. Are these two spacefarers leaving a stuttering NASA in their wake?READ»

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Is Print Part of Your Future?

Everyone knows newspapers, magazines, and books are going through a game change. Digitization is making it possible for them to be delivered in new ways (phones, eReaders, social media, etc). New business models are coming and going ...READ»

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A Disease-Fighting UN Backed by Big Pharma

A representative of big pharma calls for a UN-like compact to fight antibiotic resistance diseases in the developing world.READ»

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iFive: Schmidt's Facebook-Scraping, Diaspora's Open Social, Skyhook Sues Google, SMS Taxes, Europe's Moon Rover

As you digest your breakfast, here's today's early news, pre-digested for your convenience.READ»

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105 Companies Join Forces With Obama to "Change The Equation" for Education

More than 100 companies are joining forces--from Facebook to Microsoft, DreamWorks to Google--to increase student literacy in science, technology, engineering, and math, which will account for some 8 million jobs by 2018. READ»

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That's One Small Step for a Potato ...

If and when humans decide to colonize the moon, researchers at the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) will be ready with their lunar hydroponic garden.READ»

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iFive: Microsoft's Debt, Saudi Arabian Arms Deal, Apple iPad Rumors, E.U. Radio Whitespace, Jonas Brothers Redesign the Internet

Curious about the things that'll be in the news today? Let us help.READ»

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iFive: Nokia Chief Changed, Remote Controlled Troops, Gamers Holidays, Sex Movie Virus, Newspaper Social Net

While you dreamed, the other denizens of Earth labored away, here's how. READ»

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iFive: HP vs Oracle, ACLU vs DHS, Asteroid Flyby, Xbox Apologizes to Fort Gay, Google Live Search Hint

It's today everyone ... wanna see what's been happening while you were waiting for it to roll around?READ»

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Managing Data in the Pakistan Flood Crisis

When numbers get washed away, everything falls apart.READ»

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Solar Probe Plus to Go Where No One Has Gone Before: Into the Sun

NASA's prepping its Solar Probe Plus mission for a firey sundive. It's no theatrical stunt--it's all about science and understanding how our sun works, which doesn't make it a bit less awesome.READ»

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iFive: Another Rig Explosion, NASA's Mine Solutions, Impossible Soccer Goals, China's Great Jam, Korean Cash

Innovation doesn't sleep, even though you do: But it might get stuck in huge Chinese traffic jamsREAD»

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Dan and Chip Heath Say Nix Ambiguity and Focus for Lasting Change

To succeed on the path to change, say Dan Heath and Chip Heath, you have to eliminate ambiguity.READ»

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NASA Cash Rockets Two X-Prize Space Teams Into the Void (in a Good Way)

NASA's about to fork over nearly half a million dollars to Armadillo and Masten under its Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program to help these new commercial companies reach the edge of space.READ»

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NASA Finds Cash to Fund Fast, Clever, Unusual Tech For Future Space, Air Missions

NASA's revealed three projects that give us insight into some of its future plans: The watchwords are innovative, fast, new. Is NASA trying to shed its lumbering institutional ways?READ»

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85% of Natural Disaster-Related Fatalities Occur in Asia

Population density plays a role, but why do so many natural disasters occur in Asia in the first place?READ»

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Self-Cleaning Solar Panel Technology, Courtesy of Mars

What if solar panels could clean themselves?READ»

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Exciting Commercial Space Units to Watch: SpaceX and Copenhagen Suborbital

As SpaceX completes safety tests on its potential human space capsule, and a European outfit preps its innovative rocket for a test launch, it's obvious that some of the most exciting space news at the moment is coming from folks other than NASA.READ»