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World's oldest orbiting satellite is 50 years old
launched on March 17, 1958, Vanguard 1 was the fourth artificial satellite launched, and is the oldest still orbiting Earth, though there is no longer any communication with it. As of August 2007, it remains the oldest piece of space junk still in orbit.
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Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System.
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BBC Micro Creators Reunite in London
mustrum_ridcully writes "This week some of the original creators from Acorn Computers who developed the BBC Micro home computer are coming together again at the Science Museum in London. Their purpose? To discuss the legacy of the computer known fondly known in the UK as 'the Beeb'. This news is being carried, of course, on the BBC. The BBC Micro sold some 1.5 million units and helped fund Acorn's development work on the Acorn RISC Machine processor - also known as the ARM processor used today in countless mobile and embedded devices."
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A Telescope Farm on the Moon? Maybe
A farm of lunar radio telescopes is among 19 next-generation observatories that intrigued NASA enough to garner a combined $12 million for a year-long study. The idea, proposed by a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, takes advantage of the atmosphere-free lunar environment.
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Mininova to Launch BitTorrent Video Streaming
The popular BitTorrent site Mininova is currently Beta testing BitTorrent powered video streaming. The new streaming feature allows users to watch videos instantly, streamed from .torrent files.
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Eighty People Dressed As Video Game Characters
To celebrate publication of the new ”Guinness World Record Gamer’s Edition 2008,” which has records that are allegedly more relevant to gamers.
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Efforts to Block Junk Mail Slowed by U.S. Postal Service
Barred by law from lobbying, the Postal Service is nonetheless trying to make its case before a growing number of state legislatures that are weighing bills to create Do Not Mail registries, which are similar to the popular National Do Not Call Registry.
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D Block Spectrum Auction Fraud Alleged
eweekhickins writes "A public interest group is saying that a consulting firm hired to help the government hand over the D-block spectrum may have acted improperly and discouraged potential bidders by suggesting that any winning bid would have to pay $50 million in annual fees, in addition to the auction price. Any wonder the D-block didn't meet the reserve price?"
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The Fine Structure of a Frozen Virus
By refining an emerging imaging technique and harnessing a powerful computer network, researchers have glimpsed the three-dimensional structure of a virus in unprecedented detail.
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20 Worst Foods In America
Men's Health magazine lists the 20 worst foods to order at restaurants.
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Download shared iTunes Library over internet with Mojo!
Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends' iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo.
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Top ten cheap eco-friendly cars
One of the few good green things to come out of Alistair Darling's Budget was his shake-up of vehicle excise duty - better known as road tax - to penalise gas guzzling cars.
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Top 5 reasons why The Customer is Always Right is Wrong
Here are the top five reasons why the phrase “The customer is always right” which was originally coined by Harry Gordon Selfridge is WRONG.
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A Bid to Lure Wolves With a Digital Call of the Wild
One of the most famous sounds in nature is going digital....scientists are betting that the famous call-and-response among wolves can be used to count and keep track of the animals. Tricked by technology, scientists say, wolves will answer what amounts to a roll call triggered by a remotely placed speaker-recorder system called Howlbox.
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What makes a tightwad
"Study finds that people who are stingy report feeling emotional pain when spending money"
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Strongman shatters karate chopping record
A karate-chopping strongman from Cornwall has smashed the record for breaking concrete blocks with your bare hands. Ed Byrne, a 40-year-old martial arts master, chopped through 55 granite and concrete edging stones in 4.86 seconds using only the power unleashed by the palm of his hand.
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Anderson Cooper Says He Has Skin Cancer
CNN's Anderson Cooper was back at work Wednesday after minor surgery two days earlier to remove a cancerous mole from underneath his left eye.
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Two-week-old blood no good for transfusions
The common practice of storing blood for more than two weeks could be proving fatal for thousands of heart surgery patients, according to a major study.
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'Dollar Worth Maybe Zero' In Amsterdam
The U.S. dollar's value is dropping so fast against the euro that small currency outlets in Amsterdam are turning away tourists seeking to sell their dollars for local money while on vacation in the Netherlands.
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