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Launch pad repairs priced at $2.7 million
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- U.S. space officials said it will cost about $2.7 million to repair a launch pad damaged when the shuttle Discovery launched...
Film Review: WALL•E Brings Robot Love to Space
WALL•E, a robot stranded on a future Earth, reminds humans how to live in Disney-Pixar's new film.
Digital phones ringing at Shaw Communications
The digital services offered by Shaw Communications Inc. are the fastest-growth areas of the company, it said in releasing its third-quarter results Friday.
Science journalism urged to be more locally relevant
Science journalism will have more impact in developing countries if efforts are made to make research relevant to local communities, experts say.
Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39M
(AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the...
MySpace looks to USC to help servers keep up with users
How do you keep a potential half-billion social networkers current? A Viterbi School of Engineering expert tackles the growth problems of one of the world's largest computing systems.
Beyond chess: Deep green models rapid change for combat commanders
Can an artificial intelligence program anticipate military surprises? The USC Information Sciences Institute is playing a $7.6 million part in a DARPA research effort called Deep Green aimed at creating...
GM will not solve current food crisis, says industry boss
The comment from the head of biotech giant Syngenta contrasts with the suggestions of UK politicians, industry bodies and the European Commission
JumpTV spurns takeover bid from MySpace founder
Internet broadcaster JumpTV Inc. is rejecting a proposal from MySpace founder Brad Greenspan and proceeding with its planned merger with U.S. online TV service NeuLion Inc.
Justice minister to herald stronger enforcement of drug-impaired driving
Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson will be in Toronto on Friday morning to announce a law giving police forces across Canada new powers to crack down on drug-impaired driving.
New Quantum Strategy Keeps Web Searches Private
When an Internet user types a word or phrase into a search engine, the Web server has the ability to find out that inquiry. As more people and businesses are...
Judge orders Facebook rivals to accept settlement
(AP) -- Facebook Inc.'s long and embarrassing legal tussle with three men who accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their social networking concept may soon end, now that a...
What Your Tech Tendencies Tell About You
A new online survey shows some interesting personality trait links to people's habits in purchasing the latest gadgets. CBS News technology analyst explains the new data, and offers a warning...
NIST releases preview of much-anticipated online mathematics reference
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). In development for over a decade, the...
Tunguska Event a 100-year-old mystery
MOSCOW, June 26 (UPI) -- Scientists are in Siberia this week to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska Event, a mysterious explosion that flattened millions of trees.
Forestry important to Tasmania
A new report that analysed the Tasmanian forest industry's spending and jobs in detail has found that it employs around 3 per cent of the territory's workforce.
McCain's Online Boosters Wage Uphill Fight
Less than five months before Election Day, with polls showing the presumptive Democratic nominee holding a slight edge over his Republican counterpart, there's one place where Obama unequivocally trumps McCain:...
The secret of happiness: grinning on the Internet
People who post smiley photos on social networking sites attract happy friends.
Olympic starter's gun 'unfair'
Pistol may hand advantage to those closest to the starting official.
VIDEO: Robo-Toilets Take Japan
Equipped with buttons, gadgets, and widgets, Japan's hi-tech toilets can baffle the uninitiated.
VIDEO: Ugly Veggies to Ease Crisis?
Allowing misshapen fruits and vegetables into supermarkets can ease the world food-price crisis, the European Union's farm chief says.
'Jumbo ambulance' comes to Winnipeg
The city of Winnipeg introduced a new emergency vehicle Thursday - a $500,000 ambulance the size of a city bus.
Yahoo shakes up management amid shareholder revolt
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command in hopes of restoring order amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet pioneer's snub of Microsoft...
Math to be used to cure medical problems
PITTSBURGH, June 26 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. professors says it is starting a $2.5 million project designed to resolve complicated medical problems through the use of...
Aviation Oddities
In mans quest for flight there have been some pretty crazy looking designs in aircraft. Credit: National Archives
Food inspection technology could kill waiter jokes
New inspection X-ray technology developed by European researchers is helping to ensure that the only thing in people`s dinners is the food itself.
Germany launches programme to develop hybrid vehicles
The German goverment and industrial partners including auto giant Volkswagen launched Thursday a programme to encourage the development of more environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles.
OP-ED: K-State's Focus On Safe And Secure Food Is Long-Standing
K-State's high-profile commitment to solving agricultural disease problems is why the university has been selected as a potential host for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility.