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Ars Technica:
Tales of Star Trek piracy and sexy slumber party pics topped the week's tech and science stories. Here's what was hot over the past seven days.Two high school student athletes got in hot water after pictures from a slumber party posted on MySpace—with privacy controls, no less—e (Read More)
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ABC News: HomePage:
Seattle team wins $900,000 in NASA-backed 'space elevator' competition in Mojave Desert
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LA Times:
The pilot who flew his Soviet-made jet close to the pier has lost his license, but the use of military jets by civilian pilots is a broader issue. Racing at speeds of up to 350 mph, the Soviet-made military jet made several low-altitude p (Read More)
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The host of 'Top Gear' aims higher. He recounts his childhood fascination with space travel, endures astronaut training and travels in a U-2 spy plane. Any big questions, though, go unexplored. James May begins his new documentary, " James May on the Moon " (BBC (Read More)
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Wired: Autopia:
The Solar Impulse, a prototype aircraft being developed as part of a project to fly around the world on solar power, successfully underwent its first engine run up today in Switzerland. After waiting for calm winds and favorable weather, the team rolled the delicate aircraft out of the hangar Friday.Just before noon local t (Read More)
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Wired Science:
Earlier this week, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took its deepest dive ever through the center of the icy plume shooting out from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.NASA reports that the spacecraft survived Monday’s flyby in good health, and is now transmitting eagerly awaited data and images back to Earth. At its clo (Read More)
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New York Times:
The total number of planned staff reductions rises to nearly 5,000 as the British carrier wrestles with what its chief executive called the toughest year in the history of aviation. (Read More)
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Reuters: Science News:
BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports the peaceful exploration and use of space, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, days after its top air force officials sparked concerns with talk of a "Great Wall of steel in the blue sky."
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Gizmodo:
LaserMotive's photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the 3-year history of NASA's space elevator contest to climb a 2,953-foot-long ribbon, securing a prize of $900,000. However, they fell short of the $2 million grand prize. For that, they would have had to ascend the ribbon with an average speed of 11 mph. T (Read More)
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Wired Science:
>Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above can be inspiring as well.We’ve collected images taken by astronauts and satelli (Read More)
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New York Times:
Ford is trying to differentiate its technology as a way to attract new customers.
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New York Times:
South Africa cancelled a multibillion-dollar order for the Airbus A400M troop transport plane, dealing a painful blow to the program. (Read More)
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