Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil, became Canada's first space tourist early Wednesday when he blasted off for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.
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Take a look at some of the most brilliant scientists in movie history and you find a bunch of guys who should never have been allowed near a Bunsen burner.
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When it comes to preparing for a swine flu outbreak, the top concern for most U.S. business leaders is getting enough vaccine for their employees, according to a new survey from the Business Roundtable. It will be months before businesses are given ...
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Only a third of Americans plan to get the
swine flu vaccine. One reason: 57% of those at risk of severe
flu don't know it, a Consumer Reports poll...
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The first 4,200 doses of swine flu vaccine have been ordered for Alaska, and state health officials said today they may not reach health centers for 10 days. The 4,200 doses of flu vaccine nasal spray were the maximum Alaska was allowed, said ...
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The future is a bright, shiny penny of possibilities and if science fiction is to be believed, technological wonders and convenience will be waiting around every corner, not to mention hot aliens and robots to clean up all our messes. It'll be the lazy deviant's paradise unless...
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Photos via the BBC In the remote, flood ravaged region of Bihar, India, a scarcity of trees has led the local people to adopt an alternative to traditional cremations. They've begun using
cow dung in the burial ritual instead--a move that saves an entire tree for every ceremony. Strange as it may seem, the people in Bihar have no aversion to cremating their dead with cow dung--it's entirely socially acceptable, rapidly growing as a practice, and is now done b...
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The
swine flu vaccine is available from today, with priority given to the sick, elderly and pregnant women.
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Samsung and LG say they intend to increase production of bigger TVs using the new technology, though that is still years away.
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Why do I love the idea of downloadable designs? Because people do such amazing things out of so little substance, and they ship ideas, not objects. Like this iPhone stand designed by french industrial designer Julien Madérou, downloadable from his website
Dessine Moi Un Objet. It is folded out of a single sheet of paper. ...
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