News - Powered by Yahoo NewsDarpa, Venter Launch Assembly Line for Genetic Engineerin
The military-industrial complex just got a little bit livelier. Quite literally. That?s because Darpa, the Pentagon?s far-out research arm, has kicked off a program designed to take the conventions of manufacturing and apply them to living cells.
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Plans to dig in space are not that far ou
Prospecting on asteroids, developing prototype drills to be used on the moon are just a few examples of Canadian initiatives
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A miss that's really far ou
Bombastic and silly, 'Battleship' gets sunk There will be bigger movies this summer, and better ones and worse ones.
Fri, 18 May 2012 03:25:28 -0700 -
BS People: V K Saraswa
On April 19, after Agni-V hit its designated target far out in the Indian Ocean, the photograph of V K Saraswat being hoisted up by a fellow scientist, just as Saraswat had done to A P J Abdul Kalam on the successful launch of the Prithvi missile, flooded papers in India.
Wed, 23 May 2012 11:39:22 -0700 -
Aletta weakens to a tropical depression far out over the Pacific, expected to get weake
MIAMI - Aletta has weakened to a tropical depression as it swirls far out over the Pacific. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Aletta's maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 35 mph (55 kph) with additional weakening expected.
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:04:36 -0700 -
?Prince of piffle? or ?philosopher prince?? Once ridiculed, some now hail Charles as visionar
A few years ago, Prince Charles seemed preoccupied with far-out ideas and wary of anything new.
Sun, 20 May 2012 11:54:44 -0700 -
Sprinkler puts out cooking fire on far west sid
An apartment on Madison's far west side suffered minimal fire damage Monday night, thanks to a sprinkler system.
Tue, 22 May 2012 07:57:41 -0700 -
Aletta weakens to a tropical depression in Pacifi
Aletta has weakened to a tropical depression as it swirls far out over the Pacific.
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:43:55 -0700 -
Far East Movement gets 'Dirty'
LOS ANGELES - Far East Movement has provided a thumping soundtrack to clubs around the world, so it seems appropriate that the group prepared for its latest album by doing essential research - a week of clubbing in Las Vegas. The result is "Dirty Bass," a collection designed to advance the four-man group's poppy mash-up of whooshing electro club beats, melodic hooks and exuberant hip-hop. When ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 20:52:28 -0700 -
Topham guides Griswold to 2nd straight Class 1-A titl
DES MOINES ? She?s usually far out front, racing only the clock.
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