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A brilliant trip back to the technological future New Scientist Is the phenomenon that is humanity typical or exceptional in the universe? Does plagiarising nature count as fraud? Do we…

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In the future, all buildings will resemble massive toilet brushes. Perhaps not, but that’s the net-zero energy future of skyscrapers envisioned by Belatchew Arkitekter in an idea called STRAWSCRAPER…

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European RE.WORK summit aims to solve future problems through emerging tech GigaOM “We’re trying to showcase emerging technologies and breakthrough ideas,” summit founder Nikita Johnson told me. “It’s…

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Satellite images from every year since 1984 show the march of human progress—and the retreat of nature. Starting in the 1980s, Alaska’s Columbia Glacier began retreating, shrinking from 41 miles long (its…

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A Look Ahead At The Future Of Tech NPR Technology’s already changed our lives in ways we couldn’t have imagined just a few years ago. As part of Talk of…

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Great balls of power! Wind power is pretty great: One doesn’t need to do much but build turbines and capture the energy from a passing breeze. But, like what happened…

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Citizen Scientists: Friendly Future for DIY Tech TheTyee.ca One future technology that citizen scientists can look forward to is the Water Canary. Currently in development by journalist, teacher and…

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Visionary predicts high- tech not-so-distant future Northern Virginia Daily Society is entering a period of unprecedented opportunity that will see humanity change more in the next 20 years than…

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Never get caught in the rough again. Golf carts aren’t exactly marvels of horsepower, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be unique. Take this hovercraft-cart, for example. It’s actually…

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Apple iTV rumours: what you need to know We love the Full HD Apple TV , but we’re not sure Apple does: the company has seemed more interested in getting iPads…

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Image credit: Mister-E . It has recently come to my attention that there is wide variation in the frequency of tuskless male elephants across populations. These individuals are termed maknas…

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Eureka! Science News Future Tech : Robotic Jellyfish Patroling The Oceans Science 2.0 Alex Villanueva of Virginia Tech , adding that the project also allows researchers such as himself to better understand aquatic…

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Flow batteries could back up grid of the future New Scientist There have been growing pains, though, including anode failures, short membrane life and electrolyte leakage, says Steve Minnihan, an…

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Michael Warren, The Weekly Standard & Richard Fowler, The Richard Fowler Show & Patrick Hedger, Freedomworks, all join Thom Hartmann.

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CES gives peek of our tech future New Zealand Herald If CES left me confident that the future of consumer technology is in good hands, there’s much already on offer…

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In this case, a picture is worth 1.5 trillion words The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a long in-development, government-funded stealth fighter made by Lockheed Martin. Designed to replace…

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5 Trends That Will Drive The Future Of Technology Forbes Trends get a bad rap, mostly because they are often equated with fashions. Talk about trends and people immediately start imagining…

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The results of stress tests conducted by the Federal Reserve indicate that most banks would survive a severe recession and a crash in the markets.

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Kicking off her East Coast book tour, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, will attend events this week at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase.

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Carl C. Icahn, the veteran activist investor, is poised to announce his opposition to Dell’s proposed $24.4 billion sale to its founder, a person briefed on the matter said on …

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