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Space shuttle launch
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Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 08 Feb 2010

Space Shuttle Endeavour Heads to International Space Station

Endeavour blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the southeastern US state of Florida before dawn Monday

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Shelved Machine Translator Gets New Life in Haiti Relief Effort

Search engines power largely forgotten English/Creole language database

Reconstruction of the plumage color of the Jurassic troodontid Anchiornis huxleyi. [Image courtesy of Michael A. Digiorgio]

Dinosaur with Colorful Plumage Discovered

Discovery expands scientists' understanding not only of how some dinosaurs looked but also how they behaved

Our World — 5 Februrary 2010

A new strategy for the U.S. Space Agency, dramatic pictures from Pluto, a web-based Haitian Creole translator and much more

Report says Russian science has suffered from drastic budget cuts since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

Report Says Russia Losing Edge in Science

Brain drain exacerbates an already serious problem

Obama's 2011 Budget Scraps Manned Lunar Missions

Cancellation of plan to put astronauts back on the moon signals dramatic change for U.S. manned space program

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev seen visiting the Kurchatov Nuclear and Scientific Research Institute in Moscow (file photo)

Report Says Russia Losing Edge in Science

Funding for research and development cut since fall of Soviet Union; serious brain drain since 1991 exacerbates problem

Researchers Unravel Soybean's Genetic Code

First domesticated by the Chinese more than 3000 years ago, the soybean is now poised to take off as the next generation of jet fuel

WFP, Vodafone Project Distributes Food Vouchers by Text Message in Burkina Faso

Pilot project will allow shopkeepers in Burkina Faso to manage food vouchers by text message

Denise Harris, 39, suffers from epilepsy, and doctors at the medical center of New York University are monitoring her seizures in the hope of performing an operation to minimize them

Brain Study Sheds Light on Language Use

Researches say study on brain shedding light on how humans process language

Apple Launches iPad Tablet Computer

Computer promised to combine best elements of company's line of phones and laptops

Our World — 30 January 2010

Mars rover, new dinosaur, flesh-eating bacteria, Apple's iPad, India's child brides, and much more

Invest in High Speed Internet, Says Scholar to African Leaders

Calestous Juma of Harvard University says information and communication technologies are keys to meeting Africa's development needs

A man uses his mobile phone while looking at a computer screen at the reception area of Google's China headquarters in Beijing, 18 Jan 2010

China Says Google's Phone Technology Will Not Be Restricted

Beijing says Google's Android system can be used without any restrictions as long as it conforms with the nation's rules and regulations

New Study Says Technological Advances Alone Cannot Save The Environment

Worldwatch Institute says cultural change is needed