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Space shuttle being transported at the Kennedy Space Center

Space shuttle being transported at the Kennedy Space Center

US Space Shuttle Program Nears End of its Voyage

NASA boosts Florida's economy by billions of dollars, generates thousands of jobs

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Staff members attend an event where Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (File)

Google Attacks Highlight Growing Problem of Cyber Security Threats

Such attacks were once aimed mainly at national secrets and technological developments, that is changing

Fruit Flies Could Unlock Mystery of Alzheimer's

Scientists look to insects for answers on how human brain forms and retains memories

Activists See Social Media as Key Tool in Fight Against Extremism

But they say extremist groups are also often savvy Internet users

Enabling Cookies: Girl Scouts Take Sales Online

Troops use social media to boost sales

Our World — 13 March 2010

Preserving virtual worlds, studying fly brains to learn about human memory, UN orders review of climate change panel, and more

Illuminated lightbulb that uses Dr. Hinestroza's specially treated cotton threads as a conductor

Scientists Develop Fabric That Can Power Music Player, Monitor Vital Functions

Fabric can conduct electricity but that also can be made into light, comfortable clothing

US Loosens Export Restrictions on Internet Services to 'Closed Societies'

Citizens of Iran, Sudan, Cuba could benefit from new rule

Engineers from the MV NIWA Marine cable ship, background, prepare to deliver the Internet fibra optic cable to Mombasa in Kenya from United Arab Emirates, 12 Jun 2009

US Firm Urges Affordable Internet Access for East Africa

Last July, fiber optic cable went live off Kenyan coast, putting Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda on information superhighway

Google China flowers

China: No Contact with Google About Dispute

Google has said it was holding talks with Chinese officials

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 video game

New Video Games Renew Cold War Stereotypes

Despite efforts by Washington and Moscow to move forward, old stereotypes are hard to kill

Website of the Week - The Particle Adventure

The physics of sub-atomic particles explained by top scientists

A life reconstruction of Asilisaurus kongwe, a close dinosaur relative, from the Middle Triassic of Africa.

Scientists Discover Earliest Known Dinosaur Relative

The fossils of Asilisaurus kongwe were recovered by paleontologists in a large bone bed in Tanzania in 2003

A polar bear roams on the remote Svalbard archipelago between Norway's northern tip and the North Pole (File)

Polar Bear Fossil Traces Origin to Brown Bears

Scientists analyzing rare fossil found in 2004, conclude that polar bears appear to have evolved from brown bears 150,000 years ago

Americans who smoke are beginning to feel unwanted as federal laws prevent them from smoking in public buildings

Our World - 6 March 2010

Newly documented source of greenhouse gas, 2nd hand smoke danger for teens, Glaucoma as a brain disease, and more