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Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership
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Planets cover our galaxy - we are not alone
Recent discoveries of exoplanets by NASA's Kepler project and other research indicates that we may soon find habitable planets orbiting nearby stars.
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Messenger from Earth reaches Mercury orbit (photos)
The spacecraft Messenger is on a mission to get close and stay close to the innermost planet in the solar system to help NASA learn more about rocky planets--including our own.
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Paywalled news will lose vital student numbers
News organisations putting breaking news behind a paywall will lose out on customers - more so the younger generation who fill bypass this and find the same information elsewhere, but for free.
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Adobe Education Exchange - resources galore
Adobe's new Education Exchange is set to become an important destination for anyone looking to really explore the company's tools in the classroom.
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SmartPlanet: Meet the 'Indiana Jones' of NASA
NASA scientist Chris McKay takes his work to the far reaches of planet Earth, studying extreme conditions in order to find life on other planets.
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What planet is that? Ask Wolfram Alpha
My youngest son often asks whether a particular object in the sky is a planet or a star. If it's a planet, of course, he wants to know which planet. Some of them I can pick out. Venus isn't...
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Geo-engineering can save this planet
An article in the next issue of "Atlantic" puts geo-engineering front and center for stopping the ill effects of global warming. Faster and cheaper than the more political proposals like cap and...
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Megacities: thinking green
Human population growth seems inevitable if problematic. As the number of humans on the planet continues to increase, it's likely more and more people will crowd into dense urban areas with over...
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Kepler seeks out Class-M planets
NASA spaceship Kepler, equipped with a powerful telescope, will try to identify Earth-like programs in the galaxy's habitable zone.
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Ultra-sensitive camera to measure planet sizes
U.S. astronomers and engineers have built a new camera to precisely measure the size of planets moving around distant stars. This camera has been dubbed OPTIC -- short for 'Orthogonal Parallel...
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Images: Hubble observes planet orbiting another star
Astronomers identify the location of a giant planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting a star located about 25 light years from Earth.
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I don't know the answer, but I DO KNOW THE QUESTION: Is there a limit to economic growth?
It's considered unfair, racist, unimaginative, luddite or worse to question how many millions of people this planet can support at the average GDP of Europe, or more resource-costly, the U.S....
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First reflected light from an exoplanet
European astronomers have for the first time ever been able to detect and monitor the visible light that is scattered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, HD 189733b, which is also known as a 'hot...
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Five dirty truths about clean technology
Venture capitalist Kirk Washington cautions that achieving eco-excellence in the 21st century won't be fast or easy.
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Photos: Searching for Earth-size planets
At an open meeting at the SETI Institute, scientists discuss NASA's plans to use the new Kepler spacecraft to search for Earth-size planets orbiting stars.
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Photos: Mars rovers still churning
Spirit and Opportunity mark a first anniversary on the red planet--well past their original 90-day life expectancy.
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Photos: Mars rovers still churning
Spirit and Opportunity mark a first anniversary on the red planet--well past their original 90-day life expectancy.
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New images reveal planet in a state of flux (photos)
NASA satellite imagery offers eye-opening view, with before-and-after photos chronicling impact of fires, floods, glacier melt, and deforestation on the Earth.
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Morning on cloud planet
Cloud thinking is everywhere this spring with diminishing fear factor and business advantages being seriously considered. As this new era of enterprise technology gains momentum, fluffy...
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Simple tech engineering goes a long way in Haiti (video)
Silicon Valley engineers are needed in the developing world. Here's a look at efforts to rebuild a hospital in Haiti.
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