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Mars rover Curiosity set to hit the road again
After playing in the sand, the Curiosity rover is poised to trek across the Martian landscape in search of a rock to drill into, scientists reported ...
SKorean presidential hopeful vows freer Internet
A South Korean presidential candidate has promised to get rid of encryption technology that has tied South Korean Internet users to a single web ...
NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move ...
Oil slips as fiscal cliff looms over US economy
The price of oil slipped below $86 a barrel Monday as traders worried about the threat to the U.S. economy if President Barack Obama and lawmakers ...
Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other
Toyota Motor Corp. is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just completed ...
Malaysia firm says high-tech farms can help poor
For one Malaysian widow, moving to this experimental farming village represented hope for a brighter future for her seven children. Her new neighbor, ...
How Obama victory could affect areas of US economy
Upper-income Americans may face a tax increase. Auto fuel economy standards might be raised. Stocks of construction and engineering companies could ...
Shuttle prototype Enterprise suffers storm damage
The flying machine that ushered in NASA's space shuttle program has suffered storm damage in New York City. Shuttle prototype Enterprise weathered ...
Where are all the space shuttles now?
The last of NASA's space shuttles to fly, Atlantis, is the last to move to its new retirement home, just 10 miles away at Kennedy Space Center's main ...
Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis
Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space ...
NASA rover doesn't detect methane on Mars
Scientists say initial sampling of Mars' atmosphere by the NASA rover Curiosity did not definitively detect methane, a gas that can be a clue to ...
Astronauts take spacewalk to find ammonia leak
Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station on Thursday, just hours after barely dodging a ...
Last shuttle's retirement move pains workers
Space shuttle Atlantis isn't going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world away for ...
$100M pledged to US-Israeli electric car venture
U.S.-Israeli electric car venture Better Place says investors have pledged it $100 million in additional financing. Top shareholder The Israel Corp.
Space shuttle Endeavour goes on public display
The final home of space shuttle Endeavour is opening its doors to the public. Astronauts and schoolkids will be on hand Tuesday at the California ...
Dragon ship back on Earth after space station trip
An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on ...
Soyuz with astronauts docks with space station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts and a consignment of fish successfully docked Thursday with the International Space Station after ...
Gov't to examine technology for automated cars
Cars that drive themselves may hold the potential to save thousands of lives, an Obama administration safety official said Tuesday, as the government ...
Groups win challenge to gene-altered crops
A federal judge sided on Tuesday with environmental groups that challenged the planting of genetically-modified crops on National Wildlife Refuges in ...
US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
A Russian spacecraft surged into clear skies over the Central Asian steppe Tuesday, carrying a three-man crew on their way to the International Space ...
Green buildings on the rise in Persian Gulf states
With massive steel Sidra trees sprouting from the base of the building and a 9-meter (yard) high sculpture of a spider in the lobby protecting a sack ...
US astronaut sees science breakthrough in space
A U.S. astronaut departing this week for the International Space Station said Monday that the bulk of the scientific benefits from the orbiting ...
Soyuz craft readied for space station mission
A Russian-made Soyuz rocket was erected into place Sunday, ahead of the start of a mission to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station
Hybrid vehicle battery creator Ovshinsky, 89, dies
Stan Ovshinsky, the self-taught inventor who developed the nickel-metal hydride battery used in the hybrid vehicle industry, has died at his home in ...
World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest
It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation — to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability ...