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In the midst of a battle against cancer, Steve Jobs has resigned as C.E.O. of Apple, the company he saved from bankruptcy to lead the world market in creative computing devices.
The phrase “too big to fail” still rings hollowly and painfully for everyone who remembers the 2008 bailout of the reeling U.S. financial system that was termed necessary to avoid […]
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The Obama Administration continues to back our own domestic despots on Wall Street with the kind of zeal we used to use to support Middle Eastern dictators like Muammar Gaddhafi. […]
Martian soil could be very capable of supporting life, new data suggests. Previous analysis thought the surface was full of oxidizing compounds that would prevent its growth.
While scheduled for termination in 2020, the International Space Station may outlive that date given sufficient private investment. Entrepreneurs are lining up for the new space race.
Scientists in the U.K. who run the world's premier fusion lab are working to capture the same energy production process stars use in order to provide clean, unlimited amounts of energy.
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A fabulous Rheinpanorama from the early days of leisure travel
Brief post, but we just felt that M5.9 earthquake that occurred in Virginia (see top left) here in Ohio. My third floor office was swaying pretty good, but my wife […]