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LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said it would not proceed with its $2.6 billion offer for Human Genome Sciences unless the U.S. biotechnology company dropped a "poison pill" shareholder rights plan imposed to block the deal. Human Genome adopted the stockholder rights plan earlier this month in...(more)
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The latest in the series of 'Doodle' artworks has been created to mark what would have been the 78th birthday of synthesiser creator Robert Moog.
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Ever want to video chat with a few of your closest friends? How about 11 of them at the same time? That's what video chat service ooVoo offers free through Facebook and a new iPad app.
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Artist Aaron Koblin uses data from the US Federal Aviation Administration to illustrate the paths of aircraft as they soar over the continent during a 24-hour period. Every day, around 27,000 flights take off.
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Mitt Romney's campaign is out with a new video suggesting President Obama is trying to deflect attention away from his economic record by attacking Romney's history at Bain Capital.
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The biggest environmental summit for a decade needs to deliver meaningful progress on global food security sustainable agriculture, say researchers.
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Jurassic Mom's almost certainly painful death is perfectly preserved in a rare fossil skeleton, one of the many unique items that will go on display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science's $85 million dinosaur hall.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A project to allow companies to set up a website with almost any address has relaunched after a software glitch exposed sensitive details of applications last month, forcing it to shut down. In the most ambitious expansion of the Internet so far, the...(more)
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The Navy invites online players of its Mmowgli game to brainstorm about ways to reduce its energy consumption and improve energy security.
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Al Qaeda video threatens cyber warfare on US, comparing vulnerabilities in American computer networks to the flaws in our aviation security system prior to the 9/11 attack.
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An Oxford academic who has written extensively on the ethics of extending our lives, said over the last 150 years we have extended our average life span from 40 years to 80 years and the trend is going upwards.
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Veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker's decision to step down as the United States ambassador to Afghanistan will not derail President Barack Obama's strategy there, White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Tuesday. "That strategy will continue, obviously. The leadership team is strong and the president looks...(more)
