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Europe's Proba 2 satellite passed through the moons shadow four times, producing a time-lapse study of partial solar eclipses from above Earth's atmosphere on May 20th 2012.
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Over the weekend Yahoo! (YHOO) finalized a deal to sell half of its long-standing 40% stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. The deal is valued at $7.1 billion -- $6.3 billion in cash and $800 million worth of newly minted Alibaba preferred shares.
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From Asia to the United States, the May 20 annular solar eclipse was a sight to behold.
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On Monday, a suicide bomber posing as a member of the Yemen military killed at least 96 people and wounded hundreds more--most if not all soldiers--in a blast in Sanaa, Yemen's capital. The soldiers were rehearsing for a military parade in Sabeen Square near the presidential...(more)
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The second chance for SpaceX to launch its Dragon capsule to orbit comes Tuesday.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook Inc. stock has dropped below the initial public stock offering price in premarket trading Monday, an inauspicious start to the company's first full week of trading after its market debut Friday suffered some hiccups....
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The program will tell you how well you compare to others, from high school students to college professors, or the speed reading record - a staggering 4,700 words a minute.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd come face to face on Monday in court-directed mediation in the United States over a dispute in which the iPhone maker claims the Korean firm has "slavishly" copied some of its...(more)
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UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and other Kindle digital services.
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Researchers are trying to explain the curious behaviour - and find out the mechanism for how it works - after noticing that young animals could hold back their growth until the age of 30.
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The finding comes in the wake of the founding of Planetary Resources, a venture backed by Avatar director James Cameron, which aims to mine asteroids for their wealth.
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A man has been charged with criminal damage following a break-in at the Rothamsted Research centre where a trial of GM wheat is being held.
