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  SpaceX overcomes Dragon glitch, but docking delayed until Sunday

  By Carl Franzen on March 1, 2013 05:42 pm + 12 comments

  SpaceX's Dragon is still on track to link up with the space station despite suffering a glitch after Continue reading…

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  Astronauts will use their feces as a radiation shield on 2018 mission to Mars

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 1, 2013 05:27 pm + 77 comments

  The Inspiration Mars Foundation's audacious plan for a private manned mission to Mars has more than Continue reading…

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  NASA's mini-submarine can dive into the lakes below Antarctica's glaciers

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 1, 2013 04:35 pm + 13 comments

  A miniature submarine deployed by NASA researchers has made first contact with the lakes hidden Continue reading…

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  SpaceX Dragon launched into orbit, but suffers problem (updated)

  By Carl Franzen on March 1, 2013 09:07 am + 58 comments

  SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Continue reading…

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  NASA's discovery of third radiation belt around Earth will mean 'rewriting textbooks'

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 1, 2013 04:10 am + 62 comments

  Scientists used to think that the Van Allen belts — two nested rings of charged particles Continue reading…

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  BigDog 'mule' robot wreaks havoc with herculean throwing arm

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 1, 2013 01:02 am + 61 comments

  Boston Dynamics' BigDog rough-terrain robot just got even more terrifying, with the addition of a Continue reading…

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  Scientists link rat brains together over the internet to transfer sensory information

  By Carl Franzen on February 28, 2013 06:01 pm + 105 comments

  Scientists have pulled off a real world, rodent-scale version of Vulcan "mind meld" from Star Trek, l Continue reading…

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  Self-driving trucks tested in Japan, form a close-knit convoy for fuel savings

  By Carl Franzen on February 27, 2013 07:50 pm + 32 comments

  As Google and others ramp up their plans to develop self-driving cars, one government-funded Continue reading…

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  Ancient fish sawed through prey with a spiral blade of teeth

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on February 27, 2013 06:13 pm + 38 comments

  "Imagine that... instead of having a tongue, you have this large spiral of teeth." That's how the Continue reading…

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  This black hole spins at nearly the speed of light

  By Carl Franzen on February 27, 2013 04:59 pm + 65 comments

  For the first time ever, scientists say they have conclusively measured the rate at which a s Continue reading…