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Soyuz succesfully docked with the International Space Station

Despite an unexpected wrinkle with a thruster that made a poor orbit rendezvous, the Russian Soyuz succesfully docked with the…

Turkey denounces Syria security leak, blocks social media sites

Turkish government blocks access to Twitter and Youtube, decrying security leaks posted on the social media sites.

Microsoft CEO signals new course with office for Ipad

Microsoft's newly minted CEO shared the news that the company is bringing its popular office suite to Apple's tablet.

Facebook to use satellite, drones to spread the internet

Social media giant Facebook is harnessing satellite, drone and other technologies as part of a costly and ambitious plan to…

Scientists build first synthetic yeast chromosome

(Reuters) - An international team of scientists has built a modified yeast chromosome from scratch, the latest step in the…

Various historical items, auctioned in US

Various historical items were auctioned in the United States, including original Harry Potter book illustrations. Check that out together with…

BlackBerry posts smaller-than-expected loss; shares rise

(Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd reported a much smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, sending its shares up nearly 7 percent, even…

We’re heading for a decentralized Internet, but will we get there by 2015?

It was all talk in Singapore. But with the US withdrawing from ICANN, the body that governs the Internet, in…

Baby gorilla born via caesarian at San Diego Zoo goes for an outing with mom

(Reuters) -- A baby gorilla who came down with pneumonia after being born in a rare Caesarean section at the San Diego Zoo has improved…

Creating designer organisms by synthesizing a genome from scratch

Researchers have rebuilt a yeast chromosome, deleting superfluous genetic material not needed for survival. Such designer organisms could be the…

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