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Australia, US to Invite China to War Games

 

 


Australia and the United States will invite China to take part in joint military exercises to help ease fears about an arms race in the Asia-Pacific region. 

 

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Where's The Weed?

 

 


It's green. It's herbal. It's organic. It's compassionate. It's healing. And it's nonprofit too.

 

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Delivering Data At Light Speed

 

 


You may not have heard of nanophotonics, but it may be the technology that puts Intel and Broadcom chips to shame.


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Tech Mogul Injured By Elephant

 

 


Today he's home in Woodside, recuperating from serious injuries. A little more than a month ago, Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel was in the Serengeti, where a charging elephant attacked him and a guide.

 

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Who's To Blame For The Mortgage Crisis?

 


If you're having a hard time getting your head around exactly what happened in the historic meltdown of America's home-mortgage market, you're not alone.

 

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Workers Adjust To The New F-word: Furloughs

 

 


"Furlough Fridays" for John Krumm may as well be called "Food Bank Fridays."

 

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IBM First to X-Ray a Molecule

 


IBM scientists claim to be the first to image the inner structure of a molecule, opening up new possibilities in building smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient computing components. 

 

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Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop

 


If after a few months’ exposure to our David Lynch economy, in which housing markets spontaneously combust, coworkers mysteriously disappear and the stifled moans of dying 401(k) plans can be heard through the floorboards, you have the awful sensation that your body’s stress response has taken on a self-replicating and ultimately self-defeating life of its own, congratulations. You are very perceptive. It has.

 

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Gold-plated Roman horse head found

 

 

Scientists say a Roman horse head made from bronze and plated in gold, has been discovered at an archaeological site in Germany.

 

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