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Sculptor Whiteread Explores the Simple Life in New UK Show
Garden sheds, tin cans and other everyday objects form the backbone of a new show by British sculptor Rachel Whiteread which celebrates the simple things we take for granted in life.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Big Venture Firms Eye Opportunity in Google Glass
Venture firms Andreessen Horowitz,Google Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are teaming up to provide funding for startups working with Google Glass, the hybrid eyeglasses and smartphone developed by Google.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
"Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" Hits UK Chart on Thatcher's Death
The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has sent a 74-year-old song, "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", flying into the UK charts, figures showed on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Dinosaurs: Fossils Found in China, Flexed Muscles Before Hatching, Bones are 190 Million-Years-Old
Dinosaurs flexed their muscles, much like humans and birds, when inside the egg according to paleontologists who discovered and studied 190-million-year-old fossils from southwestern China.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Project Apollo, Moon Missions Abandoned by NASA
NASA will not be headed back to the moon, but will focus on putting an astronaut on Mars. Project Apollo turns 40-years-old.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Sleaze-raking French Website has Political Elite Quaking
A fledgling investigative website has made its mark as the top French media exposing government sleaze, with its coup against a minister leaving national newspapers playing catch-up and other politicians quaking.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Photographer Salgado Captures Untouched Nature in New UK Show
Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado considers the eight years he spent documenting the world's most dramatic landscapes and indigenous communities a small price to pay for his art.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Nasa, MIT Pursue Extraterrestrial Life, Habitable Planets by 2017 with TESS
The search for habitable planets and extraterrestrial life by 2017 will be accelerated with the NASA-MIT TESS project.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
U.S. Holds Visa Lottery for 85,000 Skilled Workers
A U.S. visa program ran a lottery on Sunday to award 85,000 slots for high-skilled workers just one week after the application period opened, the Citizenship and Immigration Service said, signaling companies feel confident enough about theeconomy to hire more foreign workers.
Monday, April 08, 2013
"Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87
Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87.
Monday, April 08, 2013
Verizon May follow T-Mobile, Drop Cell Phone Contracts
Does Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam's comments mean the carrier will follow T-Mobile's lead and drop cell phone contracts?
Monday, April 08, 2013
ITC Judge says Samsung Infringes Key Part of Apple Patent
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed a key portion of an Apple Inc patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision.
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Republican Lawmakers Seek Details on Beyonce, Jay Z Cuba Trip
Two Republican members of Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury Department for information on what type of license American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z obtained for a high-profile trip to Cuba to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Egypt Court Turns Down Islamist Lawsuit Against TV Satirist
An Egyptian court on Saturday threw out a lawsuit calling for a popular television satirist to be banned for insulting the president and Islam, but he still faces a criminal investigation on similar charges.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
New York Aquarium Reopens May 25, Sandy Ravished Coney Island Spot Will Have Sea Lions
Coney Island's New York Aquarium will reopen on May 25th after Hurricane Sandy destroyed some exhibits and put the Aquarium in a $65 million hole.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
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Cultural Earthquake: 70% Women to Follow Angelina's Double Mastectomy
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Google I/O Exclusive: Rumors-Nexus 7 Upgrade and Google Glass Release Date [Video]
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DNA: Ancient Europeans Disappeared 4,500 Years Ago, Today's Genetic History Uncovered?
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NASA Announces Record-Breaking Lunar Explosion: Brightest Ever
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IBM Solar Collector to Breakthrough-Collects the Power of 2,000 Suns; Still Keeps it Cool
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Barnett Newman Painting Fetches $43.8 Million at NYC Auction
