The U.S. space shuttle program
retired in 2011, leaving American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit.
But after three long years, NASA's successor is almost ready to make an
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'Bionic eye' lets blind man 'see' again
As a teenager, Roger Pontz's eyesight began to fail. Doctors told him there was nothing they could do to save his vision and over the years his sight deteriorated until, by the age of 40, he was completely blind.
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Cheating death through 'suspended animation'
As fans of "Grey's Anatomy," "ER" and any other hospital-based show can tell you, emergency-room doctors are fighting against time.
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Sonar sticks use ultrasound to guide blind people
"On the streets the sidewalks are cluttered with street vendors, animals, streetlights and other obstacles which make them uncomfortable even for sighted people," explains Professor Meenakshi Balakrishnan, a computer engineer at the Indian Institute of Technology, in Delhi.
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Lighting on the wall: World's most spectacular video projections
Sydney has had a radical makeover this summer, with the famous Opera House dressed in snakeskin and the underpass dotted with flowers to mark the city's Vivid festival.
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Can Amazon help 3-D finally catch on?
Over its extensive history, 3-D entertainment has seen its share of successes and failures.
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World Cup survival glass tells you when to stop drinking
Imagine you are welded to the sofa at home about to watch a third match in a row. You have been drinking throughout the day, but reach for another can of cold beer and fill your glass.
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Solar storms! Full moon! Must be Friday the 13th
Common Western superstition says Friday the 13th is unlucky. But what does it say about a Friday the 13th with a full moon and solar flares that could create geomagnetic storms large enough to disrupt Earth's atmosphere?
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Vanishing spray makes World Cup debut
Now you see it, now you don't. That's the logic behind the vanishing spray being used at this year's World Cup in Brazil.
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What an Enterprise! NASA physicist, artist unveil warp-speed craft design
Thanks to a NASA physicist, the notion of warp speed might just travel out of sci-fi and into the real world.
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New technology aims to rid World Cup of 'ghost goals'
In 1966, British soccer legend Geoff Hurst booted a right-foot shot against Germany in the World Cup championship game. The ball struck the top crossbar and rifled down near the goal line before spinning out.
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'Smart' football helmet may help detect concussions
For years, the protocol for treating possible concussions on a football field has been this: After a player takes a hard hit to the head, a coach or trainer examines him to assess the severity of the impact and his readiness to return to the field.
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Meet Pepper, the emotional robot
When someone is being stiff and acting emotionless, we may have to quit calling them a robot.
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One month under the sea with a Cousteau
Could we one day live underwater? Ask Fabien Cousteau -- a month from now.
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Hollywood to feds: Let us use drones
It's almost entirely illegal to use drones for money-making purposes in the United States. But a little Hollywood magic could change that.
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