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Kill switch: breeding kamikaze mosquitoes
The Aedes Aegypti mosquito is just two to three millimeters long but its impact is devastating. Of the thousands of mosquito species, this one bears primary responsibility for one of the world's deadliest and fastest growing diseases.
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Get to know your unconscious: Dream-reading technology that actually works?
A dizzying number of trackers are available for health and lifestyle. Enthusiasts can now chart every calorie burned or consumed, have their genetics broken down and backdated for centuries, or follow their stress levels through a family holiday. But while our waking moments become ever more transparent, the one-third of our life spent asleep has remained off limits.
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Happy 35th birthday, Walkman
It was 35 years ago Tuesday that Sony, not Apple, revolutionized the way we listen to music.
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NASA's deep-space craft readying for launch
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 entrance.
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Mobile apps transforming the future of parking
An era of fumbling for spare change and driving in circles in search for a parking space may be coming to a close.
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Preserving 120 years of U.S. cultural history
When the Library of Congress comes to mind, most of us don't think of movies, TV shows or old-school vinyl.
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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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