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NY Times Technology

To Survive a Quake, New Bay Bridge Span Will Offer Least Resistance


The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco is designed to go with the flow if a major earthquake strikes.

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Joy Reidenberg, Anatomist, Builds a Following on ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’


A chance call made Joy Reidenberg, a researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine who has performed hundreds of dissections on various mammals, a TV celebrity.

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G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99m


Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery.

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MSNBC Science & Technology

Aurora extravaganza glows in space

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Colorful videos prove that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station had the best seats in the house for last month's northern lights.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Colorful videos prove that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station had the best seats in the house for last month's northern lights.
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Top 6 Facebook annoyances—and how to fix them

Here are six annoyances Facebook users run into that can really grind our gears. But we have the solutions for each.Here are six annoyances Facebook users run into that can really grind our gears. But we have the solutions for each.
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Video: Trick out your console using Vault

The case that adds an extra layer of awesome gaming goodness to your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. In-Game’s Todd Kenreck reports. (MSNBC)The case that adds an extra layer of awesome gaming goodness to your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. In-Game’s Todd Kenreck reports. (In-Game)
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Top 8 laptops under $500

The price of Windows laptops continues to decline, with the average system costing just $456 as of a few months ago. However, you don’t have to settle for something that’s underpowered or poorly made when you opt for a bargain notebook. The price of Windows laptops continues to decline, with the average system costing just $456 as of a few months ago. However, you don’t have to settle for something that’s underpowered or poorly made when you opt for a bargain notebook.
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Obama calls for boosting science education

Feb. 7: At the White House Science Fair President Barack Obama pitched an initiative to train more math and science teachers, and spent some quality time with young scientists. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.  (Nightly News)President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success.
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