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Olympic Athletes Turn To Scientists In Going For The Gold

July 13, 2012
Hurdler Lolo Jones works with a team of coaches and sports technologists to improve her form.

Since the first modern Olympics, athletes have trained to perfect their form. Now scientists and technicians are analyzing an athlete’s every movement to give an edge.

Why Lyme Disease Vaccine Isn’t Available To People

June 27, 2012
(Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Thousands suffer from tick-borne Lyme Disease each year. But there is a vaccine against the illness — it’s just not given to people, as Here and Now’s Curt Nickisch reports.

Should A Pregnant Woman Be Charged For Drug Use That Harms Her Fetus?

June 26, 2012
(Flickr/harinaivoteza)

In Alabama, there have been around 60 criminal convictions of new moms for drug use that harmed their fetus under the state’s new chemical endangerment law.

What’s Behind The Grizzly Bear Attacks In Yellowstone?

June 19, 2012
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At Yellowstone, a handful of people have been killed by Grizzly bears in the last two years — after no deadly encounters since the ’80s.

Venus Transit Complete!

June 6, 2012

The celestial Venus transit took place Tuesday — the last time the planetary phenomena will occur for the next 105 years.

Get Your Telescopes Ready For ‘Transit of Venus’

June 4, 2012
(AP)

It’s this week or never to watch the planet Venus crawl for about six hours across the face of the sun. That’s something that won’t happen again for another 105 years.

Big Blue Says Siri Not Welcome Here Anymore

May 31, 2012
Siri, iPhone's virtual assistant, has been banned at IBM workplaces. (AP)

IBM has banned employees from using Siri, the iPhone’s personal digital assistant, while at work. The company says they don’t want employees using Siri, because every word that is uttered into the application gets sent to an Apple server.

Do You Have Klout?

May 28, 2012
Klout

A Klout score is based on how much influence you wield on social media, and now companies are using that information to find and attract influential customers.

SpaceX Capsule Docks With Space Station

May 25, 2012
This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft, top, after Dragon was grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and connected to the International Space Station on Friday. (AP/NASA)

Space station astronauts have captured the Dragon.The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, making history as the first commercial delivery truck in orbit.

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘How A Brat Tycoon Became A Brilliant CEO’

May 11, 2012
Mark Zuckerberg

Some Wall Street investors were rankled when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg showed up in his signature hoodie. They say it’s a sign of immaturity. But Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget says Zuckerberg has come into his own as CEO, and Facebook is a great buy for people who believe in Zuckerberg’s social mission.

The Watch That Kickstarter Kick-Started

May 10, 2012
Founders of the Pebble watch raised more than $10 million on the crowdfunding website, Kickstarter. They stopped taking orders Thursday after selling 85,000 watches. (Pebble)

Have a product to sell, but no money to build it? Go to Kickstarter. The Pebble watch became the most successful campaign on the crowdfunding website after raising $10 million. Thursday Pebble ended its campaign early to make sure they could produce the 85,000 watches ordered in about a month.

Could Asteroid Mining Work? An Outer Space Lawyer Weighs In

April 26, 2012
Could asteroids be the next frontier in natural resource mining? (AP /NASA)

We fear them when they hurtle towards earth, but a new company is betting that asteroids could provide valuable resources.

Drones– Not Just For The Military

April 2, 2012
Mark Harrison prepares his Arcti Copter 5 drone for flight over a waterfront park in Berkeley, Calif. (AP)

Drones are increasingly used by hobbyists to do everything from help those in danger to eavesdropping on a cell phone conversation.

Why Data Boom May Be The ‘Big Innovation Of Our Age’

March 14, 2012

Data–your emails, Siri giving you directions on an iPhone, the latest political polls. It may be overwhelming, but an MIT professor says it is revolutionizing all aspects of our world.

Nuclear Plant Activists Plan Weekend March

March 10, 2012

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A watchdog group that monitors the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth is holding a march this weekend to mark the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

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