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Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed

For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 11

Dutch government backtracks on anti-smoking

It's getting surprisingly easy to light up in the Netherlands these days - cigarettes, that is.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple under fire over China university outlet

Technology giant Apple has come under fire in China over plans to open an outlet in the library of one of the country's oldest and most prestigious universities.

Technology / Business

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electric cars take off in Norway

They speed past gas guzzlers in traffic, ignore congestion charges and get city centre parking for free. In a country whose wealth is fuelled by oil, Oslo has become the world capital of the electric car.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 120

Australian birds with cocky attitude

It's not yet the Bodega Bay of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", but winged creatures are increasingly becoming a concern for inhabitants of Australia's biggest city.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

A very bumpy playing field

As the electronic clock purrs away the milliseconds to the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games, a new book by a Cambridge University researcher looks at the controversies surrounding the training and ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New York mayor bans smoking in parks, beaches

New York: the city that never smokes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple accused of copyright infringement in China

US high-tech giant Apple has been accused in China of copyright infringement, with a computer screen maker saying it owns the rights to the iPad name in the country, a report said Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

German scientists see golden future for 'self-driving' cars (Update)

Scientists in Germany unveiling the latest self-driven car Wednesday said the days of humans behind the wheel are numbered and that their technology can slash accidents and help the environment.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 64

All together now! Beijing revives mass exercises

Liu Tao grimaces as he leaps up and down doing jumping jacks, one of the exercises he sweats through under a revived daily calisthenics routine that authorities in Beijing want all workers to perform.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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