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Even A/C Can’t Keep Our Economies From Slacking Off on Hot Days
As global warming turns up the temperature on the planet, it’s going to be tougher to get anything done
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Look How 30 Years of Automation Changed How Crayons Are Made
“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” showed how people made crayons. Today, crayon-making is a robot’s job
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Virgin Galactic’s Aggressive Plan to Get Back in the Air
The company hopes to resume flying with a new ship by summer 2015
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What SpaceShipTwo’s Crash Means for Virgin Galactic And Private Spaceflight
Private spaceflight may see tighter federal regulation
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Just Crashed in California
The private spaceflight company was testing a new fuel for their experimental spaceship
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Twitter Payments Will Put Hashtag Activists on the Spot
Maybe it’s time to actually #DoSomething
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Three Short Answers to Why Alibaba’s Worth So Much
Alibaba just raised $21.8 billion during its initial public offering
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SpaceX and Boeing Will Be NASA Astronauts’ New Ride Come 2017
Commercial companies could take over as early as 2017
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Peek Behind the Scenes to Preview the New West Wing at the American History Museum
After years of renovations, the museum begins a reopening of some of its galleries next summer
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This Website Wants to Make Your Major Life Decisions for You
The site could help people who just want their decisions validated or who honestly have no idea what to do with themselves
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Delay-Plagued Virgin Galactic Finds Itself Delayed, Again
It will be hard for Virgin Galactic to fly by 2015 without a fully tested rocket engine
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Why Networking Can Make You Feel Dirty
Pursuing relationships to forward your career aspirations triggers a sense of moral disgust
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Lego Is the Biggest Toy Company in the World
Lego overtook Mattel this year to become the world’s most-profitable toy company
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This Project Wants to Compost People After They Die
A Seattle-based designer aims to introduce a sustainable way of disposing of bodies
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In the U.S., Solar Energy Has More Than Doubled Since Last Year
Solar voltaic energy is a small, but growing, piece of the American energy pie
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Dear Americans: You Don’t Understand What the Burger King-Tim Hortons Merger Means to Canadians
Tim Hortons is a core component of the amorphous “Canadian identity”
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Bitcoin May Get a Whole Lot More Useful Soon
An eBay-owned company—that runs payments systems for AirBnB & Uber—is thinking about accepting Bitcoin
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Someone, Somewhere Is Still Emitting A Whole Load of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
Emissions of carbon tetrachrloride are still 30% of peak emissions
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How You Type Your Password Could Be Its Own Security Measure
Your phone could learn your typing behavior and use that to keep itself safe from intruders
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