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Cheating in school exams goes hi-tech

School exam cheats have devised new ways of earning themselves high marks, thanks to technology.
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The 'first true scientist'

Isaac Newton is, as most will agree, the greatest physicist of all time. But to be that great he stood on the shoulders of a greater scientist, He is the Arab scientist al Hassan Ibn al -Haytham. ...
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40% of Americans rely on internet for national and international news

A new Pew study shows that Internet has surpassed newspapers. It emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news and surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international news....
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First made-in-china jet ready for test

According to Xinhua, China’s first self-developed regional jet ARJ21-700 is ready for trial flights as it passed national verification by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Thursday....
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Algerian Bounatiro wins gold medal for forest fire alarm system

Algerian scientist Lout Bounatiro was awarded three medals for three inventions. Two of them were offered in the second international exhibition of inventions in the Middle East while he won a golden medal in the 57th session of the international show for innovation and scientific research organized on November 13-15 in Brussels. ...
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Endeavour docked in the International Space Station

Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts docked successfully with the International Space Station Sunday, beginning a home improvement mission to double the living space on the orbiting complex....
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U.S. Phoenix Lander Finishes Work on Red Planet

U.S. Spatial Agency NASA reported that its Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot’s arctic landing site is not providing enough sunlight for the solar arrays to collect the power necessary to charge batteries that operate the Lander’s instrument....
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China will send moon-buggy by 2012

Local Chinese media reported Friday, China aims at putting an unnamed buggy on the moon by 2012, laying ground for its greater ambitions of putting a Chinese man on the moon. ...
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« Near perfect » absorption of sunlight

U.S researchers at Renseelaer Polytechnic Institute said Monday they have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. efficiency, cost-affective solar power....
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Launch of European GOCE satellite adjourned

The launch of a Russian rockot carrier rocket bearing Europe's first GOCE satellite has been postponed, according to a press release issued by Russia's state research and Production Center. ...
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