Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca
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Infographic: This is why you’re fat, America
The price of unhealthy foods -- soda, butter, beer -- has drastically dropped while prices of healthy foods has increased significantly, according to a chart of data over the last three decades.
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What we’re reading…
F-35 stealth fighter jet delays; transportation earmarks; Europe's biggest solar plant; 10 most expensive transit projects; home superinsulation.
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DARPA solicits research, sensors that demonstrate quantum biology
The Pentagon's cutting-edge research outfit, DARPA, is soliciting research that demonstrates quantum effects in biological processes -- as well as prototype biomimetic sensors that harness them.
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Genome sequencing turns to another target: patients with genetic diseases
Two research teams have completely sequenced the genomes of people who suffer from genetic disease -- and have come to a surprising twist in our understanding of how it's caused.
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Infographic: How cars are killing us (and where, and why)
A new infographic illustrates your odds of being killed in or by a car in different nations around the world.
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Brain scans can read your mind, researchers say
A scan of brain activity can essentially read a person's mind, researchers say.
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What we’re reading…
Solar costs slashed; rice yield tech; Herzog & de Meuron; underwater skyscraper; lip-reading cell phones.
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What’s next for the manned space program?
President Obama effectively canceled NASA's manned space program. So what's the next step for bringing man back to the moon?
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Boeing develops compact, energy-efficient 3D camera for military use
Boeing has developed a new, compact, energy-efficient camera that takes three-dimensional images for military, commercial and space applications.
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Computing pioneer Chuck Thacker wins A.M. Turing Award
Computer science pioneer Chuck Thacker has been awarded with the A.M. Turing Award, considered computing's Nobel Prize.
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