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        <title><![CDATA[New biomass-powered train to travel at 130 m.p.h.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Cars and planes run on biomass. Why not trains as well?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Video: the home of the future]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Could domesticating smart technology transform the experience of aging?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cloaking the rainbow]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When one invisibility cloak isn't enough, scientists make 25,000 and use them to trap a rainbow.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[All-in-one 'V-Pole' charges electric cars, lights the street]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is this the utility pole of the future?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nokia's new typeface: designed to work in any language]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nokia and typography design group Dalton Maag have created a typeface that crosses borders and languages effortlessly.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Carter]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[The 'maker' community eyes the 'Internet of Things']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the company behind the Arduino open source platform, Atmel is primed to ride the &quot;maker&quot; market wave.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Catherine O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Los Angeles becomes largest U.S. city to ban plastic bags]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Cities are leading the way in the reduction of plastic bag use.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2012-05-25T04:33:20Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Is America divorcing the automobile?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Numbers show that the legendary love affair between America and the automobile might actually be a wilted marriage on the rocks.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel James]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2012-05-24T19:58:49Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[I say tomato, you say tomato, we all think the ones at the store taste bad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Scientists are using chemistry and genetics to figure out just what makes an heirloom or home grown tomato so much tastier than their store bought brethren.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How SRI aims to improve middle school math skills]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SRI researcher Phil Vahey is studying why many students flounder in math when they enter middle school. SmartPlanet visits the research organization and gets a tutorial on a more visual approach to learning math.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin User]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2012-05-24T16:32:00Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Dressed to kill, one atom at a time]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army is using eye-popping nanotechnology to upgrade and replace equipment soldiers bring onto the battlefield.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Malone]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Top 5 musical cities in America]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some cities are known for their music; others are home to it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Lambrecht]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2012-05-24T01:21:39Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[What can magic teach us about science?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sleight of hand, stolen watches and disappearing coins might seem like parlor tricks - but they could show us more about our own brains than we ever thought.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2012-05-23T19:26:59Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Meet Sir Jonathan Ive: Apple's designer gets royal nod]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apple's design chief is now a knight, having been bestowed the honor by the iPad-toting Princess Anne.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Catherine O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2012-05-23T16:46:03Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Big banks are redesigning branches as cafes, boats, 'concept stores']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Now offering lattes, elegant couches, rows of Apple computers--or services on a boat: big banks are increasingly using design as a strategy to lure in customers, from the wealthy to the poor.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Reena Jana]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Modern design for the little ones: Elips Design's kid-friendly home]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The London-based designers find a way to balance the sleek minimalism of modern design with family-friendly functionality and some fun surprises for the kids!]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Photos of the historic SpaceX shuttle launch]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Photos from the historic space shuttle launch by SpaceX, the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[SpaceX makes history with commercial space flight]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commercial space flight company SpaceX made history with the first launch by a private company of a spacecraft to the International Space Station.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Urban invention: Charge your phone with this street sign]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A new design lets you charge your phone on the street, no latte purchase needed.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2012-05-23T03:15:26Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Modern domestic designs for aging]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Named &quot;No country for old men&quot;, a collection of domestic objects addresses the everyday difficulties of aging, and modern life.]]></description>
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