Video: Marking the ‘much-needed lift’ of Apollo 8
Dec. 24: For many, 1968 was a tumultuous time marked by war, assassination, civil unrest and deep political division. But as the year came to a close, the flight of Apollo 8 gave the nation an occasion to soar. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
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Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo
Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero.
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Africa’s oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies
Jane Goodall Institute staff members are mourning the death of Gregoire, Africa’s oldest known chimpanzee. Gregoire, who was 66 years old, was international symbol for the conservation of all animals, particularly those which suffered human-inflicted abuse prior to their rescue.
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Newsweek: Why we should demolish the FCC
Economic growth requires innovation. Trouble is, Washington is practically designed to resist it. Built into the DNA of the agencies created to protect innovation is an almost irresistible urge to protect the most powerful instead. The FCC is a perfect example.
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Spy trick hides messages in plain sight
In a move likely to thrill conspiracy theorists and government spooks, scientists from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are testing the limits of illicit messages hidden inside everyday communications, such as photographs, videos and newspapers.
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Global rules could rate websites like films
THE ratings used for films could be applied to websites under a plan to establish international rules to better police the internet.
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Police ‘threatened arrest over BlackBerry’
A MAN detained and threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act for filming police on his phone says police abused their powers.
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Nanotechnology committee to be created
A STATE government will appoint an advisory committee to report on the benefits and risks of nanotechnology.
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Secret web filter blacklists leaked online
SECRET lists of banned sites have been leaked online as the Government delays its filter trial.
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Twitter booms with 10,000 new users a day
WEB nerds and geeks aren’t the only ones using Twitter, with a new study revealing the site gets 10,000 new users daily.
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