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Inventor says flying jetpack about to become reality
New York Times News ServiceTo rise off the ground wearing a jetpack is to feel the force of dreams. Very, very noisy dreams. On Tuesday, an inventor from New Zealand plans to unveil what he calls "the world's first practical jetpack" at the EAA AirVenture, the gigantic annual...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Health and Safety at School, Metal and Mineral, Invention and Innovation, Biotechnology
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Let's make history again
I recently stood on the windy coast of North Carolina where Orville and Wilbur Wright made their maiden flight in 1903. That motorized glider, constructed with bicycle parts, lifted off and flew nearly 900 feet in 59 seconds. Americans, astonishingly,...Tags: Ecosystems, Maryland, Executive Branch, North Carolina, Movies
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Technology takes cue from humpback
McClatchy-TribuneA West Chester University professor has developed a wind turbine that draws inspiration from a blubbery source: the flippers of a humpback whale. Those knobby flippers were long considered one of the oddities of the sea, found on no other earthly...Tags: Fencing, Zoology, Natural Science, Animals, Renewable Energy
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'How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer'
Special to The TimesGuys: If the woman in your life wants to see "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" because she heard it's a sweet, funny and realistic view of sexuality from a woman's point of view, go along quietly. You'll survive this. Writer-director-producer...Tags: Elizabeth Pena, Movies
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The Outer Banks -- for the inner child in all of us
Detroit Free PressIt was just a few miles off the beaches of the Outer Banks that the pirate Blackbeard sailed his Adventure into battle against Lt. Robert Maynard's British Navy sloop Ranger in 1718. It ended with Blackbeard -- an Englishman whose name was Edward Teach,...Tags: Outer Banks, Freedom of the Press, Tourism and Leisure, Beach Vacations, Gardens and Parks
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Stem cell milestone achieved
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterResearchers from Japan and Wisconsin reported Tuesday that they had reprogrammed mature human cells to behave almost exactly like embryonic stem cells, a biological breakthrough that instantly recasts the field's ethical, scientific and economic...Tags: Animal Science, Agricultural Research and Technology, Health Organizations, Values, Christianity
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Russia resurgent
Today, Hickam and Simberg debate the marketing of the once-struggling Russian space program. Previously they discussed the grudge match between private space entrepreneurs and the federal space agency, examined the moon and Mars for signs of human life...Tags: Technology, Society, Boeing Co., Dwight David Eisenhower, Ceremonies
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Rust Belt clamors for fix, gets rhetoric
Tribune correspondentYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The rusted carcass of the Republic Steel mill still stands watch over the Mahoning River, its skin faded by rain and snow, a winter wind blowing through long-shattered windows. Presidential candidates come to stand in its...Tags: Michigan, Contracts, Political Candidates, Academic Progress, International Relations
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Sputnik's warning
Few Americans have ever heard of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. But he is the reason that NASA was created and that we went to the moon. It is because of this anonymous Russian that we have federally backed college loans in this country and National Football...Tags: Rhode Island, Lyndon B. Johnson, National Football League, Satellite Technology, The White House
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Historical journey
South Florida ParentingLong before Washington, D.C., existed, the shores of the Potomac were divided into plantations owned by wealthy traders and gentleman farmers. Mount Vernon -- just 16 miles from Washington -- was a plantation George Washington inherited and lived in...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Fort McHenry, Movies, Mount Vernon, Family Vacations
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Outer Banks guide
Daily PressThis 130-mile curving strip of sand, thrusting far out into the Atlantic Ocean, is a unique combination of magnificent beachfront and four centuries of history. And while a burgeoning tourist trade has transplanted all of the comforts of "back home" to...Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Natural Resources, Wildlife, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Outer Banks
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Island with a view
Special to the SunIn the Outer Banks, the beaches are the star attraction. Just off the North Carolina coast, the chain of barrier islands stretches more than 90 miles. And for inhabitants and visitors in the 15 towns along the Outer Banks, the beaches rank among the...Tags: Rooms and Sublets, Personal Service, Climbing, Natural Resources, CVS Corporation
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