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Ned Potter is the science correspondent for ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson." He has reported on such topics as space exploration, the human genome and climate change.
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From the Fertile Mind of Arthur C. Clarke
Stanley Kubrick's science-fiction epic "2001: A Space Odyssey" may seem a touch quaint in 2007, but when it came out in 1968 it was hailed as visionary. It depicted astronauts going on a mission to Jupiter, in search of the...
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September 7, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)
The Bionic Arm
A side effect of the Iraq war, we've all learned, is that troops who would have died in the past are coming home alive--alive, but sometimes less than whole. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has been funding work...
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September 6, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (6)
The Fossett Search
J. Stephen Fossett made a name for himself as a risk-taker. He became wealthy as an options trader in Chicago, and he became famous for the many records he broke. As far as we know, though, Monday's flight was supposed...
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September 5, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (2)
