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Every Old Meme Is New Again

December 1st, 2006 · No Comments

A new experiment sends a simple idea racing around the web, and tracks its progress. All of this has happened before; all of this will happen again.
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Critical infrastructure · Research · Security · Viruses and worms · Wired News

Messenger Makes a Pass at Venus

October 24th, 2006 · No Comments

The space probe continues a complex series of maneuvers to slip into orbit around Mercury, flying by the sultry planet for the first of two times as part of its positioning.
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Tags: Solar system exploration · Space science · Wired News

Second Life Figures Get a Life

October 9th, 2006 · No Comments

A Virginia man offers to turn avatars from the digital world into tangible statuettes. Will they be the next must-have extras for committed players?
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Virtual worlds · Wired News

Move Into Space, but Where?

September 25th, 2006 · No Comments

At Space 2006, arguments erupt over whether the moon, Mars or a space station should be the central settlement. Each has its advantages and downsides.
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Tags: Moon and Mars · Research · Space science · Wired News

NASA Fights Premature Graying

September 21st, 2006 · No Comments

The U.S. corps of space engineers is getting older, and without an infusion of young blood, ambitious projects targeting the moon and Mars may never get off the launching pad.
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Sign Up for a Mission to ‘Mars’

September 8th, 2006 · No Comments

Six researchers will get a chance to spend the summer on the most Mars-like place on Earth, an 8-meter diameter metal can in the Arctic desert.
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Tags: Government · Moon and Mars · Space science · Wired News