By KENNETH CHANG
To figure out an odd landscape feature on Mars, play in a big sandbox.
Enlist some high school students, too.
That’s what some scientists at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands did, and they believe they now know how sediment deposits spilling out of the mouth of some water channels on Mars were shaped in […]
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By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
WASHINGTON — Does the “America for Sale” sign require a warning label?
That would seem to be the case in light of the apparent collapse on Wednesday of a Chinese company’s effort to purchase a stake in 3Com, an American maker of Internet router and networking equipment, in the face of Bush […]
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By MIGUEL HELFT
SAN FRANCISCO — Hoping to earn more from its vast advertising network, Google said it planned to begin selling ads to appear inside videos on sites across the Web. While the money spent on Web video ads is a small fraction of the $20 billion spent on Internet ads in the United States, […]
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By MICHAEL BARBARO
The Sharper Image, the 31-year-old purveyor of futuristic adult gadgetry like $5,000 massage chairs and $300 robotic vacuum cleaners, has filed for bankruptcy protection after years of slipping sales, stiffening competition and image problems over its Ionic Breeze air purifiers. The retailer will still operate at least some of its 184 stores as […]
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By LINDA GREENHOUSE
WASHINGTON — Makers of medical devices like implantable defibrillators or breast implants are immune from liability for personal injuries as long as the Food and Drug Administration approved the device before it was marketed and it meets the agency’s specifications, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
The 8-to-1 decision was a victory for […]
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By CARLOTTA GALL
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — This week’s election will leave President Pervez Musharraf weakened in his post, but continuing returns and haggling over the new government on Wednesday showed his opponents likely to fall short of the numbers needed to impeach him. The Pakistan Peoples Party, which won the most seats in the new Parliament, […]
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