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When a satellite that cost $600 million to build and operate goes silent for 144 hours, you're going to get a few peeved astronomers.

Tired of your vehicle taking upwards of eight hours to charge? Well, with a newly-designed battery that utilizes 3D film, those times could be cut down to mere minutes.

If you weren't lucky enough to catch the latest "Northern Lights event," fear not! A time-lapse video can now show you every breathtaking moment of the spectacle.

Going to the doctor is an expensive and potentially time-consuming process. But with the breakthrough of SIMBUS, finding out if you have a medical ailment could become as easy as a diabetes test.

Tom Pinckney, co-founder of SiteAdvisor and founder of Hunch, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In fact, his application was so impressive that he was accepted to MIT without ever completing high school.

Have you ever wondered what happened with those giant booster rockets once a shuttle is launched? ... seriously? Well, today's your lucky day, then!

It's official: "E-mail," the term used since the inception of the service, is dead. From now on, "email" will suffice.

Willis Tower in Chicago is poised to become the world's tallest solar farm. If successful, this could potentially lead to similar projects in other major cities.

The Florida Everglades, long thought to be just another side effect of Earth's ever-changing features, may now be a direct byproduct of ancient landfills.

In a test of the 4G services of all four major networks, Verizon not only beat out the competition -- their LTE service embarrassed them.