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“Nerd Circus” Steam Carnival Reaches $100,000 Kickstarter Goal
Steam Carnival, the STEM-plus-art educational circus that performed earlier this week at D11, has met its $100,000 fundraising goal on Kickstarter. The carnival’s creators, Two Bit Circus, officially announced the news in a message thanking their Kickstarter backers. At the time of this writing, 1,033 backers had pledged $100,901 with 55 hours left for pledges.
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NASA Telescope Imperiled by Glitch
Space engineers are struggling to regain control of the Kepler space telescope, which has lost its ability to aim accurately at the star systems it has been scanning for planets similar to Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Wednesday.Voices
Human Cloning Moves Small Step Closer
Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning.Mind Games: Will Brain Power Be the Future of Play?
The search for a game-changer at a neurogaming conference this week in San Francisco.
Startup Studio Science Hires Digital Veteran Jason Rapp
The Mahalo, IAC and New York Times veteran joins the startup factory.
Some More Inconvenient Truths (Including Spider Goats): Al Gore Talks About “The Future” at SXSW
Live from Austin, Texas, it’s the man who brought you the Internet. (Really, he did, along with others.)
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Government Embarks on Brain Map
The U.S. government is planning a large-scale project that seeks to create the most comprehensive map of the human brain assembled so far, according to scientists involved in the project.The Science of Investing: Hearst’s New Venture Arm in $30 Million Funding Deal With Los Angeles Tech Studio
New York media meets Silicon Beach.
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Scientists Store King Speech, Shakespeare Sonnets in DNA
Scientists have stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity — a technique that one day may provide a new way to handle the overwhelming data of the digital age.Dollar Shave Club Carves Off Another $9.8M to Take Business International
The Dollar Shave Club turns heads with its impressive investor list.
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