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Playing backup to a space billionaire

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Space Adventures

Cosmic Log: High-tech investor Esther Dyson pays $3 million to take cosmonaut training as the backup for a spacefaring billionaire.

Stunning new views of Mercury revealed
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NASA's probe beams images on second encounter. Full story

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Make mine mean-faced

People readily see faces and traits in cars, and a new study suggests that they prefer cars to appear dominant, masculine and angry. Full story

Internet
'Mail Goggles' stymie drunk e-mailing

If you're the kind of person who types tipsy and regrets it in the morning, Google's 'Mail Goggles,' a new test-phase feature in the free Gmail service, might save you some angst. Full story

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'Warhammer Online' delivers the goods

"Warhammer Online" has been touted by industry watchers as the one game capable of dethroning "World of Warcraft." Quite the prophecy, but "Warhammer" largely delivers on its promise to make online gaming inclusive, fun — and not such a grind.

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