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Video: Raw Video: Aurora Borealis As Seen From Space

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:59 +0000

Stunning new time-lapse images of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, have been released by NASA. (Feb. 10)

Video: Spy on the Wall: Video Conferencing at Risk

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:24:45 +0000

Video conferencing has quickly evolved into a technology that's everywhere, from Facebook feeds to corporate boardrooms. Its value as a communications tool is profound. But so too is its vulnerability to hackers. (Feb. 10)

Video: Union: 'Panic Buttons' for All Hotel Maids

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:12 +0000

Nine months ago a hotel maid accused Dominique Strauss Kahn of sexual assault. The case was dropped but now NYC hotel owners and the union that represents maids wants all housekeepers to carry a security 'panic button.' (Feb. 10)

Video: Scientific Coup, Russians Reach Antarctic Lake

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:31:22 +0000

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years. It may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets

Video: Raw Video: WH Fair Captures Obama's Inner Geek

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:55:07 +0000

President Barack Obama opened the White House Tuesday for science fair featuring 30 student projects. At one point, he mischievously helped fire an 8th grader's award winning high-speed marshmallow air cannon in the elegant State Dining Room. (Feb. 7)

Video: Arctic Penguins Arrive in Dubai

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:02:26 +0000

Twenty penguins are settling in to their new home - Dubai - one of the hottest places in the world. They're sharing their new home with skiers and snow boarders at one of the emirates indoor ski slopes.(Feb. 7)

Video: NJ Museum Finds 19th Century Recording

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:02:01 +0000

The National Park Service announced this week that a German chancellor's voice has been identified among those found on a dozen recorded wax cylinders, each more than 120 years old, that were once stored in Thomas Edison's New Jersey lab. (Feb. 3)

Video: Raw Video: Orangutan Gets Heart Ultrasound

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:50:33 +0000

An 8-year-old male Bornean orangutan at Zoo Atlanta became the first member of his species to participate in an awake cardiac ultrasound. The procedure was performed by sonographers from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. (Feb. 2)

Video: Latest Scavenger Hunt Takes You Underwater

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:11:40 +0000

Geocaching, a terrestrial-based hobby, is slowly becoming popular with scuba enthusiasts looking for a new adventure. AP's Suzette Laboy gives us an underwater view of this scavenger hunt. (Feb. 2)

Video: Raw Video: First Video From Moon's Far Side

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:53:29 +0000

A spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured the first video of the lunar far side that people on Earth can't see. The video was captured by one of NASA's twin Grail probes using MoonKAM, a camera which will eventually be used by students. (Feb. 1)

Video: TV in a Mirror Tops Tech Show

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:39:56 +0000

The ISE 2012 technology show is going on this week in Amsterdam. It features the latest in audio-visual technologies. (Feb. 1)

Video: Window Shopping Will Never Be the Same

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:57:40 +0000

This is window shopping the 21st century way. And if researchers at the have their way, this is how we will soon make purchases at the mall. (Jan 31)

Video: Will Investors 'Like' Facebook After IPO?

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:23 +0000

When Facebook makes its debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America. (Jan. 30)

Video: Raw Video: Pandas in China Get Special Treat

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:27:17 +0000

Pandas have long enjoyed a simple diet of bamboo - but, at a panda center in China's Sichuan province, keepers are now giving them special cakes, designed to meet their nutritional needs. (Jan. 30)

Video: Israeli Company Develops Black Tomato

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:35:42 +0000

An Israeli seeds company has developed a black colored tomato. Seeds Technologies, based in the agricultural community of Kfar Ruth, said they crossed bred a wild tomato with a cultured tomato to achieve the effect. (Jan. 30)

Video: Animatronic Dinosaurs Take Over Aussie Museum

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:30:51 +0000

An Australian museum is celebrating a milestone birthday with both new and prehistoric guests. Animatronic dinosaurs mingle with the crowds in order to bring history alive. (Jan 27)

Video: Animatronic Dinosaurs Take Over Aussie Museum

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:44:09 +0000

An Australian museum is celebrating a milestone birthday with both new and prehistoric guests. Animatronic dinosaurs mingle with the crowds in order to bring history alive. (Jan 27)

Video: California Setting New Clean Car Standards

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:28:00 +0000

California is adopting rigorous new emissions standards for cars that will force automakers to make even cleaner engines, more hybrids and a diverse collection of alternative fuel vehicles. (January 26)

Video: California Setting New Clean Car Standards

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:58:06 +0000

Video: The Spiders That Weave the Golden Threads

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:21:42 +0000

The world's largest pieces of fabric made from spiders' silk have gone on show in the UK. The display includes a luxurious brocaded shawl made from the silk of more than a million gold orbweavers spiders from Madagascar. (Jan. 25)

Video: Raw Video: Timelapse of Solar Storm Light Show

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:59:24 +0000

The Northern Lights lit up the skies above Scotland and northern England after the biggest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth with radiation. Video shot last weekend shows the effect of the Aurora Borealis above Norway. (Jan. 24)

Video: Solar Flare Radiation Pounds Earth

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:30:42 +0000

Radiation from the biggest solar storm since 2005 is pounding the earth. The radiation could potentially disrupt satellites, but no disruptions have been reported. (Jan 25)

Video: Solar Storm Makes for European Light Show

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:28:41 +0000

Stargazers in northern Europe are being treated to a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years. This time-lapse footage shows the Aurora Borealis in the skies above Trondheim, Norway. (Jan. 24)

Video: Raw Video: Timelapse of Solar Storm Light Show

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:23:10 +0000

Video: Fight to Save Dozens of Whales in New Zealand

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:04:11 +0000

Volunteers work to save 40 stranded whales on Farewell Spit in New Zealand where 36 have already died. The pilot whales are ending up trapped on a beach, with people scrambling to keep them cool and wet until the next tide. (Jan. 24)

Video: 3-D Facial Scans Could Help Children

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:58:15 +0000

Thousands of 3D face scans of visitors at London's Science Museum are being taken as part of a ground-breaking research program to help children with facial deformities. (Jan. 23)

Video: Scores of Whales Die on New Zealand Beach

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:37:47 +0000

22 Pilot whales die after pod beaches in New Zealand. Rescuers are trying to save the 77 animals that are left, dousing them with water, waiting for high tide to take them back out to sea. (Jan. 23)

Video: Bail Ruling to Come for Dotcom in New Zealand

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:53:23 +0000

Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants in the Megaupload case appeared in an Auckland court Monday, which heard arguments over their bail requests. Dotcom's lawyer said his client was innocent of internet piracy and money laundering charges. (Jan. 23)

Video: Tiny Baby Leaves LA Hospital Amid Fanfare

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:21:29 +0000

One of the world's smallest surviving babies was discharged from an LA hospital Friday. Doctors are cautiously optimistic that she'll develop normally. The baby and her parents got the Hollywood treatment when they introduced her to reporers. (Jan. 20)

Video: Megaupload Closed, Arrests in New Zealand

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:04:03 +0000

A US online piracy case brought the shutdown of Megaupload.com, one of the world's biggest file sharing sites, along with 4 arrests in NZealand. It comes just after a massive internet protest over new US anti-piracy laws. (20 January 2012)

Video: Sex Is Safe for Most Heart Patients

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:15:05 +0000

A heart attack need not kill a love life. The American Heart Association says most stable heart patients can have sex again, but only with a doctor's approval. (Jan. 19th)

Video: Sex Is Safe for Most Heart Patients

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:52:20 +0000

A heart attack need not kill a love life. The American Heart Association says most stable heart patients can have sex again, but only with a doctor's approval. (Jan. 19th)

Video: Apple Sets Its Site on Electronic Textbooks

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:24:47 +0000

Apple is launching a new version of its iBooks software, tailored to present vivid, interactive textbooks for elementary and high school students on the iPads. (Jan. 19)

Video: Doctors: Depression Shrinks Parts of the Brain

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:28:55 +0000

British doctors say latest scanning techniques show distinct differences and changes in volume in parts of the brain among patients with depression and bipolar disorder. (Jan. 18)

Video: Websites Black Out Over US Anti-piracy Bills

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:35:19 +0000

A number of major English-language websites around the world, including Wikipedia, have blacked out their pages Wednesday, to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration by the U.S. Congress. (Jan. 18)

Video: Raw Video: Eggs Thrown at Apple Store in China

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:13:17 +0000

Apple Inc. postponed sales of its iPhone 4S in its mainland China stores Friday after angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at the company's flagship Beijing store. (Jan. 13)

Video: Touch Screens That Touch You Back

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:12:26 +0000

Two companies are replacing the crude vibration motors in today's phones with something that provides the holder's hands with a much wider range of sensations. The "feel screen" technology was unveiled at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. (Jan. 11)

Video: Raw Video: Bieber Unveils Dancing Robot at CES

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:31:27 +0000

Pop singer Justin Bieber unveiled a state-of-the-art speaker that doubles as a dancing robot at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. The toy is called mRobo Ultra Bass, and it's expected to launch this fall and retail for about $200. (Jan. 11)

Video: Meet the World's Smallest Vertebrate

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:31:23 +0000

A frog that can sit on your little finger's nail with room to spare has been crowned the world's smallest vertebrate, out-tinying a fish that got the title in 2006. The adult frogs are about three-tenths of an inch long, found in New Guinea. (Jan. 11)

Video: CES Gadgets: Sneak Peek at Nintendo Wii U

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:21:20 +0000

Nintendo is giving journalists hands-on time with the upcoming Wii U game console which features a touch-screen controller at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. (Jan. 10)

Video: CES Gadgets: Sneak Peak at Nintendo Wii U

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:01:21 +0000

Nintendo is giving journalists hands-on time with the upcoming Wii U game console which features a touch-screen controller at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. (Jan. 10)

Video: CES Gadgets: Control TV With Your Mind

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:12:04 +0000

Some say TV rots your brain. But one company showed off a new prototype at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show where your brain gets revenge, by controlling the TV! (Jan. 10)

Video: Celebrities Geek Out at Annual Gadget Fest

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:39:09 +0000

With the success of Beats by Dr. Dre, musicians and celebrities launching new headphone lines appears to be a trend at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (Jan. 10)

Video: Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:35:36 +0000

Citing danger of nuclear proliferation and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hand of it's 'Doomsday Clock' to five minutes to midnight. (Jan. 10)

Video: 'World's Thinnest' TVs Debut at CES

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:02:11 +0000

LG and Samsung unveiled new 55" flatscreens using OLED technology at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas measuring just four millimeters in thickness. But as AP's Haven Daley reports, the new ultra-thin flatscreens won't be cheap. (Jan. 9)

Video: CES Gadgets: "Hopper" Extends DVR to More Rooms

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:00:49 +0000

Satellite broadcaster Dish Network has unveiled a new high-powered set-top box, called "Hopper," at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. It can act as the main home TV recorder and record as many as six HD programs simultaneously. (Jan. 10)

Video: CES Gadgets: Powerbag Gives Techies a Charge

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:57:43 +0000

Powerbag, shown off at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, allows gadget geeks to charge all their mobile devices at the same time while on the go, using a built in long-life rechargeable battery. (Jan. 10)

Video: 'World's Thinnest' TVs Debut at CES

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:09:20 +0000

Video: Thin Is in at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:43:27 +0000

The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is set to kick off in Las Vegas with Microsoft announcing this will be its last year at the annual gadget fest. As AP's Haven Daley reports, expected highlights include new ultra-thin laptops and flatscreen TVs. (Jan. 9)

Video: Gamers See 2012 As a Stellar Year

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:13:20 +0000

2012 is likely to be a vintage year for gaming with some hot new releases on the horizon. Leading the field is the latest expansion pack to Blizzard's hugely popular StarCraft 2. (Jan. 3)