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Cosmic Log: How the undecideds decide
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists find a technique that could help pollsters figure out which way undecided voters will go, even before the voters themselves know. FULL STORY
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The FAA's space vision

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Fifty years after the Federal Aviation Administration's founding, the agency's top official for commercial space transportation lays out a vision for the next 50 years.

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