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  • The Orphanage

    The Orphanage

    April 26, 2009 | 6:56 PM PDT

    With the price of ivory increasing, more elephants are being slaughtered and their orphaned babies are left in need of special care at an elephant orphanage in Kenya. Bob Simon reports.

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  • The Stubbornest Man On Earth

    The Stubbornest Man On Earth

    April 22, 2009 | 8:03 AM PDT

    The scientific establishment calls it junk science, but Michael McKubre says it's the future.

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  • More Than Junk Science

    More Than Junk Science

    April 22, 2009 | 8:03 AM PDT

    When first presented in 1989 cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science. But, as Scott Pelley reports, there's renewed buzz among scientists that cold fusion could lead to monumental breakthroughs in energy production.

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  • A New Edison?

    A New Edison?

    April 22, 2009 | 8:03 AM PDT

    Scientist Michael McKubre says Thomas Edison is his role model.

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  • Preview: Cold Fusion

    Preview: Cold Fusion

    April 17, 2009 | 10:41 PM PDT

    Presented 20 years ago as a revolutionary new source of energy, cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science. But today scientists are taking a second look. Scott Pelley reports.

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  • Pelley's Reporter's Notebook

    Pelley's Reporter's Notebook

    April 16, 2009 | 1:33 PM PDT

    Presented in 1989, cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science. But today, the experiments could lead to a monumental breakthrough in energy production. Scott Pelley reports.

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  • Andy On Impending Doom

    Andy On Impending Doom

    April 12, 2009 | 7:40 PM PDT

    As our world feels the increasing effects of Global Warming, Andy Rooney wonders if we're going to run out of the things we need before we can find substitutes for them?

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  • Creating The Bionic Arm

    Creating The Bionic Arm

    April 12, 2009 | 6:50 PM PDT

    Thanks to the biggest innovation in prosthetic arms since World War II it's now possible for amputees to pick up small, delicate objects they never thought they would master. Scott Pelley reports.

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  • Robo Legs

    Robo Legs

    April 12, 2009 | 6:50 PM PDT

    Josh Bleill demonstrates his state of the art robotic legs.

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  • DEKA Demo

    DEKA Demo

    April 12, 2009 | 6:50 PM PDT

    Thanks to his DEKA arm, Chuck Hildreth can once again do the simple things in life.

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