Latest SciTech Videos
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Play CBS Video September 24, 2004 | 3:02 AM PDT
Genesis Capsule Mishap
NASA's Genesis space capsule slammed into the Utah desert today after its parachute apparently failed to deploy. Scientists worry that its cargo may have been ruined. Manuel Gallegus reports.
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Play CBS Video September 24, 2004 | 3:01 AM PDT
Genesis Capsule Crashes
The Genesis space capsule, which orbited the sun for more than three years to find clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed to Earth after a parachute malfunction.
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Play CBS Video September 24, 2004 | 3:02 AM PDT
Particles From The Sun
After astronomers have discovered four new planets, they hope to learn more about the sun from particles collected by the spacecraft Genesis. KHOU's Nancy Holland reports.
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Play CBS Video August 31, 2004 | 9:15 PM PDT
Gear To Push Athletes
Many world-class athletes at the Olympic games are getting a little help from hi-tech gear, CBS News' Thalia Assuras reports.
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Play CBS Video August 20, 2004 | 4:15 AM PDT
Best Entertainment Gadgets
Huge strides in technology have made home theater equipment affordable. Brett Larson, tech editor of New York's WCBS-TV, showed The Early Show some great new items.
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Play CBS Video August 18, 2004 | 3:20 AM PDT
Terror Cyber Sleuths
Computers have become a new weapon in the war on terror, both to promote it and fight it. Mark Phillips talks to a new breed of cyber-detectives patrolling the virtual world for real threats.
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Play CBS Video August 9, 2004 | 6:48 AM PDT
Unsuccessful Launch To Space
Engineers from Space Transport Corp. of Forks, Wash. watched as their rocket exploded after liftoff on the Washington coast -- dashing their dreams of winning a $10 million Ansari X Prize.
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Play CBS Video August 7, 2004 | 1:34 PM PDT
Net Info Suspicions
An incident uncovered today raised new concerns that web has become an echo chamber for disinformation. Sharon Alfonsi reports.
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Play CBS Video August 26, 2004 | 4:45 AM PDT
Teeth Whitening Troubles
Millions of Americans use home teeth-whitening kits to get that perfect smile, but those products may do more harm than good. The Early Show's consumer correspondent Susan Koeppen reports.
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Play CBS Video June 8, 2006 | 1:38 PM PDT
The Perks Of Driving A Hybrid
In addition to great mileage, the combo gas-electric vehicle gets hybrid owners in California very special treatment. Perks include free car washes and proposed free parking. Jerry Bowen reports.
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Play CBS Video August 2, 2004 | 3:22 AM PDT
DNA Discoverer Dies
Francis Crick, the scientist who with partner James Watson discovered the double-helix shaped cell we know as DNA, died at age 88 of colon cancer, Elizabeth Kaledin reports.
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Play CBS Video August 4, 2004 | 10:35 AM PDT
Terrorists Infiltrate U.S. Web
A company in Iowa helps companies across the globe host websites. Krista Almanzan from CBS affiliate KGAN tells us that it turns out some of those sites are linked to Islamic terrorist organizations.
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Play CBS Video August 3, 2004 | 8:23 AM PDT
Bloggers Get Their Credentials
They were practically non-existent four years ago, but web loggers have been issued press credentials at this convention for the first time ever. Brianna Keilar reports.
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Play CBS Video August 3, 2004 | 8:19 AM PDT
'One Small Step'
Video of the preparation, launch and landing of Apollo 11 on the moon, where Neil Armstrong historically declared, "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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Play CBS Video July 12, 2004 | 6:52 AM PDT
Stem Cell Debate
Few scientific endeavors are as affected by politics as embryonic stem cell research. The issue is a hot election topic for both George Bush and John Kerry, Elizabeth Kaledin reports.
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Play CBS Video January 18, 2005 | 7:56 PM PST
View From Saturn
After a long, expensive journey, NASA's Cassini spacecraft reached the outer rings of Saturn and sent images of the ringed planet back to Earth, Jerry Bowen reports.
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Play CBS Video June 22, 2004 | 2:29 AM PDT
Space Race
Over California, the first flight in a whole new space race began for private enterprise. Bill Whitaker reports on a breakthrough in achieving human space travel, just barely and briefly.
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Play CBS Video August 3, 2004 | 7:46 AM PDT
Private Space Flight Success
A spacecraft soared above the Earth's atmosphere and became the first privately financed manned space flight, Jennifer Donelan reports.
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Play CBS Video August 3, 2004 | 7:46 AM PDT
First Private Space Flight
A privately-owned spaceship is scheduled for takeoff, and experts are already making predictions on a coming age of space tourism. Bill Whitaker reports.
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Play CBS Video August 3, 2004 | 7:36 AM PDT
Space Flight Future
People will soon gather at the Mojave, California airport to watch the launch of the first private manned flight into space, and Bill Whitaker reports it will be like nothing seen before.