X-Prize for world's 'Holy Grails'
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X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.
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LONDON -- British billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, with former vice president Al Gore at his side, offered a $25 million prize yesterday for anyone who can come up with a way to blunt global climate change by removing at least a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the earth's atmosphere.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - In a tradition that has become as venerable as the 103-year-old Nobel Prizes themselves, the guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards next week has entered full swing.
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TWO veteran code-breakers from Yorkshire have received a worldwide response to their request for solutions to an enigmatic message on a monument in Staffordshire reputed to say where the Holy Grail is hidden.
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Europeans interested in the One Laptop Per Child Project's XO laptop may soon have the chance through a similar to one offered in North America last year.
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By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jan. 30--The grand prize was a $1.3 million mansion in Parkville, complete with Bentley automobile.   The proceeds were to benefit spinal cord-injury research.
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The honour carries a cash prize of 25,000 euros (some $32,000). The awards panel described the book as "a work in which a long history of literary creation and critical and theoretical reflection unfolds with ...
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Science & environment: Precious rocks set to sell for thousands as Bonhams hold first auction of meteorites.
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How to zero in on the best Japan has to offer.
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Google and the X Prize Foundation are sponsoring a space race to the moon, with $30 million in prizes being offered to spur interest.
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Investors are now searching for a holy grail that symbolizes wealth in both profits and whatâs good for the environment.
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ST. LOUIS It&#39;s a big day for a big check in St. Louis where Burt Rutan&#39;s Mojave Aerospace Ventures will get a 10 (m) million-dollar check as winners of the Ansari X Prize.
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The X Prize and Next Fest team up to offer the biggest X Prize ever, winner to be announced on September 13 in Los Angeles.
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Giving cash prizes for solutions to thorny problems turns out to be a great way to tap the talents of geeks everywhere. The X Prize Foundation is just one source of funding for these contests ...
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Some of the world's most famous meteorites are up for sale in a New York auction called the first of its kind.
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Innovators take note: The folks behind the X Prize vow there will soon be more competitions in several disciplines. Also: The da Vinci team presses ahead in Canada.... Rubicon team plans another launch attempt. By Dan Brekke.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.