An Unknown Giant Flexes Its Muscles
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in talks to buy IBM&#39;s personal computer business - is China&#39;s largest PC maker and the world&#39;s fastest growing one. And it is emblematic
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Australians try to tame the giant.
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The Giants are not exactly fearing their game in Philadelphia on this first Sunday of the N.F.L. season. In many ways, they relish it.
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The giant  palm salamander of Central America shoots out  its tongue with more instantaneous power than any known muscle in the animal  kingdom, a new study finds.
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Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.
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The photograph, even today, arrests the eye and titillates the mind. It's from the early 20th century, and the young man it shows -- tipping back on the rear legs of his chair -- is using his own legs, splayed in front of him, as a counterbalance.
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he&#39;s the tallest, most solidly-built player in international cricket at the moment. The next thing that gets your attention
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The megadiscounter spruces up its slogan.
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A bionic hand, controlled by the patient's mind and muscles, goes on the market
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There is something almost spectral about the vision of the new bridge across the Tarn Valley at Millau. It is almost as though it is not connected to the normal laws of gravity.
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A spectator with an especially intimate view of human evolution is beginning to tell its story and has so far divulged two quite unexpected findings.
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The world's biggest steelmaker stacks up impressively against the competition.
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Julius Peppers has grown used to people expecting more from him than he normally gives. That&#39;s the consequence of being a 6-foot-6, 283-pound man with massive hands, insane speed and a devastating combination of strength and quickness.
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How interesting it is that scientists have discovered another species of human - an 18,000-year-old skeleton named Homo floresiensis that has been described as &quot;hobbit-sized.
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Fast legs, Velcro hands, and a leap factor not seen since the Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
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Retail giant is bigger than some entire industries, even many countries.
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Dutch engineers stitch together hundreds of images to create a photo with 2.5 billion pixels. Photo: Giant digital image