WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Obama administration will push for a $156 million increase in funding for Alzheimer’s research over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. The National Institutes of Health will commit another $50 million in funding this year, and the White House will propose an additional $80 million… [Continue Reading]
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it has agreed on an exclusive deal to build attractions based on James Cameron’s “Avatar” at its theme parks, starting with Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla. The first “Avatar” land, which begins construction in 2013 and is expected to open about three years later,… [Continue Reading]
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Space tourism is closer to reality after the completion of an $8 million Mojave Desert production plant where the world’s first fleet of passenger-ready spaceships will be built. Hundreds of public officials and reporters were invited Monday to tour the giant hangar where the White Knight and SpaceShipTwo craft will be… [Continue Reading]
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