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Faster-than-light travel: are we there yet?

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imageI can get you there fast!Craig Cormack, CC BY

Long before the Empire struck back, before the United Federation of Planets federated, Isaac Asimov created Foundation, the epic tale of the decline and fall of the Galactic Empire. Asimov’s Empire comprised 25 million planets, knit together by sleek spaceships hurtling through the galaxy.

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Is US oil boom already turning to bust? OPEC can only dream

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imageHas the Bakken oil boom reached its peak?Reuters

A boom, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. A boom occurs when people rush to claim something that seems to have out-sized value. The value can arise from scarcity in the face of demand or from abundance made possible by recovering something in demand with greater ease.

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