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Finally! Movies on my PC the same day they're on DVD. (May 8)
Apple's deal with major entertainment studios shortens the wait to download movies.

California museums tell the history of computing (May 8)
Bit by bit, they gather and display gadgets from the computer revolution.

At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact (May 8)
The school's basement D-Lab exports simple solutions to the developing world.

Horizons: What's new in sci-tech (May 8)
Wah-wah rings, an 'extinct' critter scurries back, and a mission to the sun.

Chile or Bust: Tracing the path of the first Americans (May 9)
New finds from Oregon and Chile support the idea that they arrived 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

EarthTalk: How to recycle those threadbare duds (May 7)
Even when a garment is too shabby to resell, there are still good ways to keep it out of a landfill.

Just how 'green' is that shirt? (May 7)
An 'organic cotton' label doesn't make it 'carbon free.' But a new factory in Sri Lanka moves a step closer to that claim.

Media survey: Politicians rethink food-based ethanol (May 7)
Drawbacks appear in a process once touted as an answer to global warming.

Wangari Maathai: 'Rich nations have a responsibility' (May 7)
In an interview, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya talks about the obligations of first- and third-worlders in climate change.

Scientists probe new class of superconductor (May 7)
A third major group, whose materials work at relatively high temperatures, may lead to more efficient electric motors.