‘Journey to the Center’ is slapdash fun

The idea of ancillary marketing for “Journey to the Center of the Earth” feels redundant — this movie is already its own video game and its own theme park attraction. And if you’re 12, that’s awesome. Adults, however, may find the movie somewhat rougher going.

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Robert Blevins was just a fifth-grader when he first got the notion to write. According to Blevins, 55, it was author Jules Verne who first put the spark to tinder, igniting what would become a lifelong passion for words for the Auburn author and publisher.

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Did scientists back engineer a Time Machine from ancient Sumerian texts?

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Europe's "Jules Verne" space freighter has destroyed itself in a controlled burn-up over the southern Pacific. The 13.5-tonne cargo ship had completed a six-month mission to the space station and was packed with the orbiting platform's rubbish.

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Edward Montgomery's team and a team from Ames Research Center hope to deploy a solar sail called NanoSail-D this summer. A SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket will carry it into space from Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean between July 29th to August 6th.

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A bet is made and so the adventure of going around the world in 80 days begins.

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They begin to calculate the length of time for each major leg of the trip to make it in 80 days.

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The two gentlemen get to know each other better as they prepare for their trip.

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It is seen here (above left) attached to the rear of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS) just hours after completing a successful docking on Thursday.

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A specially preserved giant squid has gone on display in Paris. The squid, 6.5m (21.5ft) long, has undergone plastination, which means its liquids have been replaced by a polymer.

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Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been parked up in front of the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo truck is about 2,000km from the platform and will wait until the current shuttle mission has left the ISS before moving in to dock.

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Arianespace's Ariane 5 mission with the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) resupply spacecraft has entered its final countdown for liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

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After more than three years of repeated delays, the first fully automated "space tug" is set to launch toward the International Space Station on Sunday.

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The launch and docking windows for the ATV, Europe's huge new space-station resupply ship, have been set. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will be lofted in the 22 February to 8-9 March timeframe, European Space Agency (Esa) officials say.

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Europe's ATV space truck has been cleared for fuelling, to make it ready for launch towards the end of February. The vehicle, which will haul new supplies to the space station, will be loaded with some six tonnes of fuel before being mated with its rocket.

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If you've ever owned a laptop for more than a couple of years, you've probably marveled at how ancient and clunky it looks next to the latest models.

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Retro-futurism is all the rage these days: antique computers, 8-bit game art, classic cases for modern gear, anything to make the onslaught of new technology less disposable.

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The trials of the super rich. Even the just well off have a yacht. Bad actors have a fleet of private jets. What's left to show everyone up? How about your own luxury submarine?

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Find out what happened using The Historigon.

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Sounds interesting

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With pictures. That's one scary octopus. All in a good day's work for salmon researchers ...

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