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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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  3. Hot seats reaction: who have been the winners and losers in the key marginals?
  4. Conservatives defy forecasts to secure victory in UK election
  5. UK Election 2015: David Cameron back in No 10 as the Conservatives win
  6. Lib Dem wipeout prompts Clegg to hint he will step down
  7. Why the VE Day narrative in Germany is becoming even more complicated
  8. The SNP has blown British politics apart – and the UK must now change if it is to survive
  9. Speaking with: Keith Jacobs on the politics of housing
  10. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Greens' leadership change
  11. How will the reduced Renewable Energy Target affect investment?
  12. It's time to take the curriculum back from dead white men
  13. South Africa must start managing its retreat from the coast
  14. If Nigeria's finance minister is dumped, Africa will lose an important voice
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  16. The science behind the Square Kilometre Array
  17. Big Data is useful, but we need to protect your privacy too
  18. Evidence of employers misusing 457 visas shows need for reform
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  20. Why the world is wary of China's 'great wall of sand' in the sea
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  22. Executions will not harm Indonesia's international relations
  23. An all-yellow north, bluer in south, and UK politics could get nasty
  24. Australia's five pillar economy: services
  25. Female fans are AFL's secret weapon in drawing crowds
  26. Twitter app reveals emotions British people felt on election day
  27. Election 2015: Conservatives gain in England, SNP rampant across Scotland – experts react
  28. Explainer: how Britain counts its votes
  29. Election 2015 results as they happened: Tories triumph, Clegg quits, SNP sweeps Scotland
  30. Will Hockey really put 'tough choices' behind him for sake of survival?
  31. Greens' leadership shifts from Tasmania to the greenest state
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  39. DevoManc: a shrewd political move that keeps Treasury control without the responsibility
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  41. For the sake of Greece they must get the Golden Dawn trial right
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  44. Manifesto Check: Lib Dems as EU ‘reformists’
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  46. Nicola Sturgeon has triumphed over Britain's sexist press – and that's good for all women
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