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The trend of "co-living" is the latest buzz phrase to emerge from Silicon Valley. This, despite the fact that people were living as roommates a long, long time ago too, and co-living is just another fancy term for it.

In the 50 years since man's first space flight, it would appear that a "final union" has never been achieved.  Maybe.

Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off in four days time carrying a sliver of wood cut from the apple tree under which Isaac Newton felt the sudden impact of gravity.

Launched earlier today, the US Air Force's unmanned space vehicle is a miniature version of the Space Shuttle.  Planned to stay in orbit for up to nine months, does this herald a new stage in the militarisation of space?