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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Wednesday cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch from Florida on December 7 on a mission to continue building the International Space Station, a space agency official said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - While plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells are likely one day to help cut U.S. gasoline consumption, major fuel savings can be achieved now if automakers put existing technologies to work under one hood.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Giant kangaroos and wombats bigger than cars which once roamed Australia were killed by climate change and not human hunters, Australian scientists said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. on Wednesday became the first automaker to commit to make a rechargeable hybrid vehicle, a move intended to distance the world's largest automaker from its harmful reputation for producing gas-guzzling trucks.

TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - A super-fast rail line, the world's second to use ground-breaking Japanese bullet train technology, is steering toward a year-end service launch in Taiwan after years of delays.