Twenty one years ago such questions were asked after the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby.
Created to help the world's couch potatoes turn the tube on and off without having to make the arduous 2-meter journey to the TV set, the standby feature has spread to virtually every appliance in the home and office.
Tube tickets, already among the costliest in the world, will rise by 3.6% and bus fares by 7.4%.
Samsung's Vacuum Tube Soundbar (model HW-F750) is the first soundbar to feature a built-in vacuum tube to maximize sound quality, and is the world's first soundbar that can wirelessly connect with a TV via Bluetooth.
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I'm the co-author of Boob Tube, a novel that explores the behind-the-scenes world of daytime soap operas.
The first so-called test-tube baby, Louise Brown, whom he helped bring into the world, was born in 1978.
The company claims this is a world first -- a soundbar-style speaker to feature a built-in vacuum tube, and we hunted it down to soak in its majesty.
The London Underground, known as the Tube, opened in 1863, making it the oldest underground system in the world, and this year, a series of celebrations are planned for its 150th anniversary.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, several days before the World Trade Center line reopened, Mr. Lejda and a colleague walked through the river tube, he said, hanging up speed limit signs in the tunnels, since the train operators would be without the lighted signals that usually signal when and where to slow down.
These side chains are groups of atoms that are not critical to a tube's structure, but can change the way it interacts with the outside world.
The plan assumes real increases in tube fares of 1% a year although they are already among the most expensive in the world.
With the eyes of the world on London this summer, Virgin Media's next generation WiFi service will be made available to all Tube passengers for free throughout the summer.
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Prosecutor John Arnold said Mr Istavrioglou took the painting out of its frame, rolled it up in a cardboard tube and posted it back to New York after security images of the theft were distributed around the world.
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