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Korea IT News reports that the new iPhone will feature a "liquidmetal" chassis. This simply refers to "the commercial name for an alloy of titanium, zirconium, nickel, copper and other metals." It will make its surface "smooth like liquid". Click here to view the first image in this gallery. Continue reading to see another interesting iPhone concept.

Liquidmetal was discovered at the California Institute of Technology in 1992. It's a class of patented amorphous metal alloys (basically metallic glass) with unique properties including high strength, high wear resistance against scratching and denting, and a good strength-to-weight ratio. Apple was granted rights to use it in August of 2010.

The Space Shuttle Discovery has successfully made the trip from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA riding atop a modified Boeing 747 jet airliner, which is also known as a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). Click here to view this gallery's first image. Continue reading to watch the final landing video.

Apple's new iPad is the perfect companion for mobile warriors, but for those that long for the same functionality in a smaller package, the upcoming iPad Mini could be the answer. It's rumored to boast a 7.86-inch display, and according to iLounge.com, it is already "substantially finished and will be ready for announcement either later this year." Expect the device to be priced from $249-$299. Continue reading to watch Wall Street Journal's news report.

NASA has just approved SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft for an April 30th launch. This capsule will be attached to the company's Falcon 9 rockets and "launch from Cape Canaveral just after noon ET -- from there it'll perform a flyby of the station to check its sensors and flight systems before its inaugural docking with the ISS." Video after the break showing just how the ISS mission will work.

Wanna watch the magic happen? Live video of the launch starts at 11AM on NASA TV, and night owls can watch the docking itself occur May 3rd at 2AM.

Now that you've seen a snippet of Tupac's incredible holographic performance at Coachella 2012, here's a short clip on what kind of technology they used to create it. Let's just say that you'll still be amazed even after finding out how it works. Continue reading for the videos.

Facebook has acquired Instagram for $1-billion in "a combination of cash and shares of Facebook." Mark Zuckerberg says: "This is an important milestone for Facebook because it's the first time we've ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don't plan on doing many more of these, if any at all." Continue reading for the Wall Street Journal news report.

It's been quite a year for Instagram, with its recent launch of an Android app and growth to 30 million users, and this acquisition would put it up near the legendary Google buyout of $1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006.

What better way to kick off Easter Sunday than with a video that combines puppies with baby chicks. This masterpiece was shot by Devin Graham using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Canon 7D. If you're curious about them soundtrack, it was composed by Stephen Anderson. Continue reading to watch.

Unlike the HTC One X, the HTC EVO 4G LTE is the first smartphone to feature HD voice calling. That's not all, you'll also find "a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor with 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM," 8.0-megapixel camera, and 4.7-inch Super LCD 2 display. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for a hands-on video.

The official release window is Q2 but pre-orders go on sale May 7th - and given Sprint's modus operandi, that likely means its street date is just weeks after that. The Evo 4G LTE will be $199.99 on contract, and yes, data is still unlimited on 4G.

According to Jesse Moore, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth, "as many as 13 tornadoes might have touched down in north Texas on Tuesday." American Airlines used Twitter to announce the cancellation of all its flights at Dallas Love Field. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for the videos.

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James Cameron is now the world's first and only solo explorer of the Marian Trench, which is measured at 35,800-feet below sea level. He "arrived at the bottom with the tech to collect scientific data, specimens, and visions unthinkable in 1960, when the only other manned Challenger Deep dive took place, according to members of the National Geographic expedition." Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for a video.

Among the 2.5-story-tall sub's tools are a sediment sampler, a robotic claw, a "slurp gun" for sucking up small seacreatures for study at the surface, and temperature, salinity, and pressure gauges. Not one to miss out on maximizing a historic moment, Cameron invited Lieutenant Don Walsh - the only living person who has been to the Deep - to join him on his surface ship, the Mermaid Sapphire, to celebrate.