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At a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Bill Borucki , principal investigator for NASA's planet-finding Kepler spacecraft, provided an update on Kepler's hunt for distant worlds, especially those Earth-like planets that might be habitable: [More]

The brain is an amazing organ.

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Kenya is expected to become the fourth African country to allow the commercial production of transgenic crops. The country's National Biosafety Authority is due to publish long-awaited regulations governing the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in open fields for research and commercial purposes

This week kids' favorite SpongeBob SquarePants will be the center of a new story on a wholly new medium: Twitter . The Ice Race Cometh--A Twitter Tale is an original story, from the official SpongeBob writing team, and will consist of multiple tweets and images broadcast throughout each day from July 12th to July 15th

Last week, an official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told a congressional panel that hardware sold in the U.S. has been compromised by foreign agents

According to one set of analytics, the Google+ social network has resulted in such rapid adoption of a "+1" button on websites that it's outclassed sharing stalwart Twitter already. Here's why that matters--only a little

With the click of a light switch and the whoosh of a hair dryer, Bob Smerbeck can unleash a tornado on his living room anytime he likes. And he does, often

UNITED NATIONS -- They are the carbon offsetting projects most hated by environmentalists, but there may now be an opportunity to put an end to them. Currently, there are five coal-fired power plants registered as emission reduction projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), an international offsetting program run by an arm of the United Nations. Pressure from developing nation governments led to their inclusion in the program, as supporters claim the newer supercritical coal plants avoid carbon dioxide emissions by preventing dirtier plants from being built instead.

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With budgets getting tighter and health care needs growing, it makes sense to funnel shrinking resources to the most effective care. But, as Sharon Begley explains in " The Best Medicine " in the July 2011 issue of Scientific American , finding the best bang for our medical buck would be easier if we used the increasingly important analytical tool of comparative-effectiveness research.

Check-ins on Foursquare answer one central question: Where are you right now? But they provide little explanation of what you're doing there

Strokes cripple more people in the U.S. than any other disease.

SOFIA, July 11 (Reuters) - About 350 people were evacuatedfrom a town in central Bulgaria on Monday when toxic fumes [More]

[Sound clip] That's the future sound filling city streets.

Suddenly, video chat is basically inescapable, if not always necessary. Very soon, "I don't have a camera" won't fly, and some of us will have to actually stay seated during conference calls. A few days ago, Facebook broke its text-and-photo format wide open and launched instant Skype video calling for Facebook friends .