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What does a bookworm have in common with a black-tufted marmoset? They both like a little quiet. Or so say scientists in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters

A pilot episode of It Ain't Rocket Science , an original, family-friendly television show that Time Warner Cable has created as part of its Connect a Million Minds venture, aired June 24 on NY1. The program shares information about STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) topics, aiming to cultivate a love of science in children through informational segments and interviews with experts--such as Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina. [More]

One of astronomy's greatest conceptual revolutions began 100 years ago, when scientists demonstrated that stars follow specific patterns of brightness and color. [More]

Depression and chronic stress can be serious strains on heart health . But can positive emotional states do more for the heart than keep people at an average risk for signs of coronary heart disease?

The space shuttle era draws to a close with the final launch of shuttle Atlantis, planned for July 8 [More]

* Govt considers conducting new safety tests on atomicplants [More]

On July 8 the Atlantis orbiter is scheduled to launch on the final mission of the space shuttle program.

This is the third of a three-part series that looks back at the 30-year history of the U.S. space shuttle program

By Emilie Ritter HELENA, Montana (Reuters) - Governor Brian Schweitzer vowed on Tuesday to cling to Exxon Mobil like "the smell on a skunk" for as long as it takes to get the company to clean up a weekend oil spill that fouled an otherwise pristine stretch of the Yellowstone River in Montana. [More]

How do you find out why a 1.5-meter-long endangered sea turtle is having epileptic fits? The first step is to find an MRI machine big enough to accommodate her not-so-ladylike girth. [More]

Citizen scientists join a community of observers to measure and map precipitation [More]

By Eric Hand of Nature magazine When NASA invites proposals in 2013 for its next round of low-cost planetary missions, ideas are sure to be plentiful -- but not the leaders crucial to the missions' success. [More]

For many of us, waking up in the morning is the toughest part of the day. [More]

TOKYO (Reuters) - Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday.

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