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(Phys.org) -- “If you made a long distance phone call or sent an email today, or if you’re wearing clothes, then you are benefiting directly from our laser services,” says Marla Dowell, leader of PML’s Sources and Detectors Group, the nation’s keeper of a family of standards that now permit laser calibrations at power levels from nanowatts to hundreds of kilowatts and energy levels from femtojoules to megajoules.

Obesity is a growing epidemic in America that's being fought on many fronts.

With Amtrak on pace to set another ridership record this year, it appears millions of Americans are reserving seats on the nation’s rolling stock. Some are going a step further and reserving entire cars.

It may be the nation's last, accepted form of prejudice. But the stigmatization of obesity has repercussions beyond the pain it inflicts on its targets: It threatens to impede efforts to fight the obesity epidemic.

Patience requires absolute control over your thoughts, words, and deeds. Here's how you can ace it

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Mississippi has the highest rate of infant mortality and obesity in the nation. One woman has spent almost half her life taking care of people who have no money and no other way to get help.

Tornadoes are forecast to swarm Friday through a very large and populated area of the nation, stretching from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and other states.

Okay, everywhere I go I tell the story about my addiction to watching the hit reality show, The Apprentice. Mark Barnett and Donald Trump struck gold with this TV deal, earning it stratosphere ratings. Thirteen candidates coming to New York ...

Vogtle Unit 3 containment vessel bottom head being assembled. Credit- Souther Company In a historic vote earlier today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) approved Southern Company’s application to construct the nation’s first nuclear reactors in over 30 years. [More]

Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests.

KWADUKUZA, South Africa--A Zulu crowd's ululations welcomed Jacob Zuma, president of the Republic of South Africa, back to KwaZulu–Natal, his home province. He had come to tell them of his commitment to bring them, and the rest of the nation, better access to energy--as well as to announce the distribution of solar-powered hot water heaters and LED lighting systems as well as clean-burning cookstoves. [More]

As the nation's school struggle to make lunches healthier, L.A. tries to figure out how to make kids enjoy eating healthy

Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education , long the nation's leading defender of evolution education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative for climate science education. [More]

The National Center for Science Education is a wonderful institution dedicated to fighting junk science from entering our Nation’s schools and media. This is a tireless and often thankless job, yet there are so few “think tank” type organizations to promote science standards out there that they really stand out. I had the fortune 2 years ago to visit their offices and was impressed by how passionate the staff were and what they could accomplish out of a tiny office and a garage to store their immense archives