A pair of NASA spacecraft are ringing in the new year in grand style, with both now successfully circling the moon after journeying through space for more than three months. [More]
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Feed SubscriptionGingrich Tops Scientific American ‘s Geek Guide to the 2012 GOP Candidates
The contenders for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election may appear to be a fairly uniform group of middle-aged white conservatives, but when it comes to issues of science, technology and overall geek cred, none of these candidates is cut from the same cloth
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Read More »Leap Seconds May Disappear
Welcome to 2012--a leap year. The additional day in a leap year keeps the calendar in sync with the seasons.
Read More »12 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2012
As the year 2011 comes to a close, some might wonder what is looming sky-wise for 2012? What celestial events might we look forward to seeing?
Read More »Ga. childhood obesity PSAs spark controversy
Strong4Life's five childhood obesity commercials air in Georgia which has second highest obesity rate in U.S.
Read More »In need of a kidney? Facebook might help
More and more people are turning to social networking sites to find potential organ donors
Read More »Operations Suspended at Hazardous Fluid Wells after 11 Quakes
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio has suspended operations at five deep-well hazardous fluid disposal sites after a series of 11 earthquakes in the Youngstown, Ohio, in the past year, including one on Saturday with a magnitude of 4.0, officials said. [More]
Read More »Bird flu strain that killed man won’t spread: China
Tests indicated virus had spread from poultry to man, officials appeal for calm
Read More »Your Appendix Could Save Your Life
Your appendix may save your life that is, if you have one. If you don t, well, I will get to that. First I want to tell you about a guy I know, Bill Parker Bill Parker grew up in Arkansas and is, by my precise calculation, fifty percent pure backwoods Arkansan and fifty percent intellectual wild man
Read More »Giraffes Eat Bones–and Other Things I Learned on Safari [Slide Show]
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Read More »Some sobering advice about hangovers
What's the best cure: Hair of the dog? Aspirin?
Read More »Welcome to the Year of the Lightbulb
Happy New Year! And welcome to the year of light…bulbs. Why you ask?
Read More »Out-of-Body Experiences Linked with Poor Sense of Own Body
Many individuals report having an out-of-body experience at some point in their life, and now scientists are homing in on the cause. [More]
Read More »Silicon Superego
The most buzzed-about new feature in the latest iPhone is Siri, the virtual minion. You can give her an amazing range of spoken commands, without any training or special syntax, and marvel as she does your bidding
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