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Continuing with the tradition from last three years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2011 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January 2011. [More]

Autism, a developmental disorder that causes deficits in social behavior and communication, affects four times as many boys as girls.

Lights that transmit data, Borders closes, prizes for small businesses, and more. First Wi-Fi, now Li-Fi?

Drug called a "harbinger of a great new era" for treating hepatitis c patients

Everybody knows that the passage of time is not constant.

By Yoko Kubota TOKYO, July 19 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on [More]

We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it could not call upon those who already sap the strength of the State for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by those concerned, to prevent our being swamped with incompetence.

This and other breaking news, updated throughout the day by Fast Company's editors. Space Shuttle Atlantis Coming Home For Ever . At 4:18 this morning EDT , the Space Shuttle Atlantis fired its maneuvering rockets to take it away from the International Space Station and begin its journey home to Earth for one final time, closing the Shuttle era

The current issue of Nature has a great feature about how mathematical inventions and discoveries often find unexpected applications, sometimes decades after their first appearance.

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By Katharine Sanderson of Nature magazine Babies who were exposed to certain organic pollutants in the womb are at a highly increased risk of neural tube defects leading to conditions such as spina bifida, according to researchers in China. Neural tube defects, in which the spinal cord, the brain or their coverings fail to develop completely, arise very early in pregnancy and affect more than 320,000 infants worldwide every year.

Amazon's Kindle textbook rental offer will likely be awfully tempting to penny-pinching college students.

British citizens enjoy a generous

Study shows kids less likely to be injured when riding in cars with grandparents, not parents

Research finds possibly high rate of mild cognitive impairment in some retired players, who take many hits to the head