By Eric Hand of Nature magazine The potential cost of NASA's flagship mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa was recently put at $4.7 billion. [More]
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Feed SubscriptionMen quicker to say ‘I love you’ than ladies
Dump the stereotype of the manly commitment-phobe. A new study finds that not only do men often say "I love you" first in relationships, they're often happier than women when they hear the three little words said to them.
Read More »Rain mars first day of Travelers Championship
Michael Bradley had a one-stroke lead when first-round play in the Travelers Championship was suspended for the day Thursday.
Read More »Phasebook? My(Green)Space? Can Social Networking Be Harnessed for Energy Conservation?
The latest to announce its demise is Google Powermeter . All the efforts to combine social networking with energy conservation seem to be pulling the plug.
Read More »Google Helps Journalists Make Data More Informative, And Beautiful
Millions in new grants will help journalist hackers create visually striking graphics that will both inform the public and help reporters find patterns they didn't know were there. In the 21st century, a crack reporter's best source for juicy leads might not be pounding the pavement and hounding sources.
Read More »EPA to Study Natgas Fracking at Five Sites in Four U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released on Thursday the locations in five states where it will study the safety of a natural gas drilling technique some blame for polluting water.
Read More »Missy Elliott fighting Graves’ disease: Whats is it?
Rapper opens up about battle with potentially debilitating autoimmune disease
Read More »Platypus Threatened by Climate Change
The thick, waterproof fur that once made the platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) a valuable target for trappers may soon present another danger for the unique mammal: Australia could soon end up being too hot for the species to survive. [More]
Read More »Baby fat? Obesity docs eye tubby tots
New report attempts to prevent big babies from becoming obese adults
Read More »The WildLab
Play an important role in gathering data about birds and their habitat, using mobile technology as a scientific tool [More]
Read More »PGT: Stenson grabs lead with late charge at BMW
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Read More »Defending LPGA champion Kerr ready to win again
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Read More »A New Camouflaged Camera Gets Up Close To Nature
The magi-cam is a robotic and mirrored surveillance device that most animals can't even see--taking advantage of many species' lack of sense of self.
Read More »Drunk driving: 10 states that go easy on offenders
Think states are doing all they can to keep motorists safe from drunk drivers? Think again...
Read More »How to Know if Hackers Have Stolen Your Password
Whatever you may feel about independent "hactivist" groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec , they are good at what they do. In the past few weeks members of these two groups have claimed responsibility for a number of data theft incidents, including the recent theft of more than 1 million user names and passwords from the Sony pictures web site . They then post these stolen names and passwords on message boards and
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