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Read More »John Cook, Joey Sindelar withdraw from Legends
The team of John Cook and Joey Sindelar withdrew Saturday from the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf tournament because Sindelar has a bad back.
Read More »Video: Best ways to burn calories without exercising
Cynthia Sass shared with Russ Mitchell some surprising ways to burn more calories throughout your day including at the office, at home, outside, with your mate, and while you rest.
Read More »Video: Coping with the signs of aging
Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Hartstein gave Russ Mitchell some tips on how to best deal with the inevitable aging process and try look at it in a more positive light
Read More »Kite-Morgan, Schulz-Hallberg tied for Legends lead
Tom Kite and Gil Morgan shot a 10-under 62 in better-ball play Friday for a share of the first-round lead with Ted Schulz and Gary Hallberg in the Champions Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
Read More »Donald takes Heritage lead
PGT: Luke Donald moved a step closer to golf's No. 1 ranking Friday, shooting a 65 and grabbing a one-stroke lead halfway through The Heritage
Read More »What makes the luminous star known as Object X look so dim?
One might think that it would be hard to hide a star some 500,000 times more radiant than the sun, but distance and dust seem to have conspired to do just that.
Read More »When Cars Are Greener Than People
Hybrid cars have become so eco-friendly they now trump at least one form of human locomotion. [More]
Read More »Lend To Carbon-Cutting Entrepreneurs With Kiva’s New Green Loan Program
Chances are, you've at least heard of Kiva , the microfinancing nonprofit that allows users to give bite-sized loans to entrepreneurs in poverty-stricken regions. Because people like to feel good by offering cash to worthy causes (or so we've heard), Kiva has done exceptionally well, funding $200 million worth of microloans since its launch in 2004. And as of today, you can specifically fund what are, in our opinion, the smartest entrepreneurs--the ones who realize that efficiency is the key to becoming self-sufficient.
Read More »2 teams hold 1-shot lead at 10-under in Legends
One team started fast, the other finished strong. The results were the same: tied for the lead after the first round at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
Read More »A rose is a &ellip; galaxy collision: Hubble Space Telescope sends the people of Earth a flower on its 21st anniversary
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Read More »Black Plant Life Could Thrive On Other Planets
Most plants capture sunlight.
Read More »Could It Happen Here, Here, or There? A Map Of Nuclear Risk
Nature News and Columbia University team up and produce a Google Earth map that makes nuclear risk stark. Nature News and Columbia University have joined forces to make a Google Earth map showing the world populations at risk from nuclear fallout. The interactive map combines data on population and the locations and sizes of reactors, plotting risk graphically in the form of circles.
Read More »SimpleGeo Makes Location Data Free, Complicates Smartphone Tracking Worries
SimpleGeo has placed 20 million locations for "places" in the public domain to drive developers of location-based service apps. The thing is that data, combined with location-tracking smartphones, could spark unsavory uses too. In a direct challenge to Foursquare's effort to become the "Rosetta stone" for location-data on identifiable geo-located "places," SimpleGeo is trying to spark a revolution in location-based app writing by making the data for 20 million places available on its servers under the Creative Commons Zero license--essentially placing the data for free into the public domain.
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