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Feed SubscriptionFlower power: Couple to wed amid blossoms at Macy’s
For Santina Bowers and Moise Naolo, romance bloomed amid — well — actual blooms. When the couple weds Sunday at the Macy’s Flower Show where they first met, they will join the growing ranks of couples getting married in retail settings.
Read More »Behind the scenes with the Fe Maidens at this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition [Video]
Scientific American was back at the FIRST New York City regional robotics competition this year.
Read More »Live updates from Arnold Palmer Invitational
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Read More »Auto graveyard born from Japan tsunami wreckage
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Read More »Video: Study links household chemicals to early menopause
Jeff Glor reports on new research that shows some chemicals used in common household products may help cause early menopause.
Read More »Obesity Battle: Obese moms and kids don’t know how big they are
Study shows Hispanic moms vastly underestimate their own weight and their children's
Read More »Back to the Wild to Build Better, Climate-Resilient Wheat
A genetic archaeologist of sorts, Cary Fowler works to save the wild species threatened by crop domestication. Fowler is the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an organization that seeks to preserve the genetic diversity of plants in seed banks.
Read More »Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers hurt
By Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - Radiation fears escalated in Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to cool an earthquake-crippled nuclear power station, while the government sowed confusion over whether it was widening an evacuation zone around the plant. Prime Minister Naoto Kan, making his first public statement on the crisis in a week, said the situation at the Fukushima nuclear complex north of Tokyo was "nowhere near the point" of being resolved.
Read More »It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s … a New Seagull-Like Robot Spy Drone!
A new robotic flying drone , styled like a seagull, has arrived on the scene. It doesn't squawk, poop or steal french fries from your hand, but it's an example of incredible bio-mimicking design that could be the future of airborne robots.
Read More »The Science of Information Graphics
Posted for Jen Christiansen, Art Director, Information Graphics I'm in Pamplona, Spain, sitting at a table strewn with looseleaf paper, scissors and tubes of paste. My table is host to a German, a Swede, two Norwegians and a American
Read More »PGT: Tiger buries 53-footer in 2nd round of Palmer
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Read More »53-footer helps Tiger move into 5th
PGT: Tiger Woods had his worst opening round at Bay Hill on Thursday since 1999, but he bounced back Friday with a 4-under 68 that propelled him into a tie for fifth.
Read More »Safety Concerns Often Amount to Status Quo at U.S. Nuclear Industry’s Aging Reactors
On December 1, 1969, Jersey Central Power & Light initiated fission in the fuel rods of the nation's first boiling-water nuclear reactor--one of 31 ultimately built in the U.S. The first "turnkey" plant, Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in New Jersey was sold for less than $100 million in 1964--a price well below what it would ultimately cost to build the reactor. The point was to prove that a nuclear power facility could be built as cheaply as a coal-fired power plant, and the key to that was a smaller safety system
Read More »Video: Top sexual fantasy for women over 40
Susan Swimmer of MORE magazine quizzes TODAY’s Kathie Lee Gifford and guest host Kris Jenner on hot sex topics for women over 40. (TODAY)
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