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As part of our continuing series, "The American Spirit," Mark Strassmann reports on the life saving efforts of Foundation 56, a mobile mammogram service that's free of charge to low-income women.

We see it all the time on shows like Bones and CSI. Skeletal remains can yield all sorts of clues--gender, age, past physical traumas

PGT: Tiger Woods shoots a 1-over 73 for his highest start at Bay Hill since 1999. He trails leader Spencer Levin by 7, while Phil Mickelson is 4 back

John Milnor, an American mathematician best known for the discovery of exotic hyperspheres, was awarded the 2011 Abel Prize , the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced March 23. [More]

Recent moves by two of the biggest names in tech may be shedding light on their plans for digitally connected televisions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even at its biggest, Arctic sea ice extent this winter was among the smallest ever seen, apparently tying with 2006 for the least amount of ice covering the region around the North Pole, U.S. researchers reported. Sea ice on the Arctic Ocean usually starts growing in September and hits its maximum area in February or March; this year, the maximum appeared to occur on March 7, when ice stretched over 5.65 million square miles (14.64 million square km), according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center

Dear Scientific American Reader: Scientific American is conducting a survey about the future of cities, the results of which will be published in the magazine along with a series of articles on urban life in the 21st century. The survey will poll elected officials, academics, policymakers, and opinion leaders, including Scientific American readers, about ways to improve cities and their livability.

Pervasive, elusive and tough, cancer has proved to be a formidable foe against generations of bright and well-funded researchers. [More]

Remember the swine flu?

VIENNA, March 24 (Reuters) - Japanese scientists have found measurable concentrations of radioactive iodine-131 and caesium-137 in seawater samples taken 30 km (18 miles) from land, the U.N. [More]

We continue our examination of the business book The Rise of the Creative Class with an interview of author Richard Florida. How did the book come about and where is the creative class congregating today? What was the impetus for you to write The Rise of the Creative Class?

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The closing of aging nuclear reactors is expected to peak in 2020-30, posing a major challenge in terms of safety and the environment, a draft U.N. atomic agency report says

MALAGA, Spain (AP) -Robert Rock of England birdied five of his last eight holes Thursday for a 5-under 65 that put him in a five-way share of the lead after the first round of the Andalucian Open

Aha! Google is caught with ink on its hands. Then Google *must* be a media company after all, right? The truth is not that simple

Taryn Winter Brill reports on a new FDA rule that requires chain establishments that serve food to list the calorie count of their menu items.