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Study finds planes can be germ havens

Airplanes are often loaded with bacteria and viruses from other passengers.

These implements of warfare were developed to fill a perceived need or follow a specific doctrine. Some, such as the development of artillery, became a central facet during the Great War, the first “total war” that involved all of its citizens, industries and scientific ingenuity. [More]

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Gary Marcus suffers from what a friend jokingly describes as congenital arrhythmia--the inability, despite many hours of his youth spent practicing and taking lessons, to learn to play a musical instrument. A few years ago Marcus, a cognitive psychologist at New York University, decided at 38 to make one last try when he took up guitar. No surprise: He did not succeed in becoming the next Jimi Hendrix, but managed to acquire a modicum of skill--and went on to describe his experience in Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning

Two washing-machine-sized satellites recently went into orbit around the moon. In March, they’ll start to gather detailed data about the quirks of the moon’s gravity.

A rendering of the exterior of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Nature Research Center Imagine walking through a science museum and, among the usual displays of dinosaur bones, butterflies, and amphibians you come upon a series of windows into state-of-the-art research labs. Inside, scientists from nearby universities and veterinary schools work on projects related to biodiversity, genetics, nanoparticles, and animal health and welfare. In front of each window is a touch screen.

Sometimes the Web services you rely on crash... or get taken down by the feds (sorry, Megaupload.com!).

Men who don't get enough alone time with their male friends are more prone to erectile dysfunction, according to a new study.

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Add methane emissions to the growing list of environmental risks posed by fracking.

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Dante Autullo, 32, was working in his garage when accident occurred

Michelle Obama’s first day on Twitter was the tweet heard 'round the world, with more than 60,000 followers signing up to follow her the morning she launched.

Year of Dragon kicks off Monday in Zodiac calendar, officials are bracing for baby boom not only in China and Taiwan but in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Macau