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Bedbug sprays sold for residential use in neighborhood stores rarely eradicate or prevent bedbugs. Credit: Amy Maxmen [More]

A simulation of galactic growth shows how a galaxy akin to our own Milky Way might have appeared 10 billion years ago.

Galaxies litter the cosmos by the hundreds of billions.

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By Nadia Drake of Nature magazine A high-profile claim that the Human Genome Project and associated research generated almost US$800 billion in economic benefits has been questioned by economists. The estimate comes from the Battelle Memorial Institute, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. nuclear plants are not in full compliance with rules set up after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to respond to explosions and fires, a self-regulatory body for the nuclear industry has found. [More]

One way advertisers convince us to buy something is to remind us that we’ve enjoyed their product before. Unfortunately, we can have fond memories of a product that we’ve never even had. Or that doesn’t even exist

Much of what we know about sex, or think we know, stems from the animal kingdom.

So you may have noticed an elephant in the room--more specifically, an elephantine abstraction that began appearing on our Web site today, like the one outside the margin at the left. That's an Ellie, a stabile designed by Alexander Calder and bestowed by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME).

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By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine An epic victory over daunting challenges, or a costly project that should never have flown? After nearly half a century of work and US$750 million spent, Gravity Probe B, one of NASA's longest-running mission programs, has finally achieved some scientific closure. [More]

UNITED NATIONS -- The world's leading climate change research organization issued a report yesterday that has renewable energy boosters cheering, as it foresees substantial growth in alternative energy sources over the next 40 years.

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries using nuclear energy must ensure their reactors are built to withstand multiple disasters after Japan's accident revealed gaps in safety standards, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. [More]