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Where are all the space-art bloggers?

As science has long demonstrated, eyewitness accounts are frequently riddled with errors.

Let me start by saying that I'm admittedly an economics fan. [More]

By Neil Hartnell NASSAU (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene washed away homes in the Bahamas on Thursday as its battering winds and rain headed toward the U.S. eastern seaboard including densely populated New York and New England. [More]

Wave Power Hinged cylinders anchored in the seafloor are pushed by waves, turning onshore turbines that create electricity (Orkney, Scotland) [More]

A needling twinge in the torso or a tense interaction with a boss is all you need to get your nerves on edge. The bills are piling up and--of course--your spouse is on your case about them.

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Compared with white American researchers, black American researchers are a third less likely to have an early-career National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funded, according to an NIH-commissioned study published August 18 in Science . It’s a thorough study, experts say, but it leaves one major question unanswered: Why? [More]

From Nature magazine. When it was first used in the 1990s to treat an immune deficiency, gene therapy -- treating diseases by correcting a patient's faulty genes -- was touted as a breakthrough that was likely to cure scores of hereditary diseases. But when 18-year-old Jessie Gelsinger died in 1999 after having a corrected gene injected to treat his liver disease, the field became wary, and researchers found it difficult to fix the problems associated with the technique

Like most renewable energy sources, ocean waves cannot compete with the low costs of fossil fuels.

The annual Scientific American September single topic issue is all about cities.

Apple Computer co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has announced his resignation, according to a statement issued by the company.

By Neil Hartnell NASSAU (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely populated U.S. Northeast, including New York, starting on Sunday. [More]

A newly described pointy-nosed, rat-like animal did not just crawl out of some unsuspecting city’s sewers.

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