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One of astronomy's greatest conceptual revolutions began 100 years ago, when scientists demonstrated that stars follow specific patterns of brightness and color. [More]

Depression and chronic stress can be serious strains on heart health . But can positive emotional states do more for the heart than keep people at an average risk for signs of coronary heart disease?

The space shuttle era draws to a close with the final launch of shuttle Atlantis, planned for July 8 [More]

Soda and beer. Other than exhaling, bubbly drinks are our closest experience with releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide . So as you confront steamy summer, which cold beverage is best--from an environmental perspective?

* Govt considers conducting new safety tests on atomicplants [More]

This is the third of a three-part series that looks back at the 30-year history of the U.S. space shuttle program

TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters Life!) - Forced to quit after barelya week as Japan's reconstruction minister for remarks deemed [More]

How do you find out why a 1.5-meter-long endangered sea turtle is having epileptic fits? The first step is to find an MRI machine big enough to accommodate her not-so-ladylike girth. [More]

Citizen scientists join a community of observers to measure and map precipitation [More]

In my most recent post a nd others --and in chats with George Johnson and Robert Wright on Bloggingheads.tv --I rail against biological determinism and defend free will.

Eating right, exercising and not smoking are all important for staying healthy. But a new study shows that these lifestyle choices can reduce the risk a woman will die from sudden cardiac arrest by a full 92 percent.

By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - A solid shift to green technologies in world farming is vital if endemic food crises are to be overcome and production boosted to support the global population, the United Nations said on Tuesday. [More]

By Declan Butler of Nature magazine Key weapons in the fight against malaria, pyrethroid insecticides, are losing their edge.

If European lawmakers have their way, by next year any American flying from Boston to Paris will have to pay for the plane's carbon emissions over Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Ocean and France.

Lafayette, California is a small, affluent town situated in a cluster of rolling hills twenty miles to the east of San Francisco.