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2013/05/21 10:39
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... —Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER) on a Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket between 11 and...
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2013/05/21 06:53
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SPARKS — Reed High School junior Max Poore was drawn to a quote by ancient philosopher Lao Tzu, who said, “To lead people, walk behind them.” Poore said the line befuddled him initially but soon he...
2013/05/21 06:43
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According to salary-tracking website Payscale.com, Harvey Mudd College gives a 30-year ROI of $2,113,000, the best in the nation. When Forbes releases its annual list of best colleges this summer, it...
2013/05/20 21:42
2013/05/20 21:42
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Plans call for delivering portions of the sample in coming days to laboratory instruments inside the rover. This is only the second time that a sample has been collected from inside a rock on Mars....
2013/05/19 14:31
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy’s burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The “starburst ring” seen at center in...
2013/05/18 18:45
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The fractured rock, called "Esperance," provides evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favorable for life. The mission's principal investigator, Steve Squyres of Cornell University,...
2013/05/17 17:46
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Loading Slideshow Curiosity's First Color Photo Curiosity snaps the first color view of the north wall and rim of Gale Crater, where NASA's Mars rover landed Sunday night. The picture was taken by...
2013/05/16 22:39
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The message that everyone should go to college does a disservice to the 60% of students who do not finish their degrees within six years, according to new research from Brookings Center on Children...
2013/05/16 17:46
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Loading Slideshow Lady Liberty On Lake Mendota, University Of Wisconsin-Madison In 1979, the student body government of University of Wisconsin was led by the infamous a...
2013/05/16 14:45
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... 1998 QE2 will be an outstanding radar imaging target at Goldstone and Arecibo and we expect to obtain a series of high-resolution images that could reveal a wealth of surface features," said...
2013/05/16 05:54
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By William M. Welch USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - How bad and widespread are California cities' fiscal problems? "Virtually ubiquitous and massive,'' says Rod Kiewiet, professor of political science at...
2013/05/15 21:42
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Titan is Saturn's largest moon -- at 1,600 miles (2,574 kilometers) across it's bigger than planet Mercury -- and is the second-largest in the solar system. Scientists care about Titan because it's...
2013/05/15 19:31
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LOS ANGELES - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft...
2013/05/15 08:44
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I have been a scientist in the field of the earth and environmental sciences for 31 years, specializing in geologic disposal of nuclear waste, energy-related research, subsurface transport and...
2013/05/15 01:53
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... respectfully disagrees with the decision and intends to appeal," JPL spokeswoman Veronica McGregor said in a brief statement. Administrative Law Judge William G. Kocol had ordered JPL, which...
2013/05/14 21:38
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About this sponsorship:In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them...
2013/05/14 16:54
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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab lead engineer Adam Steltzner, who became a highly visible presence during last year's Mars Curiosity Rover mission, will give a presentation at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, in UC...
2013/05/13 22:42
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The scientists tracked the relationship between rainfall and the growth and drying-out of vegetation in recent months, during an abnormally dry year. They found the timing of rains triggered regional...
2013/05/13 18:40
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Scheming to rearrange the heavens, scientists are busy planning how to pluck, push and park a spinning asteroid between here and the moon. While most of us hope to dodge space rocks, NASA has unveiled...
2013/05/13 17:09
2013/05/13 17:09
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As they wake up bleary-eyed from commencement day and graduation parties, newly hatched bachelors of arts and sciences can't be faulted for asking -- was four years of college work and college tuition...