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July 17, 2015 6:59 AM

Science: 2014 was hottest yet recorded, on land and sea

The international report card's out and confirms the hottest average on record -- for a third time in 15 years. More than 400 scientists contributed data, finding a spike in sea and air temperatures.

by Christopher Joyce

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July 16, 2015 11:00 AM

'Buckyballs' solve century-old mystery about interstellar space

Scientists have long wondered what's in the wispy cloud of gas floating in the space between the stars, absorbing starlight. Turns out it's a form of carbon named after architect Buckminster Fuller.

by Joe Palca

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July 15, 2015 9:16 AM

Photos: New Horizons to Pluto

NASA's New Horizons probe, launched in January 2006, flew within 8,000 miles of Pluto Tuesday.

by William Lager

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July 14, 2015 7:11 AM

Pluto up close: Spacecraft achieves flyby, then calls home

The moment of closest approach for the New Horizons spacecraft came at 7:49 a.m. EDT Tuesday. It culminated an unprecedented journey spanning nine years and three billion miles.

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July 11, 2015 4:00 PM

'Skyfaring': The poetry and science of air travel

When you fly, is it all about the cramped cabin? Anthropologist Barbara J. King interviews a pilot whose book reconnects us to the joys of flying through the clouds.

by Barbara J. King

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July 10, 2015 1:52 PM

'Aurora' journeys in a new direction

Veteran sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson returns with a tale of that classic genre trope, the generation ship. Critic Alan Cheuse says this story of spacefaring colonists goes to unexpected places.

by Alan Cheuse

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July 10, 2015 11:59 AM

U.S. personnel chief resigns in wake of massive data breach

Katherine Archuleta, the head of Office of Personnel Management, has been under fire since revelations that millions of people's personal data was compromised.

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July 9, 2015 1:35 PM

High-speed Internet project breaks ground in south-central Minnesota

A $45 million public-private partnership to bring high-speed, fiber-optic Internet service to Sibley County is moving forward.

by Elizabeth Baier

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July 9, 2015 1:24 PM

IBM announces breakthrough in chip technology

The computer giant says it has produced a prototype of transistors that are just 7 nanometers wide, half the width of the smallest ones currently used.