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Touchdown! European probe makes first landing on a comet

Touchdown! European probe makes first landing on a comet

Millions of miles from Earth, the Philae robotic lander has settled on the comet's surface, the European Space Agency says.

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Facebook, Google launch Ebola donation campaigns

Facebook, Google launch Ebola donation campaigns

But some say the outbreak is not a problem that can be solved only with money. Volunteers are needed in West Africa to work in treatment units.
by Eleanor Klibanoff

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Bake cookies, learn scientific method

Bake cookies, learn scientific method

Bethany Brookshire, aka @SciCurious, recently started "Cookie Science," which aims to illustrate the scientific method by creating a tasty gluten-free cookie for a friend.
by Alison Bruzek

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Researchers to attempt robotic landing on comet's surface

Researchers to attempt robotic landing on comet's surface

The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission is poised to send out a small probe to land on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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Microsoft is trying to be a social network

Microsoft is trying to be a social network

Microsoft -- a company most associated with Word documents and Excel spreadsheets -- is getting a makeover.
by Aarti Shahani

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The White House backs the Internet in a major way

The White House backs the Internet in a major way

President Obama is calling on rule-makers to reclassify broadband as a public utility. It would give the FCC much broader authority to stop "fast lanes" and "slow lanes" to the Internet.
by Elise Hu

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Green with envy, tickled pink: Our color-coded world

Green with envy, tickled pink: Our color-coded world

Red means stop; green means go. You live in a red state or a blue state. Elizabeth Blair kicks off NPR's color series with a look at the way color organizes our lives -- in ways we don't even realize.
by Elizabeth Blair

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Tackling America's sleep problem

Tackling America's sleep problem

It's clear that we're trying to remedy some problem--tiredness--but what's the best way to get at our sleep deprivation?

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