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A new swim mom learns to keep her nose out of the pool

A new swim mom learns to keep her nose out of the pool

A wise friend points out that it's best to drop the kids at practice and go. Leave the coaching and competing to the coach and the kids.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years

Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years

A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike.

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Facebook adds more personal touches to News Feed

Facebook adds more personal touches to News Feed

Facebook is trying to breathe new life into its social network with a redesign of its News Feed.

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'God particle': Confirmation is 'achingly close'

'God particle': Confirmation is 'achingly close'

Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive "God particle." They need to eliminate one last remote possibility that it's something else.

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Curiosity sleeps as solar blast races toward Mars

Curiosity sleeps as solar blast races toward Mars

Curiosity hunkered down Wednesday after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars.

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Jared Diamond on 'The World Until Yesterday'

Jared Diamond on 'The World Until Yesterday'

Scientist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond, speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California about his newest book, "The World Until Yesterday." He examines what we can learn from traditional societies about aging, child-rearing, conflict resolution and other human concerns.

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Curiosity rover out of safe mode, still recovering

Curiosity rover out of safe mode, still recovering

NASA says the Curiosity rover is returning to normal after a computer problem limited its activities.

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Dragon supply ship arrives at space station

Dragon supply ship arrives at space station

A privately owned Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse after a shaky start to the mission.

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Charles Wheelan on 'Naked Statistics'

Charles Wheelan on 'Naked Statistics'

In his new book, "Naked Statistics," author and economist Charles Wheelan weaves in pop culture examples to give us the tools we need to understand the stats in and around our lives.

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What if we could all become cyborgs?

What if we could all become cyborgs?

Biologist Dr Andrew Holding meets with people who describe themselves as cyborgs in this BBC documentary. People facing the loss of a limb or organ today might consider getting a new device as a replacement. But what if we started replacing healthy body parts with devices to become superhuman?

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