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When religious beliefs collide with science

When religious beliefs collide with science

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., drew scrutiny when he answered a question about the age of the earth. "I'm not a scientist," he said.

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Microsoft ads deride Google as bad place to shop

Microsoft ads deride Google as bad place to shop

Microsoft is trying to skewer Google as a lousy holiday shopping guide in its latest attempt to divert more traffic to its Bing search engine.

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Minn. Guard readies moon rock handoff

Minnesota is preserving a handful of historically significant rock fragments collected by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the first moon landing.

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Should food be treated like an addictive drug?

Should food be treated like an addictive drug?

During Thanksgiving dinner, did you have a second, third or fourth piece of pumpkin pie because you "couldn't" help yourself? More researchers in food addiction today are crossing paths with those who study drug addiction.

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Ask a Neuroscientist: Sleeping and functioning skills

Ask a Neuroscientist: Sleeping and functioning skills

This is the seventh in an occasional series called 'Ask a Neuroscientist.' Today, we take audience-submitted questions to Paul Zak, the founding director of the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies at Claremont Graduate University and author of "The Moral Molecule," to learn more about how the brain works.
by Tom Weber

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Dark matter detector nearing activation in SD mine

Dark matter detector nearing activation in SD mine

Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine have taken the last major step before flipping the switch on their more than $300 million experiment and say they may be ready to begin collecting data as early as February.

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Even apes have 'midlife crises,' study finds

Even apes have 'midlife crises,' study finds

Chimpanzees going through a midlife crisis? It sounds like a setup for a joke. But there it is, in the title of a report published in a scientific journal: "Evidence for a midlife crisis in great apes."

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State strategy places substance abuse emphasis where it belongs

State strategy places substance abuse emphasis where it belongs

We can save ourselves a lot of emotional and financial pain if we focus on prevention and recovery.

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Would a U.S. draft of tech companies help us win a cyberwar?

Would a U.S. draft of tech companies help us win a cyberwar?

How can the U.S. best protect its communications systems, power grids and manufacturing sector in the event of a serious cyber attack by the likes of China, Russia or North Korea?

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BBC: The age we made, part three

BBC: The age we made, part three

The human impact on the Earth is now creating a new geological time period called Anthropocene, geologists say. The changes happening to the Earth will be visible in rocks for future geologists.

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