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The space telescope has worsened NASA's relationships with Congress, who felt duped by the exploding cost of the project. Still, the telescope may prove an amazing technical achievement.
The Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that a distant planet discovered in 2009 is largely composed of water. Its physical attributes could mean an exotic mix of elements are present.
The winds of stellar-mass black hole have been clocked at 20 million miles per hour. Curiously, scientists say the winds carry away as much matter as the black hole draws in.
Facebook profiles assessed by a three-judge panel accurately reflected employee evaluations from each of the users' employers. Should Facebook be used as a job-screening tool?
The multinational corporation Cisco Systems estimates that mobile-connected devices will outnumber humans by 2012. By 2016, mobile connection speed will increase ninefold.
Since the Justice Department's actions against Megaupload, copyrighters have begun winning major victories over online file-sharing programs. The Pirate Bay remains defiant.
Start ups that encourage people to share their personal vehicles are becoming increasingly popular. Each offers their own system to entice you to make money from lending out your car.
Online data security continues to prove insufficient, whether it is Facebook hanging on to old photos or Path uploading users' address books to their servers. Can insurance redress the damage?
Income inequality in the US is at the highest level in our history. How are private interest groups able to control the conversation and when will consumer-advocates show up to the fight?
"Scientifically literate government leaders who push for evidence-based policies and demonstrate a scientific outlook are needed more than glib panderers with attitude."
Internships and mid-career opportunities are increasingly present in Latin-America as the region's economic growth has proven stable throughout the global recession.
The constant tug-of-war between governmental bodies over environmental policy, and industry's endless stream of legal challenges, create substantial economic waste.
Despite the homogenizing effect of globalization, many large cities retain their unique character. Indeed, cities can enact meaningful change when national governments will not.
A new study says that children acquire a sense of fairness before they reach the age of two. An equal distribution of resources according to effort is innate and universal, say researchers.
New research published in a scientific journal which measures the psychological and behavioral effects of social media suggests that Facebook makes us happier and more creative individuals.
Neuroscientists have used quantum dots—light-sensitive, semiconducting particles just a few nanometers in diameter—to stimulate neurons which have been damaged by disease or age.
Scientists at UCLA have found that running a mild electric current through the brain's hippocampus improves memory function. The finding could contribute to Alzheimer's research.
The insistence of parents, teachers and physicians that children be concentrated fully and absolutely on their school work is a corruption of values, says playwright Hanif Kureishi.
The way we diagnose depression is changing, in the laboratory and the clinic. New blood tests measure depression's biomarkers while new diagnostic guidelines say grief is the same as depression.
Proteins which form part of the immune system change according to the time of day. Our 24-hour body-clock may soon become an important factor in administering medical treatments.