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5 Surprising Facts About the Iditarod Dog Sled Race The Iditarod dogsled race started on Sundayhere's what you might not know about the so-called last great race.
NationalGeographic.com | 5 hours, 42 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Space Camp Launches Crowd-Funding Effort to Land NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft One of four business jets converted to train NASA astronauts to land the space shuttle is on final approach to the Alabama home of Space Camp, pending the result of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's first crowd-funding campaign. Currently on the g
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Carl Sagan's Legacy: From the 'Pale Blue Dot' to Interstellar Space Famous astronomer Carl Sagan brought the wonders of the universe to people living on the planet he dubbed the "pale blue dot." Although Sagan died in 1996 due to complications from a rare bone-marrow disease when he was 62, his influence on the
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Carl Sagan's Legacy: Scientists, Fans Share Memories of Famed Astronomer For years, Carl Sagan brought science into homes around the United States with his TV shows and books. Some of the most famous scientists working today had life-changing experiences with Sagan, and other people who never met him still felt his influence f
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The Visitors review the search for Tutankhamun A vivid portrait of Howard Carter emerges from this fictionalised story of his quest to uncover the tomb of the boy-kingEvery few years, historians take exception to novelists encroaching on their territory, and historical fiction gets a battering in the
The Guardian | 10 hours, 39 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Passing of a giant: death of an elephant Paula Kahumbu: The world should know the terrible suffering behind the statistics on elephant poachingPaula Kahumbu
The Guardian | 11 hours, 30 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Men and women do not have different brains, claims neuroscientist Neuroscientist Prof Gina Rippon claims male and female brains only differ because of the relentless 'drip, drip, drip' of gender stereotyping
Telegraph.co.uk | 12 hours, 8 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Premature babies dying because of inadequate care Extremely premature babies are dying because they are not receiving the best care, a study by UCL has found.
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Ask a grown-up: what was the first language? Andrew George, professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, answers six-year-old Hester's questionThe simple answer is that no one knows. People used to think God wrote the Bible, and because the first part of the Bible i
The Guardian | 12 hours, 8 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

How Tommy John Surgery Has Evolved Since Frank Jobe With pitchers facing more stress on their elbows, the need for Tommy John surgery, the procedure pioneered by Frank Jobe, has never been more pronounced.
New York Times | 16 hours, 48 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

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