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Bourbon & Bluegrass

On the road in Kentucky in search of two American originals: a strong brown whiskey and a high lonesome music.


A Modern Marketplace for Israel?s Ultra-Orthodox

The Israeli economy has adjusted in surprising ways to the market power of the ultra-Orthodox community.


Rule Jostles Runners Who Race to Their Own Tune

Running?s national governing body has banned the use of headphones and portable audio players at its official races.


Why They Called It the Manhattan Project

The first headquarters of the nation?s secret effort to build the bomb lay in New York City.


From Conservation to Population, a New Look at Planet Earth

Can nine billion humans survive and try to improve their lives without depleting the planet?


Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks

Environmentalists cheered when a conservancy acquired 161,000 acres, but not all the land will be preserved.


Station Panel Tears, Adding Challenge for Shuttle Crew

The torn panel on the International Space Station has created a new difficulty for a space shuttle mission that has already had more than its share.


Cow-killing meteorite sells for $1,554

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Space station getting more power

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A Conversation With Clayton Anderson: The Life Celestial: A Lot of Work, a Little Play, Plenty of E-Mail

Clayton Anderson has been living aboard the International Space Station since June, and will hitch a ride home on Discovery at the end of its mission.


Warming Revives Flora and Fauna in Greenland

As the climate warms, Greenlandic farmers are experimenting with vegetables that have previously never been grown in the country.


Arthur Kornberg, Biochemist, Dies at 89

Dr. Kornberg?s Nobel Prize-winning discovery of how DNA is assembled helped ignite the biotechnology revolution.


For a Devotee of Solar Energy, a Shot at Earning Respect

Richard Thompson, who began powering his home with solar power in 2001, has found that power is the easy part. Generating interest takes work.


Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is staking $12.5 billion on a bid to catch up with the West in science and technology.


An Active, Purposeful Machine That Comes Out at Night to Play

New research underscores a vast transformation in the way scientists have come to understand the sleeping brain.


Basics: In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All

By all evidence, outrageously bad dreams are a universal human experience.


Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the changes were part of a normal review process and not aimed at minimizing the impact of global warming.


?55 ?Origin of Life? Paper Is Retracted

Alarmed that a 52-year-old paper was stoking the arguments of creationists, a chemistry professor has retracted a paper on the origins of life.


The Elderly Always Sleep Worse, and Other Myths of Aging

Poor sleep among the elderly, it turns out, is not because of aging itself, but mostly because of illnesses or the medications used to treat them.


In Study of Human Patterns, Scientists Look to Bird Brains

Bird sleep is so mysterious that scientists are considering several answers, all intriguing.


Balloon-telescope snaps photos of sun

You don't need a rocket to send scientific instruments into space. A really big balloon works just as well, according to an international research team that plans to take a closer-than-ever look at the sun.


Chinese rocket blasts off to moon

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In Construction Mode, Astronauts Add to Station

The 16-ton new module will serve as a connection point for two new laboratories for the station.


Many Red Flags Preceded a Beef Recall

The sharp increase of beef recalls involving E. coli raises questions about whether the Agriculture Department has given the meat industry too much leeway to police itself.


Well: Shhh...My Child Is Sleeping (in My Bed, Um, With Me)

For ?closet co-sleepers,? revealing the truth isn?t worth the criticism.




 
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