Science
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68Why this 7-year-old can’t go anywhere near unvaccinated children
Anti-vaccination sentiment backed by populist movement. Padua, Italy When his daughter Angela was gravely ill, Nicola Pomaro made her a solemn promise:...
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70It’s Official: NASA Is Opening The International Space Station to Tourists
NASA just announced that it will officially allow regular citizens – not just certified astronauts – on board the International Space Station, as well...
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77Are we becoming too stupid to govern ourselves?
Measles was declared eliminated in 2000, but so far this year 940 individual cases have been reported throughout the country. All because a growing number of...
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62Richter magnitude scale and energy equivalents in terms of TNT explosive force
The following table lists the approximate energy equivalents in terms of TNT explosive force – though note that the earthquake energy is...
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77Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann dead at 89
Murray Gell-Mann, a physicist who theorized the existence of the quark and won a Nobel Prize for his method of classifying particles,...
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92US measles outbreak is largest since disease was declared eliminated in 2000
Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated nationwide in 2000....