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Kepler epitaph? Eight most intriguing finds of troubled telescope.
Kepler, the space telescope designed to help us find other Earth-like planets, is on the fritz. Scientists hope they will be able to fix it remotely, but if they can't, its brief, brilliant career could be over. Here are eight of its most important discoveries.
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3 new novels featuring risk-taking protagonists
In these three new releases, characters seize at chances for new experiences.
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3 of spring's most anticipated novels
From the latest novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout to a new novel by legendary author James Salter, this fiction roundup includes some of spring's most anticipated titles.
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10 influential authors who came to the US as immigrants
These 10 immigrant authors have all made significant contributions to US literature and culture.
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10 best books of March, according to Amazon's editors
Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson talks about the 10 new releases she's calling the best books of March.
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Donald Marron Economic data goofs make the case for metadata
Anyone can look at a set of data and misinterpret it. That's why it should be fleshed out with pertinent information.
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Facebook stock: Early backer sells most of his shares
Facebook director Peter Thiel dumps some 20 million shares of his Facebook stock as lockup period ends. Facebook stock closes at nearly half its original price.
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Jodi Picoult quiz: How well do you know her books?
Are you a Jodi Picoult fan? Take this quiz and find out how well you know her books.
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Astronomers spot humongous 'supermom' galaxy fervently spawning stars (+video)
Astronomers have detected a luminous galaxy some 5.7 billion light years away that produces about 740 new stars each year.
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Octopuses inspire flexible, crawling, color-changing robots (+video)
Scientists at Harvard have recently begun developing flexible robots from elastic plastics and silicone rubbers that crawl along using compressed air forced in and out of many tiny channels running through its limbs.
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Why a galaxy far, far away has shattered records for birthing stars
Astronomers identify a giant cluster of galaxies 5.7 billion light-years from Earth. At its core new stars are being formed at a rate that could explain how supermassive black holes govern a galaxy's growth.
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Scientists create most disgusting robot yet (+video)
Inspired by the revolting manner by which earthworms move, a team of researchers from MIT, Harvard, and Seoul National University have successfully created the most disgusting robot that has ever been looked upon.
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4 Chinese police officers on trial for helping Bo Xilai's wife
One day after Gu Kailai did not contest murder charges against her, a quartet of senior police officers are facing charges of assisting Gu to cover up the homicide.
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'Welfare voters' are latest battleground in Brown-Warren Senate race
GOP Sen. Scott Brown charges that a new drive to register low-income voters in Massachusetts is a bid to boost support for Democrat Elizabeth Warren, pushed by a left-leaning group with ties to the challenger.
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Scandal in China: Bo Xilai's wife does not contest murder charge
The trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of a Communist Party elite, is the most sensational since the conviction of the Gang of Four more than 30 years ago for crimes during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution in China.
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How Missouri Senate primary fits into tea party strategy for Election 2012
Three Republican candidates – all with tea party ties – are vying in Tuesday's Missouri primary for the chance to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the fall. GOP takeover of the Senate is a top tea party aim.
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Chapter & Verse Google Books case tests the limits of copyright law
The Authors Guild is seeking more than $2 billion in damages from Google Books – which may make this one of the most expensive copyright damages cases in litigation history.
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Chapter & Verse 'Why Nations Fail': Will this be China's century?
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu analyzes the Chinese system and the challenges the country may face.
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Chapter & Verse 'Why Nations Fail': Is Egypt's new democracy real or a sham?
'Why Nations Fail' author Daron Acemoglu advises looking to Turkey's history for a hint.
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Chapter & Verse 'Why Nations Fail': Can the eurozone hang together?
'Why Nations Fail' author Daron Acemoglu compares the EU to the 13 American states pre-Constitution.
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Chapter & Verse 'Why Nations Fail': Can elites choke American prosperity?
Writer Daron Acemoglu says ancient Venice could teach the US a historical lesson.
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Chapter & Verse 'Why Nations Fail': co-author Daron Acemoglu offers a comprehensive theory
'Why Nations Fail' co-author Daron Acemoglu suggests that centralized power, rule of law, and open competition are the keys to national success.
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How 'pro-regime' Aleppo became one of Syria's biggest battlegrounds
Aleppo was long regarded as immune to the uprising sweeping the rest of Syria, but the deaths of several students helped galvanize a dormant opposition.
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A literary road trip through New England
Take a trip through historic New England and visit the homesteads of famous literary figures.
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Gore Vidal: a celebrity, a life writ large
Gore Vidal was known as much for his fierce public spats as he was for collected works that included 25 novels, 200 essays, six plays, several screenplays, and a National Book Award for essays on the United States.
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Elizabeth Warren: What will Obama's 'you didn't build that' ally say to DNC?
Elizabeth Warren may fill two roles at the DNC: a champion of the little guy who fires up the base and someone who presents Democrats as the mainstream alternative to the party of the rich.
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Mars Curiosity rover to seek signs of life on Red Planet (+video)
In a week, if the landing goes as planned, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will be looking for signs of methane and other organic compounds in the atmosphere and the soil, which could turn up new clues in the search for life there.
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With Obama as president have race relations improved in America?
After the historic election of Barack Obama, have conversations about race become more common? Or has racism become more apparent?
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Why Does the World Exist?
A simple question proves thorny in Jim Holt's new book.
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China will try former politician's wife on murder charges (+video)
The wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai, will be tried for the murder of a British business man. The trial is likely to start in early August. In the meantime, no details of the crime or the motive have been released to the public.
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