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3 compelling photo books for gifting this winter
These photo books capture the world in images that are by turns amusing and heartbreaking.
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Why Caroline Kennedy is likely to get a warm welcome in Japan (+video)
The Kennedy name is well known in Japan. Ms. Kennedy would be the first female ambassador to the close US ally if her likely appointment is approved.
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Editor's Blog After Newtown: a time for solace
Dec. 14, 2012, will long be remembered in Newtown, Conn., and well beyond. Tears will long be shed. Prayers and comfort will long be needed.
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Nathan Safferstein: Supermarket manager, atomic spy
Nathan Safferstein went from a supermarket manager to a counterintelligence agent for the Manhattan Project based on a customer's recommendation. He passed away on Tuesday.
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Was Chelyabinsk meteor actually a meteor? Many Russians don't think so. (+video)
A recent newspaper poll found nearly half of its readers believe that the event could be anything from a divine message to UFOs to a US weapons test.
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Chapter & Verse Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of Siberia
Science writer Surendra Verma looks back at the 'Tunguska event,' a mysterious occurrence in Siberia in 1908 which, like the 2013 meteorite, caused injuries and damage when the sky exploded.
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What killed the dinosaurs? New evidence strengthens asteroid hypothesis.
Evidence for the idea that non-avian dinosaurs were driven to extinction by an asteroid or comet impact is stronger than ever, thanks to a new radiometric analysis.
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Hunt for asteroids near earth way too slow, study says
Astronomers should dramatically ramp up the sky surveys, not only to better prepare for threats to Earth but also to exploit asteroids' contents, scientists say.
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3 compelling photo books for gifting this winter
These photo books capture the world in images that are by turns amusing and heartbreaking.
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Opinion: Flawed graph weakens case against Iran nuclear program (+video)
The Associated Press admits that a graph purporting to show that Iran has run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon is scientifically flawed. This raises serious questions about the quality of other 'evidence' against Iran's nuclear program. Here's a way to proceed.
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Analysis: Positions remain entrenched after Gaza conflictNeither Israel nor Hamas has budged on long-held principles that make coexistence difficult and the prospects for lasting peace remote.
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Israelis ponder alternatives to 'mowing the lawn' in Gaza (+video)
Israel has yet to articulate a long-term strategy for Gaza, but there is a growing consensus that a military operation every few years is not the answer.
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An American's key role as Hiroshima commemorates atomic bombing (+video)
Steven Leeper oversees Hiroshima's commemoration of the Aug. 6, 1945, dropping of the atomic bomb. The US presence at the memorial ceremony has grown, with even President Truman's grandson in attendance this year.
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Google Doodle celebrates Olympics opening ceremony London 2012 (+video)
The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics will be broadcast on NBC Friday, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.
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Solar storms: Five key facts
This weekend's solar storm brought spectacular auroras over a big part of the Northern Hemisphere. Here are five facts about these dazzling – and sometimes dangerous – eruptions from our sun.
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Stuxnet cyberweapon set to stop operating
Stuxnet infected some 130,000 computers worldwide, most of them related to Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment program. It's programmed to shut down just after midnight Sunday, but there likely are other cyber espionage systems out there.
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California fireball produces jackpot for meteorite hunters (+video)
Meteorite hunter finds pieces of a mini-bus sized meteor that lit up in the skies above California and Nevada this week. More pieces of the meteor are expected to be found as hunters scour the area.
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Humongous exploding fireball in sky probably a meteor, say scientists (+video)
For many people in Nevada and northern California, Sunday morning was disrupted by a sonic boom and a fireball streaking across the sky.
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Anders Breivik says he killed to protect indigenous Norwegians (+video)
In testimony today, Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian behind the 2011 attacks, compared himself to World War II commanders who decided to bomb Japan to prevent further loss of life.
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Opinion: For nuclear security beyond Seoul, eradicate land-based 'doomsday' missiles
America's 450 launch-ready land-based nuclear-armed ballistic missiles are the opposite of a deterrent to attack. In fact, their very deployment has the potential to launch World War III and precipitate human extinction – as a result of a false alarm. We’re not exaggerating.
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Opinion: Can Seoul summit tackle biggest threat to US security – nuclear terrorism?
What can President Obama and other world leaders meeting in Seoul, South Korea, for the second Nuclear Security Summit today and tomorrow plausibly accomplish? The answer is less than many observers hope – but more than skeptics appreciate. Look at Ukraine.
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After the tsunami, Japan may exit atomic age
A year ago, Japan depended on its 54 reactors for 30 percent of its electricity; only two of them remain open. Japan could become the first industrial society to enter the postnuclear age.
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Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith
British academic Andrew Preston offers a crisply written account of the historic intersection of religion and US foreign policy.
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Editor's Blog Is Iran rational enough for MAD?
From the 1940s until 1990, the threat of 'mutual assured destruction' terrorized the superpowers into avoiding nuclear war. Would MAD work if Iran gets the Bomb?
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Stuxnet cyberweapon looks to be one on a production line, researchers say
Evidence is rising that Stuxnet, a cyberweapon that attacked Iran's nuclear facilities in 2009, is part of a supersophisticated manufacturing process for malicious software, two antivirus companies tell the Monitor.
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World's most expensive accident? Eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, and two Mercedes (video)
A luxury car pile up Sunday in Japan littered the highway with 13 sports cars, including eight red Ferraris. There were no serious injuries.
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