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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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In Pictures: The Large Hadron Collider
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Antimatter might fall up, say physicists
A paper published this week suggests that antimatter could exhibit antigravity, potentially resolving some of physics' biggest mysteries.
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Editor's Blog Why we're hard-wired for best practices
Whether on Capitol Hill or in isolated desert communities, people tune into each other to find out what works. The adoption of "best practices" seems to be embedded in human nature.
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How Maria Sibylla Merian opened our eyes to nature
Google celebrates the 366th birthday of German artist and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, whose observations of insects and their habitats stood at the dawn of the scientific revolution.
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How Nicolaus Copernicus moved the Earth
Nicolaus Copernicus, whose 540th birthday is celebrated on Google's homepage Tuesday, kicked off the Scientific Revolution.
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At edge of black hole, a star Albert Einstein would have loved
Scientists have found a star orbiting very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. It could help scientists give Einstein's brilliance one of its sternest tests yet.
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Scientists say they are within a boson's breadth of finding 'God particle' (+video)
Physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, say that they have very strong evidence for the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle that, if it exists, would help explain why matter has mass.
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Love, Fiercely
'Love, Fiercely' is evocative and often captivating, but Zimmerman is forced too often to speculate about her historical subjects.
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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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Horizons How Heinrich Rudolf Hertz revealed the invisible world
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the man behind today's Google doodle, found what eyes could not see. Today would have been Heinrich Hertz's 155th birthday.
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Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
First test: See how you do with this book.
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Why is the Higgs boson so important?
Physicists at CERN are increasingly confident that they have discovered the elusive Higgs boson – the so-called 'God particle' that is thought to be a key component of our understanding of the cosmos. Why does the Higgs boson matter?
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How Mary Blair brought synesthesia to the big screen
The distinctive visual style of Disney artist Mary Blair has its roots in an early-20th-century artistic movement that sought to blend sound and color.
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The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene’s latest foray into the great beyond explores the possibility that there is not one big uncharted universe but many.
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NASA considering rail gun launch system
Rail guns, which use a magnetic field to accelerate a mass to high speeds, are being looked at by NASA as a potential space launch system.
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Atlantis astronauts aboard International Space Station honor Isaac Newton
The Atlantis crew brought along a photo of Isaac Newton, as well as a chip of wood from the famous apple tree that inspired his law of gravity, which they let float freely.
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Hans Christian Andersen: 'Thumbelina' fairy tale enchants the Google homepage
Scenes from the Hans Christian Andersen story 'Thumbelina' replace the search engine's logo in this latest Google doodle.
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In Pictures: The Large Hadron Collider
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Isaac Newton: Why apples are falling on Google today
Google celebrates Isaac Newton's birthday with an animated homepage.
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NASA Moon bombing: Did NASA really drop a bomb on the moon?
Although it's more dramatic to say NASA bombed the moon today, they really didn't. We explain why...
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The Age of Wonder
Richard Holmes paints a different picture of the Romantic Age, one in which scientific discovery and artistic creation shared close company.
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Work on 'veiled reality' earns French physicist $1.4 million award
Prestigious Templeton Prize recognizes his theory that a new reality lurks behind matter and other observable phenomena.
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The quest for the 'God particle'
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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