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  • With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars

    PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...

  • As Tea Party rallies FBI says IRS probe a top priority

    Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) addresses the crowd during a Tea Party rally to "Audit the IRS" in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Gary ...

  • Why Don’t Cops Believe Rape Victims Brain Science Explains.

    A number of recent studies on neurobiology and trauma have led to a fundamental shift in the way a growing number of experts view rape ...

  • The Science of Life

    Bioethicist Speaks on Importance of One of Us CampaignBy Elisabetta PittinoROME, June 04, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Elisabetta Pittino of the "One of Us" Campaign interviewed Professor Justo Aznar Lucea, Doctor in Medicine from the University of Navarra and Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the Catholic University of Valencia, to learn about the scientific basis of the "One of ...

  • Pan-African parliamentary science forum launched

    An Africa-wide forum for parliamentarians which aims to give science, technology and innovation a more central role in the policy-making process was launched this ...

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In the Company of Men

The subject of Neil LaBute's debut film, "In The Company of Men" is cruelty, pure and simple. Although one of the central focuses of the film is cruelty between men and women, the film as a whole is not that narrow. It also branches off and shows cruelty between men and other men, between bosses and workers, between business colleagues, and even between those who call themselves friends. In less t ... ...

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  • FBI ends search for Jimmy Hoffas body

    OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich., - The latest search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended on Wednesday in a field near Detroit, where federal agents had dug with heavy equipment and shovels for three days in the hope of answering the decades old question, "Whatever happened to Jimmy Hoffa?" Since Monday, 40 agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Michigan ...

  • Montreals new interim mayor to be chosen Tuesday

    Quebec mayor never showed me any cash: Mulcair MONTREAL – Canada’s leaderless second-largest city will try a second time to appoint an interim mayor who can stay out of trouble until the fall elections. City councillors will hold a secret vote Tuesday to replace Michael Applebaum, who was arrested on 14 corruption-related charges before resigning this week. Several interim ...

  • STEM High Schools Built on More Than Science and Math

    The schools are not built on science, technology, engineering and math courses, said Aimee Kennedy, chief academic officer of Metro Early College High School in Ohio. "If that's all it took to be considered a STEM school, any school in the country could do it," Kennedy said Wednesday during a panel discussion at the 2013 U.S. ...

  • Clapping Is Apparently Contagious Spreads Like An Infection

    A new study from Sweden’s Uppsala University has scientifically confirmed what we've already known for hundreds of years: applause is contagious. For entertainers and performers, clapping is seen as a sign of appreciation, as a way for audiences to thank them for a job well done and let them know their work is appreciated. While this is understood by all, it's accepted that some ...

  • Curiosity’s Billion-Pixel View | Space Wallpaper

    This space wallpaper is a scaled-down version of a full-circle view, which combined nearly 900 images taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The view is centered toward the south. It shows Curiosity at the "Rocknest" site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand. Curiosity used three cameras to take the component images on several different days between Oct. 5 ...

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