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Oops! This Lab Neglected to Return the Samples of Moondust NASA Loaned It

Something to make you feel better about those library books you still haven't returned

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Distinguishing Brain From Mind

In coming years, neuroscience will answer questions we don't even yet know to ask. Sometimes, though, focus on the brain is misleading.

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Today Is the Real Memorial Day

Let’s call a halt to the annual ‘Rolling Thunder’ motorcycle rally.

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Defense Contractors Vastly Outnumber Troops in Afghanistan

The Pentagon spent $160 billion on contractor support for two wars between 2007 and 2012.

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Strangling Google in China?

Steve Kelman finds unexpected search-engine difficulties while traveling in a foreign land.

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Is IT the Department of 'No?'

A number of government leaders say it's hard to get new technology approved.

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Is Big Pharma Standing in the Way of Curing the New SARS?

The developing disease has been described by the World Health Organization as "a threat to the entire world."

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How Facebook’s IPO was Bungled by Nasdaq’s Computers

A glitch in the exchange's computer system botched the social network's public offering

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Airport Scanners No Longer Show Graphic Body Images, TSA Says

The agency made the changes in advance of a May 31 deadline.

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Is 16 Minutes the Best We Can Do for Tornado Warnings?

For now, yes. But Congress would like to change that.

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How Hard Will Lisa Jackson Pressure Apple's Suppliers on the Environment?

The former EPA chief faces new challenges.

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Video: Big Changes Coming to Your Gmail Inbox

The design overhaul will roll out to inboxes gradually.

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Army Puts Out Casting Call for Spanish Radio Novella

Program would promote family values to counter guerilla messaging.

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Navy Delays Award of $5B Network Contract to June 10

Award was originally scheduled for May 31.

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NOAA resurrects backup weather satellite after GOES-13 failure

Faltering satellite provides imaging vital to short-term weather forecasts for the eastern United States and Atlantic Ocean.

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Millennials Are Rewriting the Definition of Work

Younger workers want to work where and when they want.

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Experimental Drug Could Treat Child Bioterrorism Victims

The United States announced a $17.7 million push to secure federal licensure of antibiotic.

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Now, For Some Good F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News

Projected costs have dropped nearly $5 billion.

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Cost of Modernized GPS Ground Control System Soars by $3.4 Billion

Information security requirements drive increase.

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A graphic look at agency apps

The number of apps agencies have released has grown by nearly five times in two years. Here's a look at some of the most popular ones.