Science

UN Clears the Way For Faster Mobile Devices

Faster networks could be up to 500 times faster than 3G smartphones.

Science & Society »

Sugar Molecule Helps Egg Capture Sperm

Study identifies sugar molecule that makes the egg 'sticky,' enabling sperm and egg to bind.

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• Ancient Clams Yield New Information on Greenhouse Effect
• Oldest Fossils on Earth Discovered

Science & Math Education »

STEM Education Resource Center

Find out what's happening in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

• Florida Governor May Divert Taxes to STEM Majors
• STEM Heavily Featured in New 'No Child' Legislation
• California Students Get Engineering Experience at Energy Giant

Behavior »

The Benefits of Taking Time Off

Taking a vacation may not only make you happy, but increase your job performance.

• Scientists Highlight Link Between Stress and Appetite
• Social Contacts Help Men, Not Women, in Job Market
• Helping Children Understand Numbers

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• Alaska volcano continues to erupt, with lava, ash
• NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak
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• NASA spacecraft's planet-hunting days may be over
• Space not the final frontier for viewing movies
• Tiny camera in Illinois offers bug's eye view
• Report: Feds' warnings about Sandy were confusing
• Conn. chef planning to feast on cicadas
• Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems
• Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes
• AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
• Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2013 so far

Headlines

• 2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
• NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
• Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
• Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate
• NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season
• Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View
• Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
• More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

National Science Foundation

Hydrogen Gas in the Universe

Researcher believes it is key ingredient to Universe.

Chemistry and Clouds

Researchers look at water droplets and chemical reactions.

Learning and Play

Researcher studies children's unstructured playtime.

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Multimedia

Going Back to Bird's Beginnings

Jurassic dinosaur fossil sorts out a puzzling enigma.

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