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• 'It's not science fiction — it's even cooler'
ST. LOUIS - From medicine cabinets to the fermented beer in the fridge, Americans are surrounded by science all the time. The St. Louis Science Center is launching a festival this week to help people better understand, and enjoy, the ways that ...
• Cash woes 'devastating' to science
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations. Leakey, who once served ...
• NASA to push ahead with Mars Lab launch
NASA will push ahead with its plan for an October 2009 launch of the already over-budget Mars Science Laboratory despite ongoing technical and schedule difficulties all but certain to push the cost of the mission past $2 billion. Officials in charge ...
• Creation Museum draws big crowds
Many scientists say they fear damaging effects on science education when young people tour the museum and fail to square its lessons with what they're learning in school. One display shows humans coexisting with dinosaurs — despite the two species ...
• NASA grapples with budget-busting Mars rover
A sophisticated NASA rover slated to blast off to chemically analyze Mars for life may be delayed, modified or canceled due to cost overruns triggered by technical problems. Managers of the Mars Science Laboratory mission are meeting with top NASA ...