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• Harvard gets its largest gift: $125 million
Hansjorg Wyss, a Swiss entrepreneur who earned an MBA from Harvard in 1965, said he felt humbled to be able to contribute to an effort he believes will change the course of science and medicine. Ranked at 164 on the Forbes list of billionaires, with a ...
• Nuclear renewal spurs demand for engineers
TROY, N.Y. - Jackie Young was always good at math and science, but when she started college she never figured she'd end up pursuing a career in nuclear energy. Then professors at the University of Tennessee's nuclear engineering department briefed ...
• 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 ...
• ABOUT COSMIC LOG
Quantum fluctuations in space, science, exploration and other cosmic fields... served up regularly by MSNBC.com science editor Alan Boyle since 2002. Alan Boyle covers the physical sciences, anthropology, technological innovation and space science ...
• Best learning holidays for kids
Dodgeball on the paddle tennis court drew more players, but for the dozen or so science geeks who showed up to watch whales, look at plankton under a microscope and learn navigation with a sextant, it was the highlight of the voyage. Time away from ...