Satellite Views of Vast Moon Crater

December 30, 2011
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Satellite Views of Vast Moon Crater

Aristarchus, one of the brightest features on the moon’s surface, can easily be spotted with the naked eye. Going one better, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this spectacular image as it swooped down to just 16 miles above the lunar surface.

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A Touch of Understanding: Gene Tweak Opens Sensory Black Box

December 29, 2011
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A Touch of Understanding: Gene Tweak Opens Sensory Black Box

For nearly 250 years, the intricate detail and complexity of skin's nervous-system wiring has thwarted attempts at understanding. But if researchers studying skin could be imagined as technicians reverse-engineering a supercomputer's peripherals, they'd have just traced about three lines back to the motherboard.

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Titan: A Wet World Not Far From Earth

December 28, 2011
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Titan: A Wet World Not Far From Earth

Astronomers weekly announce the discovery of new exoplanets, some similar in size or temperature to our own planet -- but Earth-like worlds are not always far away. Saturn's largest moon, Titan, boasts many familiar features.

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Why Google Continues to Fund Firefox

December 27, 2011
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Why Google Continues to Fund Firefox

Google has its own web browser, so why is the company renewing its revenue deal with Mozilla? The answer is simple: Google makes money by putting eyeballs in front of ads and almost a quarter of the web's eyeballs use Firefox.

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Top Healthy Recipes of 2011

December 26, 2011
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Top Healthy Recipes of 2011

You’ve been clicking, searching and cooking up recipes from FoodNetwork.com all year long. Here are our most popular healthy recipes of 2011.

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Robin’s Healthy Take: The Sweet Life

December 26, 2011
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Robin’s Healthy Take: The Sweet Life

Robin Miller's favorite desserts from her new cookbook, Robin Takes 5 -- all full of sweetness and flavor, but low in fat and calories.

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Last Week to Apply to Show in The Mercury’s Annual Fashion Show!

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The clock is ticking! Applications for designers interested in showing in this year's eighth annual Mercury Spring Fashion show are due by 5 pm...

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