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Scientists Fight Effort to Redefine Time

They oughta call them the Time Bandits. Everyone knows leap years occur every four years. But thanks to science’s ability to measure things very, very precisely, every now and then we have to add in an extra second, too — a “leap second” that keeps our clocks coordinated with the …

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As BP Halts Cap Tests, Scientists Fear Spill's Future

The old idiom “in like a lion, out like a lamb” might need some revising in 2011. Based on a recent study by the University of Hawaii, March 2011 will go out more like a sea monster — thanks to the BP oil spill. As BP abruptly halts efforts to …

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What makes me proud to be an American: The men and women of our uniformed services

A recent survey of U.S. Army members shows almost 50 percent of soldiers are unhappy in their service and more than half are pessimistic about the future of the military. Such news quickly brings the “bad old days” of post-Vietnam America to mind. Our fighting forces returned from Southeast Asia—many …

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