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| Read More » Huge Asteroid Cruises Past Earth  | An asteroid wider than nine ocean liners sailed safely past Earth today (May 31), making its closest flyby of our planet for at least the next 200 years.
| Read More » Can't We All Just Get Along? What Psychology Tells Us About Political Gridlock WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is broken. That is how Diane Halpern, a cognitive psychologist at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., opens her talks on the psychology of political partisanship. Read More » The Acid Test: Changing Seas Trip Up Baby Squid  | Squid could be in trouble as the oceans grow more acidic, new research finds.
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| Read More » Work-Life Balance? No Problem, Women Say Women say it is possible to have work-life balance and many report they're juggling the demands of career and family just fine, thank you. Read More » Yes! Orgasms During Birth Are Real, Study Suggests  | When Elena Skoko gave birth to her daughter three years ago, she felt pain. But she also felt something else: waves of pleasure so ecstatic they compared to an orgasm.
| Read More » Why Sharks Generate More Money Alive Than Dead  | Sharks that are free to swim around in their natural habitats are a valuable part of tourism around the world, a new study finds, which suggests sharks are worth more in the world's oceans than they are on restaurant menus.
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