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Ill Stephen Hawking Misses 70th Birthday

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:25:19 CST

The University of Cambridge says renowned physicist Stephen Hawking isn't well enough to attend a conference held to celebrate his 70th birthday . Hawking's remarkable career is being honored today as part of a daylong conference on cosmology being hosted at the university. But the celebrity scientist, who suffers from Lou...

Earth 'Safe' From Mammoth Collider: Report

Peter Fearon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 CDT

Fears that experiments with a giant particle accelerator could trigger a planetary-wide cataclysm have been dismissed as science fiction by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The 17-mile-long underground Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will smash nuclear particles together at super high speeds. Some fear collider experiments could trigger mini...

Mediterranean Diet Extends Lives

Peter Fearon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:55:00 CST

The Mediterranean diet—rich in fish, fruits, vegetables, and nuts but low in meat and dairy—could help Americans live longer, Reuters reports. Adults whose diets were closest to the Mediterranean ideal were 21% less likely to die over a 5-year period than those whose diets were least Mediterranean-like, according...