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In the year 2393 a historian in the Second People's Republic of China penned a book about how scientists, economists and politicians living in the 21st century failed to act on the solid science they had that gave clear warnings of the climate catastrophe ahead.

The American Society of Hematology will honor Tomas Ganz, MD, PhD, of the University of California - Los Angeles with the 2014 E. Donnall Thomas Lecture for his groundbreaking research in iron homeostasis, including the discovery of the iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin and investigation of its roles in iron metabolism.

Mathematical equations can make Internet communication via computer, mobile phone or satellite many times faster and more secure than today.

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover completed a Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

Twenty years ago, human and robotic eyes observed the first recorded impact between cosmic bodies in the solar system, as fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into the atmosphere of Jupiter.

NIF Target Chamber This view from the bottom of the chamber shows the target positioner being inserted.

Mathematical equations can make Internet communication via computer, mobile phone or satellite many times faster and more secure than today.

Diamond has been subjected to the wrath of the world's largest laser, which compressed the stone to greater pressures than it has ever experienced on Earth.

A critical vote is scheduled for Tuesday in Washington, D.C., that could provide federal funding for an earthquake early warning system on the West Coast.

In the financial world, some shares have new owners every second . Today, much of the buying and selling is done by computers, but many trades still rely on human intuition-the gut feeling of the experienced trader.

Port Hawkesbury Paper is using microbes to treat 30,000 cubic meters of sludge every day The paper mill is using microbes to treat 30,000 cubic meters of sludge every day.

NASA Mars rover Curiosity has driven out of the ellipse, approximately 4 miles wide and 12 miles long , that was mapped as safe terrain for its 2012 landing inside Gale Crater.

MIT professor emeritus of chemistry Irwin Oppenheim, 84, of Cambridge, passed away on June 3 from complications following cardiac surgery.

Some people had doubted that Voyager 1, launched in 1977 to explore Jupiter and Saturn, actually reached interstellar space in 2013.

The Salk Institute is pleased to welcome a new full professor and three new assistant professors, all exceptional leaders in their respective fields.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new "tsunami wave" from the sun as it sails through interstellar space.

Fifty-two years ago, the gods of good fortune arranged the chance meeting of two young university graduates: Donna from the University of Texas/Austin and Jerry, from California Institute of Technology/Pasadena.

Image Caption: Volume rendering of the entropy of a differentially rotating and highly magnetized progenitor to a supernova in a full 3-D.

When evaluating another person's emotions - happy, sad, angry, afraid - humans take cues from facial expressions.

The Accurin nano-drug BIND-014 encases a toxic payload in a layer of biodegradable polymers , and uses molecules on the surface to target the tumour.