SSS 2011-11-22

Having a high IQ may have its drawbacks: a new study finds that highly intelligent children are more likely to try illegal drugs in their teenage and adult years. The work is published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. An ongoing s

CNN 2011-06-12

Our current fire reaches 336,167,so 336,167 acres.Zero percent contained.As of this morning we had 3,012 personnel on the fire.We are not gonna be out of here in time soon. There is a lot of work to do. Theres probably, I guess， two or three weeks

SSS 2008-03-17

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. This will just take a minute. Computer status report. After its ongoing Mars missions, NASA will concentrate less on the red planet, and more on the solar system's other planets and moo

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Good morning. As families across the country enjoy the summer, Americans can be optimistic about our economic future. In the past four years, our economy has been through a lot: we faced a stock market decline, a recession, corporate scandals, an att

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Three new European financial watchdogs start work

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China, Costa Rica to Strengthen Cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with his Costa Rican counterpart Laura Chinchilla in the capital San Jose for bilateral talks. The two leaders are also scheduled to oversee the signing of a number of collaborative deals between the two countries

Drought plagues 13 Chinese provinces

BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China's ongoing severe drought has hit 13 Chinese provinces, having an adverse impact on agricultural production, the country's drought relief authorities said Thursday. As of Thursday, the dry spell has left 7.82 million

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Negotiations connected to Iran's nuclear program have resumed in Switzerland. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have sat down for the first of what should be three days of meetings in the Swiss city of

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