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Still, even these planetary finds are unlikely to be exact copies of Earth, and for a very simple reason. Kepler spots faraway planets by watching them transit, or pass in front of, their stars, blocking out a little bit of light and making the star slightly dimmer. The five planets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five New Planets: The Kepler Telescope's on a Roll | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

The remote, snow-swept expanses of northern Sweden are an unlikely place to begin a story about cutting-edge genetic science. The kingdom's northernmost county, Norrbotten, is nearly free of human life; an average of just six people live in each square mile. And yet this tiny population can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Twelve hundred pounds is a lot of dead cephalopod, especially when no one seems to know for sure what killed them. Local biologists have ruled out pollution or contamination because no other species were affected. And although some suggest that perhaps a boat, illegally fishing the multilegged creatures, threw them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Killing Portugal's Octopuses? | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

Russia: The Obama Administration promised to hit the reset button in relations with Moscow, hoping that by addressing Russian concerns on the stationing of U.S. missile defense assets in Eastern Europe it could coax Russia on board with U.S. efforts to pressure Iran. But while the Administration berates the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama Defaulted to Bush Foreign Policy Positions | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

Take a cue from the self-help group Moderation Management (MM), which advises problem drinkers to abstain completely for a month before attempting moderate drinking. If you can't achieve a month of abstinence, the thinking goes, successful moderation is unlikely.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions: Advice from the Experts | 1/1/2010 | See Source »

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