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At its May 2012 meeting, the National Science Board (NSB) elected Dan Arvizu as its new chairman, Kelvin Droegemeier as vice-chairman, and Carl Lineberger to serve on the NSB's Executive Committee.

Astronomers have discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament is the first structure of its kind spied in a critical era of cosmic buildup when colossal collections of galaxies called superclusters began to take shape.

The glowing galactic bridge offers astronomers a unique opportunity to explore how galaxies evolve and merge to form superclusters.

They may be small in stature, but kids at a California elementary school have gotten more than 55,000

In 1994, EPA published a report, referred to as the ?Blue Book,? which lays out EPA?s current methodology for quantitatively estimating radiogenic cancer risks.

A follow-on report made minor adjustments to the previous estimates and presented a partial analysis of the uncertainties in the numerical estimates.

In 2006, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences released a report on the health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation.

More than 500 physicists and computational scientists from around the world meet to discuss the current state and future of high-energy and nuclear physics — and the evolutionary, or even revolutionary, development of computational tools essential to these fields.

Laugh all you want, but the stupendously silly $200 million Battleship blockbuster opening Friday isn't close to sinking toy- and game-based films anytime soon.

Here are 10 classic childhood diversions that got burned into our brains thanks to cheesy television commercials.

We think Hollywood should eye these for their own movies.

Okay, I'm not a huge fan of Facebook games. I never played Farmville or Mafia Wars, and since I spend less and less time on Facebook every passing month, I'm not usually on the lookout for games there.

However, one of my favorite iOS games has made the jump to Facebook: Jetpack Joyride.