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Catholic priests in Philippines bring Mass to shopping malls to meet the people

Lifestyle & Belief

The Philippines is one of the largest Catholic countries in the world, but recent surveys have shown that the country’s devotion is waning, as churchgoers object to sex scandals and morality that seems old-fashioned. So priests are having to work harder, including saying mass in malls.

Official kilogram has put on a little weight

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Our ‘Unstable’ Universe Could Be Wiped Out by a New One

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The Where, the Why, and the How

Arts, Culture & Media

Why the Kilogram Is Getting Heavier

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Science Note: Aerographite

Scientists have developed a new material 6 times lighter than air and can support something 40,000 times its own weight. Researchers hope to exploit these properties to make light-weight batteries for electric cars.

The World

Higgs Boson Song Composed From Research Data

Arts, Culture & Media

Domenico Vicinanza is a particle physicist and a composer and has written a song whose notes are defined by the data points drawn from the research around the Higgs boson.

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Have Scientists at CERN Discovered the Elusive Higgs Boson?

CERN scientists could bring the biggest news in physics in decades by declaring if they have discovered an elusive sub-atomic particle, called the Higgs Boson.

Physicists Await Glimpse of ‘God Particle’

Near Geneva, Switzerland scientists from the European Center for Nuclear Research are scheduled to present preliminary evidence in their search to find the Higgs boson particle, commonly known as the “God particle.” Proving its existence would validate the leading theory of particle physics. Harvard physics professor and particle theory expert Dr. Lisa Randall is the […]

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Christians in Bethlehem

Lifestyle & Belief

Pope Benedict is scheduled to conduct mass in Bethlehem when he visits the Middle East next week. But there will be fewer local Christians there than ever before. Correspondent Linda Gradstein visits the ever-shrinking Christian community in Bethlehem to find out why so many have left…and what worries those who remain.