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Obama axes NASA moon plan in new budget (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama wants to end NASA's moon program, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and jump-start technologies needed for future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, officials said on Monday.

Older Adults Need Less Sleep (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - How much sleep we need is largely a mystery, and sleep seems tougher to come by as we age. Many studies - often funded by the pharmaceutical industry - have suggested that we're all sleep-deprived zombies, risking our health for lack of shut-eye.


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New 6-Legged Robot Walks By Taming Chaos (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Whether climbing a hill or navigating tricky terrain, a new six-legged robot has got it covered using a digital circuit that mimics specialized brain cells used by insects for walking. In cockroaches, for example, repetitive movements like breathing or walking are controlled by small clusters of brain cells called central pattern generators, or CPGs.

Obama trims US space ambitions (AFP)

File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" />AFP - Facing budgetary constraints, President Barack Obama will scale back US space ambitions, abandoning plans to return to the moon by 2020 and confining NASA to lower orbits for years to...