Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.
Modified: 05/30/12 03:59:00 AMUNC Health Cares $30 million psychiatric hospital, proposed last week to relieve emergency room use by the mentally ill, will take a year just to prepare all required paperwork. The project, which lacks a site, is UNCs olive branch to competitor WakeMed Health and Hospitals in exchange for WakeMed agreeing to drop its hostile takeover bid for UNCs Rex Hospital in Raleigh.
Modified: 05/30/12 04:40:00 AMA newly discovered small asteroid has harmlessly zipped close to Earth - just as scientists expected.
Modified: 05/29/12 07:31:56 PMThe head of the National Weather Service has suddenly retired and the agency is seeking an emergency $35.6 million from Congress because of allegations of financial mismanagement and money shifting within the agency.
Modified: 05/29/12 05:21:59 PMMichelle Obama, the nation's first lady and a high-profile spokeswoman for healthy eating, has added a new book on growing and cooking nutritious food to her resume. Here's an easy soup recipe from the White House chefs, printed in "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America."
Modified: 05/29/12 12:09:32 PMIn the trees and grasses of the South, there are a growing number of unwanted visitors that at best are an itchy nuisance and at worst can carry debilitating diseases: Ticks.
Modified: 05/28/12 03:48:57 PMThey're throwing granny off a cliff!
Modified: 05/29/12 12:39:13 PMState lawmakers are considering a measure that would limit how North Carolina prepares for sea-level rise, which many scientists consider one of the surest results of climate change.
Modified: 05/28/12 10:51:17 PMContact the N&O newsroom
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