By Carrie Mihalcik Operating system head Terry Myerson says Microsoft’s newest OS will be running on 1 billion devices within two to three years of its release.

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By Don Reisinger Ma’s company currently has more than 34,000 employees. The hiring freeze will last through at least the end of 2015.
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By Mario Aguilar

Here’s a Chrome extension you should go install right now: The new Password Alert extension helps secure your Google account by letting you know when you’ve unwittingly given your credentials away to a website that’s not Google. …

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By David R Montgomery

In the ongoing conflict between science and creationism, evolution is usually a main point of contention. The idea that all life on Earth evolved from a common ancestor is a major problem for creationists. As a geologist, though, I think that the rocks beneath our feet offer even better arguments against creationism. For …

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By Chris Mills

Kickstarter has brought us many wonderful things: the …

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By Michelle Starr Images taken by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft and released in the probe’s final days use colour to reveal the mineral composition of Mercury’s surface.

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By Don Reisinger The sum will be used over the next three years to fund grants for projects that attempt to stimulate “innovation in digital journalism” and make news content more appealing to readers.
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By Don Reisinger The sum will be used over the next three years to fund grants for projects that attempt to stimulate “innovation in digital journalism” and make news content more appealing to readers.
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By Annie Waldman – ProPublica

Tomorrow, when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the highest-profile death penalty challenge in seven years, the justices will begin ruling on this question: Does Oklahoma’s use of the common surgical sedative midazolam fail to make prisoners unconscious during lethal injections, thus violating the Eighth Amendment’s protection against “cruel and unusual punishment”? For many court watchers, however, a subject of special scrutiny will be the credibility of Oklahoma’s key expert witness, Dr. Roswell Lee Evans, who has …

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By Anthony Domanico Why is Iron Man’s suit so sturdy? How do Captain America and Black Widow rapidly heal from injuries? A video from the American Chemical Society looks at the science behind the Avengers.
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