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EmbedVideo(5473, 482, 304); This is an edited version of a video produced by Jill Granger. To view the original video, click here. Carrie Lewis and Kelly Steele's fifth grade students slide and spin across the classroom…

Since the last Kepler catalog was released in February 2012, the number of candidates discovered in the Kepler data has increased by 20 percent and now totals 2,740 potential planets orbiting 2,036 stars. Image by NASA. In case…

This partial world map shows Google.org Flu Trends. Red indicates the most intense flu activity. Orange is moderate, yellow is low and green is minimal. Image by Google. The NewsHour has the flu. Or a really bad cold.