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"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." - Albert Einstein

Japanese stem cell pioneer among possible candidates for Monday’s Nobel Prize in medicine

After decades of work, Diana Kennedy says more still needed to protect native foods, recipes

UN climate panel expands experts to 831 scientists amid criticism it was not open to dissent

Brooms up! NYC’s Central Park hosts Muggle Quidditch games for college, high school teams

Space center abuzz over shuttle Atlantis’ last launch, astronauts only ones not making fuss

Curious George’s creators: NY exhibit reveals their dramatic escape from Nazi era France

Rebecca Stead wins Newbery Medal for best children’s book; Jerry Pinkney wins Caldecott prize

Once in a blue moon event to ring in 2010; next New Year’s Eve blue moon will be 2028

Poet, anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus dies at 85; was jailed with Mandela in S. Africa

Final farewell: Nobel winner Borlaug, Kennedy, King of Pop among the notables who died in 2009

Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009 for chromosome research, economics and literature

A look at the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes

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