Science and Nature

  Full Story http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/?GT1=8404 Planet definition approved, but dissenters plan a counteroffensive By Robert Roy Britt Senior science writer Updated: 10:35 p.m. ET Aug 24, 2006 Capping years of intense debate, astronomers resolved Thursday to demote Pluto in a wholesale redefinition of planethood that is being billed as a victory of scientific reasoning over historic… Read more

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