Space shuttle Atlantis glides safely back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home on Thursday, capping a successful mission to resume International Space Station construction 3-1/2 years after the 2003 Columbia disaster. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Science education in U.S. elementary and middle schools is overly broad and superficial, according to a government report issued on Thursday that also faults science curricula for assuming children are simplistic thinkers.