Researchers have deciphered an ancient Egyptian handbook, revealing a series of invocations and spells. Among other things, the “Handbook of…
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NASA gets White House approval to extend International Space Station by four years
The $100 billion-plus International Space Station (ISS) is set to have its operations extended by four more years. NASA plans…
Read MoreRecord-breaking cosmic ‘magnifying glass’ found by Hubble telescope
In a surprising discovery, astronomers have found a faraway galaxy that doubles as a cosmic “magnifying glass.” At 9.6 billion…
Read MoreGiant armored dinosaurs breathed through ‘Krazy Straw’ airways
Carrying around an exoskeleton of bony armor is hard work. But armored ankylosaurs figured out a way to shoulder the…
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Scientists watch enormous iceberg drift away from Antarctic glacier
WASHINGTON – Scientists are watching an iceberg bigger than the island of Guam as it slowly moves away from an…
Read MoreGiant sphinx from ‘Ten Commandments’ film unearthed 91 years later
Hidden for more than 90 years beneath the rolling sand dunes of Guadalupe, California, an enormous, plaster sphinx from the…
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Fox-sized relative of Triceratops discovered in Venezuela
The fossil of a new two-legged, fox-sized dinosaur relative of both Stegosaurus and Triceratops, which dates back about 200 million…
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1 in 5 women will undergo pelvic surgery in her lifetime, study says
About 1 in 5 women now will undergo certain pelvic surgeries during her lifetime, nearly double the risk of having…
Read More‘Forgotten’ brain region rediscovered a century later
A major pathway of the human brain involved in visual perception, attention and movement and overlooked by many researchers for…
Read MoreNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft wakes up for Pluto encounter in 2015
Pluto, get ready for your close-up: A NASA spacecraft has roused itself from the final slumber of its nine-year trek…
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