Chimpanzees in a midlife crisis? It sounds like a setup for a joke. But there it is, in the title…
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NASA postpones final ferry flight of Endeavour
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight to California has been postponed because of weather…
Read MoreWorld’s shortest laser pulse could probe atomic world
American researchers have generated a record-setting laser pulse so short that it makes most everything else seem like an eternity.…
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Weird-looking, meat-eating sponge found in deep sea
A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California’s Monterey Bay. The meat-eating…
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Satellites Could Detect Rogue Nuclear Tests
SAN FRANCISCO — A new technique using GPS and large radio telescopes can detect clandestine underground nuclear tests using waves…
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Skyrocketing inflation: Russia now charging NASA $70 million per seat to fly US astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space, and the…
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‘Sixth sense’ exists in brain, scientist says
Telepathy? Psychokinesis? Mind-reading? Nope. The brain does have a “sixth sense” beyond taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing, researchers say,…
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First Meteor Shower of 2013 Peaks This Week
The first meteor shower of 2013 will kick off the year’s night sky events this week, giving stargazers a chance…
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Hot under the collar: Study links climate change to rising tempers
WASHINGTON – Feeling hot under the collar? It may not be all in your head. A new study connects rising…
Read MoreIran’s president wants to be country’s 1st astronaut
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be headed to space one day, if a recent public statement is to be believed.…
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