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'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Scientists predict summer 'dead zones': Larger in Gulf, smaller than usual in Chesapeake Bay
China astronauts float water blob in kids' lecture
China's orbiting astronauts twirl gyroscopes, strike kung fu poses in kids' lecture from space
Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia
Airborne laser spots ancient city complex of roads, canals hidden under dense Cambodian forest
Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite
Scientists from around the world meet in South Dakota to discuss new photo-taking satellite
Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies in Maine
Nobel Prize-winning physics professor from Cornell, Ohio State dies at age 77 in Maine
Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
Energy chief: Flying across US in high-tech solar plane to boost cleaner energy use on ground
NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women, including 1st female fighter pilot in years
Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
Crews: Wooden beam not attached to other structure but still may be part of 17th century ship
It's a blast: Va. students launch experiments into space
Teams from the Naval Academy and colleges across the country have built science experiments that will be loaded into a rocket and launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
Study: Vaccine against sexually transmitted HPV cut infections in teen girls by half
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
As more patients get lab-grown body parts, scientists face challenge of making complex organs
World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech scientists
World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech researchers who made genetically modified plants possible
Sleep plays critical role in maintaining good health
Sleep affects your health more than you may realize.
Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too
Losing fight vs. climate change, locales around the world find ways to live with it
Scientists moving 15-ton magnet from NY to Chicago
Scientists plan 5-week move of 15-ton magnet from national lab in suburban NY to Chicago
AP IMPACT: Bites derided as unreliable in court
AP IMPACT: Bite marks, long accepted as criminal evidence, face doubts about reliability
Men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence
A list of men wrongly convicted or arrested based on bite-mark evidence
Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting
Adapting to _ not just fighting _ climate change is taking the heat out of global warming talk
Remembering Sally Ride's historic launch into space
Thirty years ago, Sally Ride shattered a glass ceiling high above the Earth as she became the first American woman to fly into space.
Kenneth Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies
Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, dies at age 77 in Maine
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