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Study: Even ancient mummies had clogged arteries

Clogged arteries in mummies suggests humans may be naturally vulnerable to heart disease

Monday - 03/11/2013, 05:51am EDT

Study shows link between math skills and future pay

A study finds that people that did well in math class when they were 10 years old go on to earn more money by the time they are 30.

Sunday - 03/10/2013, 04:02pm EDT

Rising sea levels threaten historic Jamestown

Rising sea levels threaten historic Jamestown, marine geologist says island's future is grim

Sunday - 03/10/2013, 01:50pm EDT

Nuclear chief: US plants safer after Japan crisis

Nuclear chief: US plants safer 2 years after Fukushima; watchdog group decries lax oversight

Sunday - 03/10/2013, 01:28pm EDT

Radar reveals apparent buried channels on Mars

Radar reveals apparent underground flood channels on Mars

Friday - 03/08/2013, 05:06pm EST

Caffeine shot in nectar: for bee memory, not buzz

Buzzy bee-havior: Study says plants lure honeybees by spiking nectar with dose of caffeine

Friday - 03/08/2013, 05:06pm EST

Curiosity sleeps as solar blast races toward Mars

Curiosity sleeps as solar eruption barrels toward Mars; other missions operating normally

Friday - 03/08/2013, 05:06pm EST

'God particle': Confirmation is 'achingly close'

Scientists zero in on identifying 'God particle,' but still require more to say for sure

Friday - 03/08/2013, 05:06pm EST

Scientists focus on another Sandy loss _ lab mice

Months after Superstorm Sandy flood, NYC hospital slowly rebuilds stocks of special lab mice

Friday - 03/08/2013, 05:06pm EST

Whole Foods: Products will carry GMO labeling

Whole Foods says products must carry GMO labeling by 2018

Friday - 03/08/2013, 04:28pm EST

Greek archaeological sites shut due to strike

Greek archaeological sites, museums, shut down for 24 hours due to employee strike

Friday - 03/08/2013, 05:59am EST

Idaho first state to have fetal pain law rejected

Idaho becomes first state to have so-called fetal pain abortion ban overturned by the courts

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 09:49pm EST

Ancient Arctic camel linked to modern breed

Ancient High Arctic camel is ancestor of modern breed, offers climate change clues

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 06:18pm EST

Comet making closest approach ever of Earth

Comet making closest approach ever of Earth, finally becoming visible in Northern Hemisphere

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 05:14pm EST

US scientists report big jump in heat-trapping CO2

Carbon dioxide levels rose by second highest rate; reaching global warming limits unlikely

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 03:08pm EST

Curiosity rover out of safe mode, still recovering

Curiosity rover out of safe mode on Mars, preparing to return to normal

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 02:38pm EST

2 local teens compete in Intel Science Talent Search

Alexa "Lexy" Dantzler, a student at Bishop O'Connell High School, and Samuel Zbarsky, a student at Montgomery Blair High School, are finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search.

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 10:15am EST
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Unusual $50 million gift for writing at Michigan

To support unwritten books, donor gives $50 million to Michigan creative writing program

Thursday - 03/07/2013, 12:11am EST

Supply ship meets space station after shaky start

Supply ship arrives at space station, perfect rendezvous after a shaky start

Wednesday - 03/06/2013, 06:02pm EST

Great white shark caught, tagged in Fla. (Video)

Scientists couldn't be more excited to meet Lydia, the great white shark they named after tagging her Sunday off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla.

Wednesday - 03/06/2013, 01:13pm EST
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