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Study suggests Neanderthals died out earlier
New carbon dating suggests Neanderthals died out earlier, may not have lived alongside humans
Ex-Mass. chemist pleads not guilty in lab case
Ex-Mass. chemist pleads not guilty at 6th and final arraignment in drug lab scandal
If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?
NASA manager mused about what to tell Columbia crew if they had known space shuttle was doomed
NASA marks 10 years since loss of Columbia, crew
NASA marks 10th anniversary of shuttle Columbia accident; crew included 1st Israeli spaceman
APNewsBreak: Skydiver fell faster than thought
Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner was faster than he or anyone else thought when he jumped from 24 miles up.
'Stardust' animation shows moving, artistic space scenes
There is a captivating, powerful beauty in the intersection of science and art.
Beer will help power Alaska brewery
The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer.
Experts find remains of England's King Richard III
Scientists say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester.
Bullying study: It does get better for gay teens
It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according to the first long-term scientific evidence on how the problem changes over time.
Va. museum unwrapping mummy's story with CT scan
Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies.
Sandy's wake leaves shore birds in dire straits
When red knots descend on the beaches of Delaware Bay this spring famished from their marathon flight toward the Canadian Arctic from the tip of South America, the rosy-breasted shorebirds may find slim pickings instead of the feast of horseshoe crab eggs they count on to fuel the rest of their migration.
Iranian space official: Photo shows wrong monkey
One of two official packages of photos of Iran's famed simian space traveler depicted the wrong monkey, but a primate really did fly into space and return safely to Earth, a senior Iranian space official confirmed Saturday.
APNewsBreak: Feds: Warming imperils wolverines
The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change _ a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals the government says will lose crucial habitat as temperatures rise.
NASA marks 10 years since loss of Columbia, crew
Schoolchildren joined NASA managers and relatives of the lost crew of space shuttle Columbia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy and remember the seven astronauts who died.
If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?
A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia?
If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?
A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia?
Sacrificial skull mound in Mexico puzzles experts
Archaeologists say they have turned up about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in a field in central Mexico, one of the first times that such a large accumulation of severed heads has been found outside of a major pyramid or temple complex in Mexico.
Space shuttle Columbia: What happened 10 years ago
Ten years ago Friday, the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed and its seven astronauts killed during the final minutes of its flight.
Great white shark moves back to northeast
It seems Mary Lee's winter vacation in the sunny South is over.
NASA launches communication satellite
NASA launched a new communication satellite Wednesday to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images.
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