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NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life

Perfect planets for life? Telescope sees distant worlds not too hot, not too cold, not too big

Friday - 04/19/2013, 05:22pm EDT

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Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish

Fish story: DNA code of 'living fossil' promises insight into how fish began to move onto land

Friday - 04/19/2013, 05:22pm EDT

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East Coast test rocket launch scrubbed

Private firm contracted to deliver space station supplies scrubs Wednesday test rocket launch

Friday - 04/19/2013, 11:20am EDT

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Key facts about the plant explosion in West, Texas

News guide: Key facts about the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas

Thursday - 04/18/2013, 07:34pm EDT

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Newtown parents back study for clues to violence

After child's death in Newtown, scientist parents back brain research for clues to violence

Thursday - 04/18/2013, 07:32pm EDT

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East Coast rocket test launch scrubbed

Wednesday's test rocket launch was scrubbed by the private firm contracted to supply the space station.

Wednesday - 04/17/2013, 05:02pm EDT

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Hawaii land board approves Thirty Meter Telescope

Hawaii land board approves plan to build world's largest telescope atop Mauna Kea summit

Tuesday - 04/16/2013, 08:50pm EDT

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NASA gives OK for rocket test launch to proceed

NASA has given the OK for a private company to proceed with a test launch of a rocket that will eventually help carry cargo to the International Space Station.

Tuesday - 04/16/2013, 06:40pm EDT

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Polio vaccine developer Koprowski dies in Pa.

Polio vaccine developer Hilary Koprowski, whose success predated Salk, dies in Pa. at 96

Tuesday - 04/16/2013, 02:26pm EDT

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Greenhouse gases make high temps hotter in China

Study links ever hotter afternoons, sultrier nights in China directly to greenhouse gases

Monday - 04/15/2013, 12:08pm EDT

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Israeli high-tech pioneer Efraim Arazi dies

Efraim Arazi, Israeli hi-tech pioneer who helped develop technology to film moon landing, dies

Monday - 04/15/2013, 08:49am EDT

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Instruction of students learning English bleak

As nation's schools get more diverse, instruction of students learning English remains bleak

Monday - 04/15/2013, 04:29am EDT

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Facebook's Zuckerberg launches political group

Facebook's Zuckerberg, tech leaders formally launch group to lobby on immigration, education

Saturday - 04/13/2013, 01:10pm EDT

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Correction: Nobel Prize Winner-Auction story

Saturday - 04/13/2013, 01:20am EDT

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Satellite shelved after 2000 election to now fly

Al Gore's proposed Earth-gazing satellite, shelved by Bush, now dusted off by Obama in budget

Saturday - 04/13/2013, 01:20am EDT

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