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Physics labs face fiscal fireworks
Looming nuclear physics lab cuts mirror similar threats to U.S. science leadership.
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Apophis: Asteroid impact nixed for 2036
Apophis: Asteroid impact nixed for 2036
NASA reports the asteroid Apophis won't hit us in 2036 as feared.
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Television science trails history of disappointment
Television science trails history of disappointment
A history of science on television offers some warnings to today's heirs to Mr. Wizard.
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Questions and Answers: Flu season hits U.S.
Questions and Answers: Flu season hits U.S.
Go get that flu shot, public health officials say.
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Asteroid Apophis to pass near Earth on Wednesday
Asteroid Apophis to pass near Earth on Wednesday
Apophis, an asteroid that some see as a landing opportunity, passes near Earth on Wedne...
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Mission to Mars looks sleepy in study
Mission to Mars looks sleepy in study
A simulated trip to Mars saw volunteers grow sleepier and slower as the days wore on.
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Volunteers spot jumbo planet in star’s ‘habitable zone’
Volunteers spot jumbo planet in star’s ‘habitable zone’
A volunteer astronomy effort has detected "habitable zone" planets orbiting nearby stars.
'Spidernaut' spins new home at Smithsonian
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Antarctic microbes thrive under lake ice
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How do we know the age of the Earth?
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Dwarf planet puzzles astronomers
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Eastern wolves howl for recognition
Updated 1 month, 4 weeks![It's windy season on Mars.]()
Winds on Mars swirl over Curiosity
Updated 1 month, 4 weeks![The bacteria could be from a common ape ancestor more than 5 million years old.]()
Chimps' gut bugs look similar to human ones
Updated 2 months![Behavioral science, as well as polling, looks vindicated by the election results.]()
Social science takes spotlight bow in election
Updated 2 months![A proposed expedition to the sunken USS Scorpion may go on, despite U.S. Navy permit denials.]()
Submarine vets call for USS Scorpion investigation
Updated 1 month, 4 weeksHabitable zone 'Super Earth' candidate planet detected
Updated 2 months, 1 week![NASA's Curiosity rover reports confirmation that Mars has lost at least half of its early atmosphere.]()
NASA's Curiosity rover confirms Mars lost atmosphere
Updated 2 months, 1 week![Hurricane Sandy's onslaught has fueled a surging debate over sea-level rise and climate politics.]()
Sandy, rising seas fuel future climate concerns
Updated 2 months, 1 week![Koshik, "an elephant that speaks Korean," interacting with his trainer. Koshik: "choah" (good) Trainer: "choah choah annyong" (good good hello) Koshik: "choah" (good)
Credit: Stoeger et al., Current Biology]()
'Talking' elephant can parrot Korean words
Updated 2 months, 1 week![Flooding from superstorm Sandy has forced the closure of the New York City subway system. At the Whitehall and South Ferry station, flood waters in an adjoining shopping promenade threatened to collapse a wall separating the two areas. (Oct. 30)]()
Limited subway service returns to New York
Updated 2 months, 2 weeks![Europe's Hurricane Sandy forecast came days ahead of the U.S. weather service, calling its expertise into question.]()
U.S. forecast's late arrival stirs weather tempest
Updated 2 months, 2 weeks![A full moon threatens to bolster tides as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall.]()
Astronomy links full moon to Hurricane Sandy high tide
Updated 2 months, 2 weeks![Skulls and bones displayed at an ancient Celtic site in Turkey unearth more questions than answers from antiquity.]()
Celtic sacrifices confirmed at famed ancient site
Updated 2 months, 2 weeks![An international spacecraft orbiting Saturn reports a massive storm sprouted on the ringed planet last year.]()
Super storm seen surrounding Saturn
Updated 2 months, 2 weeks![A proposed gene-therapy technique would use three parents' genes to remove gene defects from embryos.]()
Three-parent fertility method could remove gene defects
Updated 2 months, 3 weeks![The flare triggered radio blackouts but not a solar storm, scientists say.]()
NASA: Sun unleashes sizable solar flare
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