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Coolest Science Stories of the Week
Ancient water, poop in pools and the evolution of dogs and humans are in our coolest stories. Cli...
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Best Science Photos of the Week
Frogs, monkeys, glaciers and plankton and their cool images all made our top picks this week. Che...
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'Crazy' Ants Driving Out Fire Ants in Southeast
The "crazy" ants only arrived in 2002 and are rapidly spreading.
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Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate
Barriers remain, but it may be time to talk about human cloning.
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Why Are Google & NASA Getting a Quantum Computer?
Quantum computers may revolutionize complex problem-solving.
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Frogs Swallow Using Eyeballs: Exhibit Reveals Creatures' Qu...
The display features some of the wackiest amphibians, from the poison dart frog to the tomato frog.
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3D Print Your Own Invisibility Cloak at Home
New plastic cloaks are easier to fabricate and lighter.
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New Laser Uses Light-Matter Beams
Teenager Designs Safer Nuclear Power Plants
Hidden Graves Revealed with Geophysics Tools
Health
Thrills and Spills: Amusement Rides' Surprising...
How safe are amusement park rides?
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College Women Don't Need to Binge to Over-Drink
Do E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit?
Could Humans Be Cloned?
Planet Earth
Fighting to Save an Endangered Bird — With Vomit
A scheme to save the marbled murrelet includes vomit-inducing eggs.
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Earthquake Shakes Ontario, Quebec
Wildlife Bandits: How Criminology Can Fight Poaching
High US Methane Levels Found in Cross-Country Drive
Space
Sci-Fi Film 'After Earth' Presents Dark Future ...
In 'After Earth,' humanity is faced with a choice: Leave the planet, or die off trying to remain on it.
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Mars Rover Opportunity Breaks US Record for Off-Planet Driving
Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth This Month
Can NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Mission Be Saved?
Strange News
Was Girl Murdered for Her Organs?
Though organ theft is thriving in India, the evidence doesn't add up in this case.
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'Dead' Man Walks Again ... But Why?
Property of Rarest Element on Earth Measured for 1st Time
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders
Animals
Swine Flu Found in Elephant Seals
The first report of H1N1 in marine mammals has scientists puzzled.
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Smuggled Dinosaur's Return May Boost Mongolian Paleontology
Dogs Show: IQ Tests Aren’t So Smart (Op-Ed)
River Monsters vs. Biologist Jeremy Wade | Video Interview
History
Cemetery Reveals Baby-Making Season in Ancient ...
The best time for sex, it seems, was during the heat of summer.
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Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Study Suggests
Mysterious Minoans Were European, DNA Finds
Earliest Evidence of Human Hunting Found
Human Nature
5 Salary Negotiation Mistakes to Avoid
Job seekers shouldn’t be so quick to accept the first job offer that comes their way. Here's how to ge...
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Memorial Day Countdown: Will the Jersey Shore Be Ready?
Why the Blues Are Blue
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Quizzes
Quiz: Electric Vs. Gas Vehicles
You've read about them. You've maybe even seen one on the road. But how much do you know about electri...
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Internet Quiz: Do You Know the Web?
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Dowsing: The Pseudoscience of Water Witching
Using a divining rod, usually a forked twig, to find anything — water, money or people — is no better than chance.
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Lake Erie, the fourth largest Great Lake, is also famous for a...
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Modern perception of Vikings often cast these historic people ...
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Lake Huron has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes. It is...
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Properties, sources and uses of the element krypton.
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Properties, sources and uses of the element bromine.
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Gut Wrenching View: World Trade Center Spire In...
Hold onto your lunch! Watch construction workers complete the tower. The topmost section was lofted into place with an attached camera rolling. Topping out at 1776 feet, it was the 3rd tallest building in th...
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Solar Eclipse Seen Through Cloud...
The Coca Cola Space Science Center broadcasted ...
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Tiny Alien-Like Skeleton Contain...
Tests of the mysterious skeleton, believed by s...
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RAW VIDEO: Baby Gorilla Born at ...
'Momoko', a 29-year-old Western Lowland Gorilla...
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Two Alien Oceanic Earth-Like Pla...
A planetary system 1200 light years from Earth ...
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Beer's Taste Could Trigger Urge ...
Researchers at Indiana University are looking a...
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Explosions Near Finish Line of B...
Explosions struck the Boston Marathon as runner...
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Sim-Kidney Makes Real Urine | Video
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital ha...
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Iranian Scientist Claims He's In...
Iranian media reports a 27-year-old inventor sa...
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In a new CGI animation that premiered in Nation...
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