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- December 31st
- December 30th
- Earth, a Snapshot: The World on the Eve of 2011
- Hurricane-Force Winds Batter Both Coasts
- Siberia's Gecko-Shaped Water Reservoir
- Medical Problems of 1911 Are Still With Us
- New Species Found Deep in Indian Ocean
- 7 Major Advances Predicted for Health & Medicine in 2011
- Tropical Storm Tasha Lashes Australia
- Experts Reveal Keys to Keeping Your Resolutions
- Rhino Mom and Calf Gain New Home in India
- 5 Cyberthreats to Watch For in 2011
- Trash-Can Trap Tricks (and Kills) Pregnant Mosquitoes
- Mars Rover to Celebrate New Year's Eve at Big Crater
- Fossilized Bird Brains May Yield Secret of First Flights
- 5 Drinks For Winter: How Healthy Are They?
- Virgin Mary Makes Trio of Holiday Appearances
- Blow-by-Blow: Snowmageddon vs. Christmas Blizzard of 2010
- iPad in the House! Congress May Embrace the Tablet
- Smart Doesn't Always Equal Happy for Public Employees
- Ancient 8-Foot Sea Scorpions Probably Were Pussycats
- December 29th
- Our Daily Planet: Indiana Earthquake and Polar Bear Spy Cams
- Why Does the New Year Start On January 1st?
- The Blow-by-Blow: Snowmageddon vs. Christmas Blizzard of 2010
- What is 'Auld Lang Syne'?
- Brazilian Birds Put on U.S. Endangered List
- Doctors Urge Sleep-Deprived Surgeons to Fess Up
- What Drives Seasonal Flu Patterns?
- The Island of Seven Mountains
- Touch Screens That Touch Back: Feeling in the Future
- Our Daily Planet: Denver Snow and Australia Floods
- Meet the Mice with Two Dads: A Reporter's Squeaky Lab Tour
- Duh! The Most Obvious Scientific Findings of 2010
- Cybercriminals Hack Into Honda Online Database
- Couples Grow Old, Happy and Sad Together
- December 28th
- Foster Family Created to Help Baby Cheetahs Survive
- Why Do We Celebrate with Champagne?
- Musk Oxen: America's Least Known Large Mammal
- New Species Discovered in 2010
- Do Animals Have Feelings?
- For Babies, Low Vitamin D Boosts Respiratory Infection Risk
- Type of Infant Formula Affects Weight Gain and Health
- Ancient Israeli Fortress Yields Surprise: A Greek Vase
- Fish Swam the Sahara, Bolstering Out of Africa Theory
- Apple Planning 3-D Kinect-Like Interface?
- Keeping Smartphones Safe from Wintry Chill
- The 500-Million-Year History of England's Lake District
- 3 Ways to Make Your New Year's Eve Drinks Healthier
- The Biggest Natural Disasters of 2010
- Dust Shatters Like Breaking Glass, Study Finds
- Our Daily Planet: East Coast Blizzard and South Florida Freeze
- Q&A: Dead Languages Reveal a Lost World
- Far-Flung Movies May Inspire Future Scientists
- Delaying Sex Makes Better Relationships, Study Finds
- December 27th
- December 26th
- December 25th
- December 24th
- December 23rd
- Why Do We Hang Stockings For Christmas?
- Was the Star of Bethlehem Actually Venus?
- Oh, Bush Baby! Zoo Heralds Birth of Rare Primate
- Santa Used to Be Skinny: How Did He Get So Fat?
- Who Invented Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
- High-Tech Christmas Light Displays Let it Show
- 7-Month-Old Babies Show Awareness of Others' Viewpoints
- Rules Needed to Protect Endangered Species, Researchers Say
- New Fitness Apparel Will Sport Sensors and Microchips
- Sperm May Pass Along Diet Instructions
- ‘Smart’ Eyeglasses Fill You In on What You’re Looking At
- Raindrops Give Insight into Ancient Mountain Building
- Scientists Hunt Clues to Musk Oxen Survival
- Americans Used Phones for Mid-Term Election Updates
- Fried Fish May Explain 'Stroke Belt' Mystery
- Placebos Work Even When Patients Know They're Dummy Pills
- Balloon Measures Cosmic Rays Bombarding Earth
- December 22nd
- Our Daily Planet: Southern California's Polluted Water and National Zoo Pandas
- 'Pineapple Express' Weather System Slams Southern California
- Chatham Islands Surrounded by Phytoplankton
- Elusive Wild Elephants Captured on Film in Cambodia
- Corals 'Severely Slimed' After Oil Spill, Expedition Finds
- Obesity Increases Risk of Death in Car Crash
- Project Shows Danger of URL Shorteners
- January Deemed The Most Dangerous Month for Mail
- New Guide Details E-book Privacy Rules
- Earth Biodiversity May Trace to Bobbing Solar System Path
- Electric Fish Could Serve As Model for Underwater Robots
- 'Impulsive' Gene Identified in Finnish Men
- Finger Bone Points to New Branch of Humanity
- Can Chromium in Drinking Water Cause Cancer?
- Shining a Light on the Pros and Cons of Laser Hair Removal
- True Meaning of the Silhouette Illusion Revealed
- Neanderthal 'Family' Possibly Victim of Cannibal Attack
- Healthy Food Diet Helps Senior Citizens Live Longer
- Santa's Checkup: Should We Fret About St. Nick's Health?
- December 21st
- Most Amazing Images of Earth from 2010
- Our Daily Planet: Southern California State of Emergency and Polar Bear Lawsuit
- Australia's Lake Eyre Basin Goes from Dry to Wet
- 78-Year-Old Artist's Paintings to Grace Everest's Summit
- Pucker Up! Why Do People Kiss Under the Mistletoe?
- Zoo's Africa Exhibit Provides Sanctuary for White Rhinos, Chimps
- Cache in Chinese Mountain Reveals 20,000 Prehistoric Fossils
- Rumor or Reality: The Creatures of Cryptozoology
- How Penguins Got Their Cold-Weather Coats
- Prehistoric Giant is a Whale of an Evolutionary Tale
- Bio-Art: 'Blood Quran' Causes Controversy
- Lake Overflow Causes Panama Canal Shutdown
- 'African Elephant' Actually Two Separate Species
- Less Focused Goals Help Keep New Year’s Resolutions
- Universal Screening for HIV Can Be Cost Effective
- Autistic Children Have More Trouble Searching for Items
- Pope Blames 1970s Society for Pedophile Priests
- When Giving a Gift Comes With a Cost
- Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion Years Ago
- Stunning Lunar Eclipse Photos Reveal Blood-Red Moon
- Extroverts Prefer Immediate Gratification
- Do Pre-Winter Blizzards Signal a Tough Winter?
- Global Rivers Release Huge Amounts of Potent Greenhouse Gas
- Raccoon Toilets Sanitary for Critters, Deadly for Humans
- December 20th
- Why Does the Moon Turn Red During a Lunar Eclipse?
- Our Daily Planet: Los Angeles Storms and Iran's Earthquake
- Can Your Tap Water Kill You?
- How to Make the Perfect Snowball
- Corals 'Severely Slimed' After Oil Spill, Sub Expedition Finds
- National Zoo Reveals Names of Lion Cubs
- Rich Marine Life Found in Reef Expedition Near Borneo
- Tin Bider Crater Has Tricky Topography
- Some Cells Can Become Energy-Burning 'Brown Fat' Cells
- Dairy Compound May Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Echinacea Discredited as a Cold Treatment, Research Finds
- How to Watch the Lunar Eclipse with Low-Tech Gadgets
- Paleontologist Investigates Ancestors of Crocs and Birds
- What Are the Chances of a White Christmas Everywhere?
- Closet Veggie-Lovers?: 'Predatory' Dinos Ate Plants
- World's Largest Neutrino Observatory Built at South Pole
- Tonight's Lunar Eclipse Comes With a Rare Twist
- Sleep Disorder Costly for Sufferer, Society
- Young Chimps Play with Stick 'Dolls'
- More Reason for Christmas Kisses: New Mistletoe Found
- 'Love Hormone' May Treat Daily Headaches
- Top 10 Tech Stories of the Year
- Toxic Toys Create Silver Lining for Green Toy Companies
- 7 Holiday Marketing Tricks Retailers Use
- Q & A: How to Fight the Holiday Blues
- Why Winter Officially Begins Tuesday
- Our Daily Planet: Lunar Eclipse and Holiday Travel
- December 19th
- December 18th
- December 17th
- Why Do We Send Christmas Cards?
- First-Ever Antarctic Round-Trip Also the Fastest Crossing
- Sea Expedition Follows Old Tradition, New Science
- Christmas Bonanza: Everything You Need To Know About Christmas
- Why Do People Roast Chestnuts at Christmastime?
- First Measurement of Earth's Inner Magnetism Made
- Some Social Bookmarking Alternatives to Delicious
- Delicious: Not Shutting Down, 'No Reason to Panic'
- 4 in 10 Americans Still Hold Creationist Views
- White House Issues Memo on Scientific Integrity
- 2010’s Top 5 Social Network Foul-ups
- Arsenic Bacteria Controversy Gets a Postmortem
- Cheers! Red Wine, Cranberries Are Good for Your Teeth
- Game On: Video Games Help Test Human Behavior
- Rare Space Molecules Point Toward Star Nurseries
- Our Daily Planet: Golden Snowball Award and Christmas Bird Count
- How to Turn Your Tech Dreams Into Business Reality
- Staph Bacteria Prefer Humans to Animals
- Elemental Shift: Periodic Table Gets Weight Changes
- The Evolution of the Perfect American Christmas Tree
- December 16th
- Upgraded Sub Could Reach 98 Percent of Ocean Deep
- In Merapi's Shadow, a Tourism Boom
- Does Earth's Surface Interact With Its Interior?
- Eye of Africa Peers Up from the Sand
- What's the Difference Between Asian and African Elephants?
- Primate Immune Systems Offer Clues to Combating Disease
- Zoo's New Exhibit Shows Plight of Asian Elephant
- People Snack More Who Eat in Front of TV, Computer Screens
- Egyptian Statue Fragments Unearthed
- 2-Million-Year-Old 'Mummy Trees' Reveal Harsh Climate
- New Genes as Key to Life as Old Genes
- Our Daily Planet: Freezing Weather and #AGU10
- New Comet Finding May Alter Theories About Life on Earth
- Woman With No Fear Intrigues Scientists
- Gap Between Young and Old Web Users Shrinking
- Robot Submarine Will See What Lies Beneath Antarctica
- Christmas Trees Are Surprisingly Depressing for Some
- 7 Health Woes Brought on by Winter
- Caffeine Impacts Kids' Sleep
- Gnawed Bones Reveal Cannibal Cavemen
- December 15th
- Puzzle of Antarctic Ice Melt Solved
- Is 'Beauty Sleep' a Myth?
- Healthy But Lonely People Head to Hospital During Holidays
- Drought Reshapes Amazon's 'Black River'
- NASA Rocket Flies Through Earth's Shimmery Auroras
- Chernobyl Woos Tourists with Promise of 'Negligible' Risk
- New Treatment Targets Gene in Difficult Lung Cancers
- 'Beauty Sleep' May Be Best Beauty Treatment, Study Finds
- Polar Bears Not Doomed if Swift and Serious Action is Taken
- Mating Mystery: Hybrid Animals Hint at Desperation in Arctic
- What Do Fats Do in the Body?
- Cancun Climate Agreements Take Baby Steps
- Unmanned Aircraft Tracks Arctic Seals, Sea Ice Decline
- Neanderthals Fashioned Earliest Tool Made From Human Bone
- Unemployment Has Little Long-Term Effect on Mental Health
- Stupid Purchases Spur More Shopping
- Psychedelic Images to Aid Study of Wolves with Mange
- Scientists Try to Tie Mysteriously Slow Earthquakes to the 'Big One'
- December 14th
- Our Daily Planet: Yellowstone Opens and San Francisco's Fragile Bay
- The Surprising Truth: Christians Once Banned Christmas
- Rare Tornado Reportedly Touched Down in Oregon
- Are There Secret Codes In the Mona Lisa?
- Free Diving World Record Broken: 100 Meters Under the Sea
- A Sea Snail Glows From the Inside
- Possible New Species Found in Ocean Crossroads
- Mummy Head (and Brain) Identified as Long-Lost French King
- Mirrorlike Feathers Give Bird of Paradise Its Shine
- Possible New Species Found at Ocean Crossroads
- What's a Railgun?
- Cure for HIV Claimed But Not Proven
- X-ray Vision Sheds New Light on Lightning Strikes
- Wearable Robots May Help the Paralyzed
- To Maintain Lifelong Weight, Start Exercise Habits Young
- Skywatchers Capture Gorgeous Photos of Geminid Meteor Shower
- Hawaii's Magma Chamber May Be World's Shallowest
- Teen Marijuana, Ecstasy Use Up
- Charge! First Chevy Volts and Nissan Leafs Head for the Road
- Diet Linked to Mental Illness, Mouse Study Suggests
- Apartment Living May Raise Kids' Secondhand Smoke Exposure
- Job Seekers' Most Overused Buzzwords Revealed
- Even Ordinary Microbes May Survive Radiation on Mars
- In Recession's First Full Year, Life Expectancy Dropped
- Cannibal Tadpoles Croak When Attacking Kin
- Prayer Relieves Mind in Many Ways, Study Finds
- Early School Start Equals Slimmer Students
- Our Daily Planet: Wildlife Smugglers Busted and Arkansas Earthquake Swarm
- New Sensors to Listen for Deep Tremors in San Andreas Fault
- December 13th
- Braided Rivers Flow Through Northern Italy
- Ghostly Deep-Sea Fish Shows Itself in Rare Sighting
- South Korean Fishing Boat Sinks off Antarctica, 22 Feared Dead
- Play Video Games Without the Console With OnLive
- In the Future, Computing is (Cunningly) Constant
- Three Cloud Gaming Services to Watch For
- 'Good' Cholesterol May Protect Against Alzheimer's
- Is the Soda Tax Worth Its Weight?
- Saturn's Rings May Be Remains of Ripped-Apart Moon
- Global Study: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
- Freezing Bering Sea Once Balmy, Research Reveals
- Rich Women Prefer Attractive Older Men
- WikiLeaks Revelations Don't Shock Climatologists
- Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?
- New Head-Bobbing Lemur Discovered in Madagascar
- Sperm Whales Show Signs of Toxic Contamination
- Sleeping Sickness Parasites Are Social, Not Solitary
- Q & A: How Safe is the Weight-Loss Drug Contrave?
- Our Daily Planet: Metrodome Collapse and Cancun Climate Talks
- December 12th
- December 11th
- December 10th
- Are the Newly Found Picasso Paintings Real?
- Photos: The Riddle of Ancient Angkor
- Mouse Baby: 'I Have Two Daddies!'
- The World's Largest Living Structure
- El Niño Killing Young Coral Reef Fish, Biologists Find
- Hairy Rarity: Fly That Can't Fly Rediscovered
- Men Skeptical of ‘Green’ Products
- U.S. Military in Talks to Share Fireball Data
- Life's Great Mystery: What, Exactly, Is Life?
- Lubricant Can Boost Women’s Pleasure During Sex
- Manuscripts Reveal Legend of Jesus' Great-Grandmother
- Phallic-Shaped Rock Discovered in Maryland
- Menstrual Cycle May Influence Mammogram Accuracy
- Kerfuffle! Scientific Discoveries Cause a Ruckus
- How the Sun Gets Its Spots
- Blow It Out Your Sides: Caterpillars Can Whistle
- December 9th
- Our Daily Planet: Weekend Weather and Martina Navratilova's Charity Climb
- Is Global Warming Melting Antarctica's Ice?
- Snow Cover Lingers Over Great Britain and Ireland
- One Cigarette Can't Hurt? Think Again
- Alpine Glacier May Melt, Destroying Climate Data
- Images Take Wolves' Temperature
- Pluto-sized Body Socked Early Earth
- Archaeologist Studies Ancient Food for Thought
- Experts: WikiLeaks Hactivism is Not Cyberwarfare
- Q&A: 'Science' Journal Official Talks Arsenic-Based Life
- Gene Mutation in Schizophrenia Linked to Mental Disorders
- Huge Microbe Community May Live Deep Under Ocean Floor
- Slow Earthquakes May Help Defuse Big Ones
- Ancient Radio Waves Hold Key to Universe's First Light
- 13% of People Admit Driving Drunk in the Past Year
- Dutch Teen Arrested In WikiLeaks Online Attacks
- To Eat Less, Imagine Every Bite
- Lost civilization may have existed beneath the Persian Gulf
- Type of Breast Cancer Drug May Raise Risk of Heart Disease
- Google Tops ‘50 Happiest Companies in America' List
- Only Half of Women Recommended to Get Mammograms Do So
- Twitter Popular Among Young Adults, Minorities, Urbanites
- Whales Swallow Half a Million Calories in Single Mouthful
- December 8th
- Our Daily Planet: Tropical Storm Forecast and BP Oil
- Why Don't Snorers Wake Themselves Up?
- Birders Rejoice: Library Puts Avian Calls, Photos and Maps Online
- World's First Coral Reef Climate Lab Opens
- Weight Lifting Can Benefit Breast Cancer Survivors
- Are Hidden 'Bible Code' Messages Ominous Nuke Warnings?
- Army Tests ‘Smart’ Rifle in Afghanistan
- Caffeine Jolts Boys More Than Girls
- Hot New Device Kills Lice
- Alien Planet Discovered, But It Should Not Exist
- Giant Storks May Have Fed On Real Hobbits
- Living Warmer: How 2 Degrees Will Change Earth
- Earth's Core Has Another Layer, Scientists Claim
- Beauty of Science Revealed in Embryo Images
- Dolphin-Inspired Tech Sees Through Bubbles
- Our Daily Planet: Cold Weather and Birds of America
- Sex Boosts Happiness in Neurotic Newlyweds
- FBI Targets New Barbie as Child Pornography Threat
- Women Still Out-Clean Men at Home
- The Future Is Here: Cyborgs Walk Among Us
- Women in Traditionally Male Jobs Judged More Harshly
- Large Vitamin D Doses May Not Reduce Frailty Risk in Women
- December 7th
- Life with Lions: Wildlife Filmmakers Tell All
- A (Way) Overhead View of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka Peninsula
- Scientists: Call for Citizen Review of Funding Is Misleading
- Some Frogs Pee Out Junk From Their Bodies
- Ancient Nile Floods Created 'Mega Lakes,' Study Suggests
- Who's Over the Hill? Elderly Men Still Desire, Have Sex
- Distant Galaxy Cluster Has a Cold Quasar Heart
- Debate Over Discovery of Arsenic-Based Life Gets Lively
- No. 1 Word for 2011: Twenty-Eleven
- Health-Conscious Neighbors Are Good For You
- Endangered Mountain Gorilla Population on the Rise
- Nile Floods Gave Rise to Ancient Mega Lakes
- Marriage Mellows Men, Study Shows
- Kids at Day Care Get More Infections Now, but Fewer Later
- What Exactly Is a 'Sputnik Moment?'
- Evolutionary Twist: Snails Trade Awkward Sex for Survival
- Sweet! Food Historian Spreads the Gospel of Chocolate
- Mini Triceratops First Horned Dinosaur from S Korea
- Why do men have an Adam's apple but women don't?
- Why Religion Makes People Happier (Hint: Not God)
- December 6th
- What Exactly Is a 'Sputnik Moment'?
- Six Seal Species May Be Headed to Endangered List
- Are Facebook Cartoon Pics Really Fighting Child Abuse?
- Bittersweet Birthday for ANWR: Scientist Remembers Alaska Refuge Trek
- Deadly Onslaught: Colombia Reels From Rain, Mudslides
- 50th Birthday Marks Rocky Path for Alaska Refuge
- Get a Rare Glimpse of Remote Alaska
- Scientists Raft Through a Remote Alaskan Wilderness
- Children’s Charities Benefit From Mysterious Facebook Trend
- Saturn Moon's 'Tiger Stripes' More Extensive Than Thought
- Invention Traps Mysterious Antimatter
- Q&A: Planetary Scientist Simulates Asteroid Impacts
- 'Mindfulness' Therapy Works for Depression
- Fast-Growing Plants May Carpet World in Green
- New Species of Rust-Eating Bacteria Destroying the Titanic
- Gifts for Learning: Imagination-Based Toys Best for Tots
- Neuron-Like Computer Hardware Finally Gets Software
- High Blood Pressure May Increase Learning Disability Risk
- Highly Caffeinated Drinks Can Impair Cognitive Abilities
- Alaskan Wildfires Could Trigger 'Runaway Climate Change'
- 'True Blue' Employees Might Fear 'Green' Envy
- Accepting Parents Boost Mental Health of LGBT Teens
- The Technological Ups and Downs of a Korean Reunification
- Swiss Alps' Gorges Held Out Against Glaciers, Study Finds
- A Broken Heart: Study Reveals Clue to Cause of Rare Syndrome
- December 5th
- December 4th
- December 3rd
- Mount Merapi Mudflows Chase Indonesian Villagers Away
- The 10 Strangest Places Where Life Is Found on Earth
- Countdown: The World's Fastest Vehicles
- Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? The Debate Continues
- Arsenic-Eating Bacteria Hint at Possible ‘Shadow Biosphere’
- Questions Answered: The Basics of Cancun Climate Talks
- Cave Biologists Shine Light on Creatures of the Dark
- Internet Helps, But Also Hurts, Suicide Prevention Efforts
- A Week's Warning of Asteroid Strike Would Be Simple
- Top Spam Kingpin Arrested
- New 'Pseudoscorpion' Discovered in Cave of Yosemite
- WikiLeaks Secrets: Is Gossip Good?
- New 'Social 50' Billboard Chart Tracks Musicians
- 'Shoe Radar' to Help You Find Your Way
- Butterfly-Inspired Patch May Alert Soldiers to Brain Injury
- Parents May Have Big Impact on Career Choices
- Don't Get Duped: What Should Happen During a Breast Exam
- Climate Talks Should Include Health Impacts, Docs Say
- Is Google Street View Legal?
- Imperfect Brain Cells Have Gender Biases
- A Trip Abroad to Learn How DNA and Protein Pair Up
- December 2nd
- Mono Lake: Home of Arsenic-Eating Bacteria
- Tropical Cyclone Abele Moves Through Indian Ocean
- Aftermath of Hawaiian Lava Flow Caught on YouTube
- Solar Paradox: Brighter Sun Can Lead to a Cooler Pacific
- Physicist Recreates Science of Darwin and Newton in Models
- Suicides in National Parks (Table)
- Mars Meteorite Not Evidence of Extraterrestrials
- Beauty, Solace and Suicide: Two National Parks Top Grim List
- Great White Shark Bite Explained
- Microbe that Eats Arsenic Found
- MRI Holds Promise of Better Autism Diagnoses
- December 1st
- Mysterious Microbes Found Deep in Earth's Crust
- Track Endangered Tortoises With Your iPhone
- Discovery May Triple the Number of Stars In the Universe
- Like to Sleep Around? Blame Your Genes
- Female Soldiers Face Sharp Suicide Risk
- Google Faces European Antitrust Investigation
- USB Security Found Lax Both In and Out of the Workplace
- Harrart Khaybar: One of Saudi Arabia's Largest Volcanic Fields
- 'Worm Therapy' Stimulates Gut Mucus
- Attractive Women May Be Less Likely to Get Hired
- Controlled Drug Prescriptions Soar in Teens
- Loud Snorers At Risk For Metabolic Syndrome
- Lit-up Brain Circuit Reveals Fruit Fly Sex Differences
- Global Warming Could Fuel 'Compost Bombs'
- Lynx to Be Transplanted to Poland
- Sleep Suffers in the Combat Zone
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