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- January 31
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- Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples?
- Why Do Drunks Get Belligerent?
- Why Do Drops of Liquid Form Spheres in Space?
- 5 Things You Shouldn't Do With a Microwave Oven
- New Antidote for Cyanide Found
- Single Adults Have Greater Heart Attack Risk
- New Stroke Guidelines Expand Use of Clot-Busting Drugs
- Tiny Japanese Satellite Beams Morse Code Messages from Space
- How to See a Cosmic Bunny and Dove in Night Sky
- Short Bouts of Exercise Benefit Health, Too
- Biological Twist: How Owls Spin Heads Around
- Sneaky Snow Midwest to DC and Delmarva
- Aztec Conquerors Reshaped Genetic Landscape of Mexico
- Image Gallery: Aztec Conquest Reshaped Ancient People
- Faint Radio Signals Reveal Secrets of Failed Stars
- Liftoff! NASA Launches Next-Generation Relay Satellite into Space
- Happy Home in Adolescence Tied to Good Marriages Later
- How Rock Pigeons Got Their Mullets
- In Photos: Pigeons Show Off Their Fancy Hairdos
- Sea Urchin Teeth & Trippy Clamshell Snag Science Visualization Awards
- Gallery: Trippy Photos Reveal Beauty in Science
- Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Hedgehogs Sickens 20 People
- Ancient Earthen Mound Built with Surprising Speed
- Recap of the Dramatic Jan. 27-31, 2013, Storm
- Scientists Watch a Fish Think
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- Does Deer Antler Spray Work?
- Humans Alone Wiped Out Tasmanian Tiger, Study Says
- Climate Change May Shrink Bat Moms' Range
- Stand Back: Flu Virus Travels 6 Feet
- Virtual Superheroes May Change You … for the Better
- Future of Canada's Human Spaceflight Program Uncertain
- South Korea Launches Rocket in 1st Space Success
- Private Space Plane Poised for Big Test Flight
- Star Not Too Old to Have Planets After All
- New Cosmic 'Scale' Could Weigh Distant Black Holes
- Why Do Dogs Drool?
- Why Do Doctors Wear Green Or Blue Scrubs?
- Why Do Chili Peppers Taste Hot?
- January 30
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- Chimps Learn Tool Use by Watching Others
- Mystery of Lost Homing Pigeons Finally Solved
- Peers, Not TV, Influence Girls' Body Issues: Study
- Ancient Tapeworm Eggs Found in Fossilized Shark Poop
- Image Gallery: Parasite Eggs Lurk in Fossilized Shark Poop
- Georgia Tornado Signature Revealed in Radar
- Dominoes: More Powerful Than You Think
- Is This 1949 Device the World's First E-Reader?
- Video: Mount St. Helens' Lava Dome Shoves a Glacier
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Poised to Drill Into Mars
- Tracking Telomeres to the Edge
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Chile
- Lightning Flash from Severe Storms Seen from Space
- How Worms Survived NASA's Columbia Shuttle Disaster
- Venus Can Have 'Comet-Like' Atmosphere
- Heads Up! Sinkhole Swallows Building Complex in China
- Military Women at Higher Risk of STIs Than Civilians
- The Brain Retroactively Edits Conscious Experience
- Buried Antarctic Lake Yields Hints of Life
- Cyclone's 'Overshooting Cloud Tops' Seen from Above
- 13 Pygmy Elephants Found Dead in Malaysia
- Wall of Wind, Rain Sweeping Across Eastern US
- Military to Use Brain Scans in Dog Training
- Ancient 'Super-Croc' Fossil Discovered in Museum Drawer
- Does Female Housework Make Men Less Sexy?
- NASA Planet-Hunting Spacecraft Recovering from Glitch
- Mars Colony Project Inks First Investors
- 'Habitable Zone' for Alien Planets, and Possibly Life, Redefined
- Iran's Space Monkey Launch Prompts Missile Technology Concerns
- For NASA, a Somber Week of Space Disaster Anniversaries
- Babies Start 'Mind Reading' Earlier Than Thought
- January 29
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- Erectile Dysfunction Raises Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Woes
- Could Barbara Walters' Chicken Pox Have Been Prevented?
- Vegetative Ariel Sharon Shows 'Significant' Brain Activity
- Teens More Likely to Drink If Their BFFs Do
- Breast Cancer Surgery: Is Less Better than More?
- New NASA Satellite to Boost Space Communications Network
- Ancient Caribbean Tsunami Likely Altered Ecosystems
- How the Columbia Shuttle Disaster Changed Spacecraft Safety Forever
- Risky Mars Moon Flyby Tops Europe's 2013 Space Goals
- Mapping Distant Planet Surfaces Possible
- Photos: Pioneering Animals in Space
- Monster Truck Will Shake New Zealand for Safer Buildings
- Satellite Spies Severe Weather Brewing
- Images: The World's Most Beautiful Equations
- Cannibalism Reported in Famine-Stricken North Korea
- The World's Most Beautiful Equations
- Why Do Air Traffic Control Towers Have Slanted Windows?
- Britain Blanketed by Snow in New Satellite Image
- NASA Rocket to Spark Light Show Over US East Coast Tonight
- Tiny Organisms Turn Great Salt Lake Pink
- Why Do We Still Send Animals into Space?
- Sexual Healing: Nursing Home Provides Strippers, Prostitutes
- Poll: Majority of Americans Support Gun Policy Reforms
- Staggering Stats: Cats Kill Billions of Animals a Year
- Coming Out May Lower Stress in Gays
- Eating Late May Stymie Weight Loss
- 10 animals that have been launched into space
- Doctors Really Do Feel Your Pain
- Bigfoot Blamed for Strange Shrieks
- Monkeys in Space: A Brief Spaceflight History
- January 28
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- Olympia: Site of Ancient Olympics
- How Running For Our Lives May Have Made Humans Smarter
- Bill Seeks Protection for Enormous Condors
- New Australian National Park Features Unique 'Horizontal Falls'
- Stomach Botox Injections Don't Help Weight Loss
- Brain Circuitry Behind Cigarette Cravings Revealed
- Iran Launches Monkey Into Space: Reports
- Alien Solar System May Exist in Nearby Star Cluster
- Overworked Doctors May Jeopardize Patient Safety
- What's the World's Fastest Manned Airplane?
- Monkeys Spontaneously Sync Up Movements
- Antarctic Plane Crash Killed All 3 Aboard, Searchers Confirm
- Loads of Microbes Found High in Atmosphere
- Did Rise of Ancient Human Ancestor Lead to New Stone Tools?
- Identity of Famous 19th-Century Brain Discovered
- Image Gallery: Broca's Brain
- Second Arctic Outbreak on the Way
- Dog Treat Made from Bull Penis May Pose Health Risks
- Future Disasters: 10 Lessons from Superstorm Sandy
- Antarctic Drilling Team Nabs 1st Samples of Buried Lake
- Why Can't We Reach the End of the Rainbow?
- Are You Carrying the Redhead Gene?
- Why Can't Humans Eat Grass?
- Queensland Flooding Forces 20 Swift Water Rescues, Evacuations Underway
- Anti-Science Bills Weighed in Four States
- Gorgeous Photo: Florida's National Key Deer Refuge
- 'Charities' Funnel Millions to Climate-Change Denial
- Gallery: Rainbow of Life in Great Salt Lake
- On Mars, Dry Ice 'Smoke' Carves Up Sand Dunes
- US Military Building Space Robot to Recycle Satellites (Video)
- Space Junk Menace: How to Deal with Orbital Debris
- Curiosity Rover Snaps 1st Photos of Mars at Night
- NASA's Next Space Telescope Coming Together, Piece by Piece
- January 27
- January 26
- January 25
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- Mass Human Sacrifice? Pile of Ancient Skulls Found
- Image Gallery: Human Sacrifices Unearthed in Mexico
- New Online Gaming Grows Students' Math Skills
- Bullying Makes Middle Schoolers Cool
- Tiny Feathered Dinosaur Discovered
- Why are Frogs Disappearing?
- Why are Ears Shaped So Strangely?
- Night-Sensitive Satellite Spots Elusive Clouds
- Astronomers Witness Possible Birth Of A Quasar
- Secret Painting in Rembrandt Masterpiece Coming into View
- Views on Climate Change Swayed By Weather
- 2 Babies in 9 Months? The Facts on Pregnancy Spacing
- NASA Joins European Dark Energy Mission
- Yoga May Help Depression, Sleep Problems
- Strange Exoplanet's 'Backwards' Orbit Explained by Extra Star, Planet
- Prioritizing Risks and Failures is Critical
- Atten-TION: Male Soldiers Are Growing Breasts
- Survival Odds Grim for Native Plants Fighting Invaders
- Mystery of Strange Star Outbursts May Be Solved
- Flu Forecasts Go Real-Time
- Puzzling Plumage: Fractals Reveal Birds' Health
- 'Living Wire' Can Heal Itself When Cut
- Rat Brains Learn to Predict Rewards
- Facebook Profile May Expose Mental Illness
- Bats Have Surprisingly Complex Family Life
- The Rise of Superbugs Called 'Apocalyptic Scenario'
- Sleep Deprivation Makes for Ungrateful Partners
- 5 Seriously Mind-Boggling Math Facts
- Weird Spinning Star Defies Explanation
- NASA's Opportunity Rover Begins Year 10 on Mars
- Should Cigarettes Be Illegal?
- January 24
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- More Velociraptor-Like Dinos Than Thought
- Yogurt Lovers Have Better Diets
- Chilling! Arctic Air Invasion Captured in Animation
- Tiger Tracker: Tales from a Conservation Biologist
- Egyptian Mummy's Elaborate Hairstyle Revealed in 3D
- In Images: Tigers Thrive in India National Park
- Image Gallery: The Faces of Egyptian Mummies Revealed
- Adopt a Pet Fox, for Science's Sake
- Zoo Welcomes Chewbacca the Red Panda
- Does Lightning Cause Migraines?
- Ouch: 10 Odd Causes of Headaches
- Grit-Filled Foods Wore Down Early Humans' Teeth
- New 'Vomiting Virus' Strain Behind Recent US Outbreaks
- The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than Thought
- Cosmic Ray Hunting Balloon Sets Record for Longest Flight
- Power Plant Causes 'Unique' Snow Near Pittsburgh
- How NASA Revealed Sun's Hottest Secret in 5-Minute Spaceflight
- Science on Thin Ice: Polar Missions Sample Extreme Life
- Wow! Dung Beetles Navigate by the Stars
- Why Are Construction Cranes So Dangerous?
- Why Are 250 Million Sperm Cells Released During Sex?
- Baby Panda Gets Cozy in New Home
- Could Bulletproof White Boards Prevent Shooting Deaths?
- Who Was the First Person to Fly?
- Meteorite Holds Proof of Extraterrestrial Life — Or Not
- Small Earthquake Strikes California
- NASA Telescope Reveals 'Magnetic Braids' in Sun's Atmosphere
- The Sun's Different Light: How Scientists Study Our Closest Star
- Stunning Photo Captures Reflective Cloud in Orion Constellation
- Women with PCOS Support Name Change
- Women's Lung Cancer Death Risk Rises
- Smaller Bites May Prevent Overeating
- People Underestimate Weight, Research Suggests
- January 23
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- Biggest Dinosaurs Had Brains the Size of Tennis Balls
- Most Research Chimps Should Be Retired: US Panel
- What's the Origin of Valentine's Day?
- African Mountain Range Could be World's Strongest
- US Military to Lift Ban on Women in Combat: Report
- How Emotions Can Sabotage Exercise
- Heavy Multitaskers Are the Worst At Multitasking
- Monogamous Owl Monkeys Have More Babies
- Storm Clouds Crawling With Bacteria
- Uncovering The Function Of Fish Shapes
- Antarctica and the Big Bang: Science at the World's Bottom
- How Thick Is the Crust Beneath Antarctica?
- Controversial Bird Flu Research to Resume
- Massive Rockfall Rattles New Zealand Park
- Could a Cat Ban in New Zealand Save Birds?
- Bison Could be Reintroduced to Alaska
- NASA Satellite Spies Quick Birth & Death of Tropical Cyclone
- NASA to Premiere New Mars Exploration Film Today
- Sky High Fire Danger Lurks in Denver Foothills
- Middleton's Hypnosis Therapy: Does It Work?
- New Genetic Twist: 4-Stranded DNA Lurks in Human Cells
- Shakespeare Stored in DNA Files
- Modern Greenland Melt Echoed in 126,000-Year-Old Ice
- Code of Life: Photos of DNA Structures
- Starchy Diets May Have Given Ancient Dogs a Paw Up
- Better Than Batteries: A Hybrid Car That Runs on Air
- NOAA Grants Arizona, New Mexico $3.5 M to Prepare for Climate Change
- Emotional Smarts Tied to General IQ
- Unraveling the Human Genome: 6 Molecular Milestones
- Weird: Immune Perfume To Lure Sexual Partners?
- Alien Auroras May Light Up Exoplanet Night Skies
- Is Space Big Enough for Two Asteroid-Mining Companies?
- Close Encounter of Jupiter and Moon Wows Stargazers
- Scientists See Big Rewards (and Risk) in Private Spaceflight
- Asteroid-Mining Project Aims for Deep-Space Colonies
- NASA's Alien Planet Archive Now Open to the World
- New Asteroid-Mining Venture to Be Unveiled Tuesday
- NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Stalled by Glitch
- January 22
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- A Whale of a Boat Ride Caught on Video
- How Words Affect Climate Change Perception
- Where Did The Universe's Magnetism Come From?
- Apes Get iPads at National Zoo
- Drinking Doesn't Lead to a Better Night's Sleep
- Fukushima Radiation Fears Still Haunt Japan
- Astronaut Snaps Beautiful Photo of 'Night-Shining Clouds'
- Cookiecutter Shark Takes Bite Out of Great White
- Haven for South America's Largest Land Mammal Found
- Possible Richard III Discovery Sparks Controversy
- Sex with an Ex Common Among Young Adults: Study
- Who Created Uncle Sam?
- Save the Vultures… and Save Thousands of People
- Andes Glaciers Vanishing Rapidly, Study Finds
- Hurricane Sound Waves Could Aid Forecasting
- Secret to Self-Control: A More Efficient Brain?
- It's a Girl! Ancient Bird Was Ovulating Before Death
- Filmmaker Sir David Attenborough Calls Humans a Plague
- 'Tiger Mom' & Her Critics Both Right, Study Finds
- Men Commit More Scientific Fraud Than Women
- With Obama Inauguration, NASA's Deep-Space Mission Continues
- Astronauts See Obama Inauguration Site from Space
- January 21
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- Car Crashes More Deadly for Obese Drivers
- Tiny Distractions Can Double Mistakes
- More Snow, Cold for UK
- Many Kids Vaccinated Late or Not at All
- Why Arctic Sea Ice Melts So Quickly
- Mega 101: Everything You Need to Know
- Fearsome Foursome of Eruptions Seen from Space
- Brain Cells Reprogrammed in Live Mice
- 'Critter Cam' Reveals Secrets of Penguin Hunts
- How Oysters Can Prevent Flood Damage
- Obama Takes Stand on Climate in Inaugural Speech
- Could a Surrogate Mother Deliver a Neanderthal Baby?
- From Gay Porn to Gay Rights, Library Delves into Sexuality
- Timbuktu: History of Fabled Center of Learning
- 'I Wanna Eat You Up!' Why We Go Crazy for Cute
- Where Did the Purple Heart Come From?
- Dizzying View: Astounding Arches of Moab, Utah
- Toothy Tumor Found in 1,600-Year-Old Roman Corpse
- Image Gallery: Ancient Corpse Reveals Medical Oddity
- Physicists Disagree Over Meaning of Quantum Mechanics, Poll Shows
- Giant Mars Crater Shows Evidence of Ancient Lake
- Happy Birthday, Buzz Aldrin! Apollo 11 Moonwalker Is 83 Today
- See Jupiter and Moon Shine Dazzlingly Close Together Monday
- Celestial Wonder Looks Uncannily Like a Manatee
- Astronomy Teacher Finds Hubble Telescope's Hidden Treasure
- What Will First Photos of Black Holes Look Like?
- NASA Eyes 'Hedgehog' Invasion of Mars Moon Phobos
- Amazing NASA Sun Photos Outshine Ultra HDTVs
- NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' to March in Obama's Inaugural Parade
- January 20
- January 18
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- Daddy's Sexism May Influence Daughter's Ambitions
- Lake-Effect Snow Machine: Feet of Snow Next Week
- How Breathalyzer Tech Could Diagnose Diseases
- 40 Years After Roe vs. Wade, Most Don't Want Abortion Decision Overturned
- Where Did Chalkboards Come From?
- The Science Behind 'Beatboxing'
- The 9 Most Bizarre Medical Conditions
- Older Brains Work Harder to Multitask
- Baby Rhino Gets Bottle Fed
- Deadliest Volcano Eruptions Listed in New Online Database
- Audi's 'Swarm' Makes Brake Lights Beautiful
- Women in Charge at Home Less Likely to Climb Corporate Ladder
- Panda Boot Camp Teaches Cubs Survival Skills
- Storms Turn Up Lard from WWII Shipwreck
- Image gallery: WWII lard, relics revealed by storms
- Sydney Swelters Through Hottest Day on Record
- Fisheries Another Victim of Japan Tsunami
- Inauguration Forecast: Frigid (But It's Been Colder)
- Cats Take on Owners' Habits (Good and Bad)
- Flu Season Arrives on West Coast
- Sundogs: Spots of Color Beside the Sun
- In Photos: Animals That Get High
- Yoga Goes to the Dogs with 'Doga'
- Space Station and Full Moon Glow in Yosemite Night Sky (Photo)
- Doggy Database Reveals Labrador Retriever Health
- From Damp to Bitter: The Gamut of Inauguration Weather
- Engineers Follow Mother Nature's Lead on Keeping Clean
- Not Just the Flu: Indoor Allergies Running Very High
- Small Earthquake Shakes England
- The 5 Most Outrageous Hoaxes
- Mars Rover Curiosity's Tracks Seen From Space
- NASA Beams Mona Lisa to Moon with Laser
- Canada's Space Agency Chief Leaving to Pursue Quantum Physics
- Next Space Station Crew Faces Out-of-This-World Final Exams
- Space Shuttle Enterprise Exhibition Opens at Intrepid Museum
- NYC Museum Launches New Space Shuttle Enterprise Exhibit
- Stampeding Dinosaurs Were Actually Swimming
- New Flu Vaccine: What You Should Know
- January 17
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- Megadrought Took Long-Lasting Toll on Amazon
- Ancient Louisiana Earthworks Nominated for World Heritage Site
- 'Middle Earth': New Zealand's Fantasy Landscape (Photos)
- Bizarre Te'o Hoax & The Truth About Online Love
- After-Meal Exercise May Reduce Heart Disease Risk
- Best Beach Resorts Could Vanish
- Amateur Gold Digger Strikes 12-Pound Jackpot
- Fridge & Other Tsunami Debris Wash Ashore in Hawaii
- Photos: Tsunami Debris & Trash on Hawaii's Beaches
- Cameras Capture Falling Snowflakes in 3D
- Japan Tsunami Left Behind Huge Underwater Dunes
- Wild and Woolly: Deer Joins Sheep Flock
- Stalled Cold Front Spotted from Space
- Artificial Poop Transplant May Fight Bacterial Infection
- Desert Tortoises Can Hear Better Underwater
- Wanted: Asteroid-Smashing Ideas for European Spacecraft
- 'Planetary Parks' Could Protect Space Wilderness
- When Did April Fool's Day Begin?
- Cold, Snow for the United Kingdom
- Quail Moms Customize Their Egg Camouflage
- Ancient 'Killer Walrus' Not So Deadly After All
- New Dad Builds World's Fastest Baby Stroller
- 500-Million-Year-Old Animal Looked Like a Tulip
- What Is an Assault Weapon?
- People Who Don't Stink Still Wear Deodorant
- Smoke-Black Space Cloud Hides Baby Stars in Amazing Photo
- Glitch Stalls Robotic Refueling Experiment in Space
- 'Star Wars' Empire Strikes Back at Obama's Death Star Refusal
- NASA-European Partnership on Deep-Space Capsule a First
- Alpha Station: Private Inflatable Space Outpost Envisioned
- Inside NASA's Deal for an Inflatable Space Station Room
- Space Shuttle Columbia Launched on Tragic Mission 10 Years Ago
- January 16
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- Climate Change Threatens Spectacular Hawaiian Plant
- Crabs Really Do Feel Pain: Study
- Global Warming Brings Earlier Spring Flowers
- Sirenian Gallery: Photos of Cute Sea Cows
- Rare Baby Gibbon Born at Bronx Zoo
- Manatee's Missing Link Found in Africa
- Baby's Liquor Consumption Leads to Hospitalization
- Physicists Measure The Real Age of Skin
- Concussions May Boost Football Players' Depression Risk
- Obama Gun Proposals Praised by Scientists
- Smartphone Apps for Skin Cancer: How Accurate Are They?
- Barnacles' Sneaky Penises Send Sperm on Sea Journey
- Right Again, Einstein! New Study Supports 'Cosmological Constant'
- Tiny Solar Activity Changes Affect Earth's Climate
- Reclaimed Wastewater Turns Ski Slopes Yellow
- Huge Wild Yak Population Found in Tibetan Park
- What's the Temperature in Outer Space?
- What's the Origin of Chewing Gum?
- Photos: Yaks Coming Back In Tibetan Park
- Hawaiian Lava Lake Hits New Record High
- Fire Ant Monarchy Ruled by 'Social Chromosome'
- Sexual Cannibalism Research Is Gender Biased, Study Says
- Obama Calls for Gun Control & Research
- Town Chosen to Host Wave Energy Test Site
- Colleges Requiring Phys Ed Hit All-Time Low
- Does Eating Veggies Make You an Optimist?
- Why Sandy Hook Massacre Spawned Conspiracy Theories
- Menopausal Brain Fog Really Does Exist
- Colicky Babies May Have Wrong Bacteria
- Storms Reveal Iron Age Skeleton
- Silicon Alternative Could Bring Faster, More Compact Circuits
- Watch a Futuristic Robot Ship Track Enemy Submarines
- 'Death Star' Superweapon Idea Not New
- Image Gallery: Majestic Monument Valley
- 'Mars Flower' Photo Puzzles Scientists
- Russia to Launch New Moon Probe in 2015
- Astronaut on Ice: A Search for Antarctic Meteorites
- Curiosity Rover to Drill Mars Rock Once Soaked by Water
- Big Strides Made in Tracking Near-Earth Asteroids, NASA Scientist Says
- Hubble Telescope to Snap 6 New 'Deep Field' Views of Universe
- Huge Wildfire Damages Australia's Largest Optical Observatory
- Iran to Try Launching Monkey Into Space Again: Report
- Inflatable Private Space Stations: Bigelow's Big Dream
- NASA Unveils Last Moon Video by Doomed Spacecraft
- Sun Eruption May Boost Northern Lights This Week
- 'Aura Migraines' May Increase Women's Heart Attack Risk
- Skiers' Thrill-Seeking May Be Genetic
- January 15
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- Knowledge of History May Change How You View Racism
- Bitter Cold Drives Southwest Dust Storm
- 18 Human Heads at Airport a Routine Shipment
- Surprising Number of Young Adults Want Guns
- Antarctica Glacier's Retreat 'Unprecedented'
- Mongoose Calls More Humanlike Than Thought
- Making Maps In The Brain
- A Sex-tional Sofa? Sex with Couch Leads to Man's Arrest
- Mysterious Shaman Stones Uncovered in Panama
- Satellites Spy Beetle Attacks on Forests
- What's the Most Popular Pet?
- 3D Imaging Sizes Up Volcanic Island Landslides
- Colombian Park Could Expand to Include Isolated Tribes
- Vaportini Makes Alcohol Inhalable
- NASA: 2012 Was 9th Hottest Year on Record Worldwide
- Reality Check: 5 Risks of Raw Vegan Diet
- Call of the Wild: Largest Animal Sound Archive Goes Digital
- What is the Gulf Stream?
- 'Peaceful' Minoans Surprisingly Warlike
- Warp Speed: What Hyperspace Would Really Look Like
- Facebook Posts More Memorable Than Faces
- Fujitsu: The Flip Phone Favored by Philanderers
- DNA Gets the Scoop on Identifying Dog Poop
- Fish Poop Helps Spread Seagrass
- Do Scientists Fear the Paranormal?
- What's the Longest Lake in the World?
- Newfound Brain Cells Linked to High Blood Pressure
- What's the Leading Cause of Death for the Elderly?
- Soda & Obesity: Just a Matter of Calories?
- Your Cough Will Last Longer Than You Think, Study Finds
- Berries Cut Women's Heart Attack Risk
- January 14
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- How City Blackbirds Shout Over Traffic
- Why Is It So Cold in the Southwest?
- End Near? Doomsday Clock Holds at 5 'Til Midnight
- Fighting Fires: You're Doing It Wrong
- How the Government Stifled Gun Research
- 5 Milestones in Gun Control History
- Elgin Marbles & the Parthenon
- To Preserve a Cathedral, Marinate in Olive Oil
- Ecuadorian Tribe Vows to 'Die Fighting' Oil Company
- Chimps Have a Sense of Fairness
- Does Pot Really Lower IQ?
- Secret of Dingo's Down-Under Origin Revealed
- Russian Team Reaches Buried Antarctic Lake
- Objects Beyond Cosmic Voids Not As Bright As They Appear
- Protect the Oceans: Don't Flush That Fish!
- What's the Largest Recorded Volcanic Eruption?
- Endangered Species? Bikini Waxes Wiping Out Pubic Lice
- What's the Deepest Canyon?
- DNA Technique Reveals Looks of Long-Dead Humans
- What's the Deadliest Natural Phenomenon?
- Big Chill vs. Global Warming: What's Going On?
- Records Highs/Lows Smashed From Coast to Coast
- Girl Who Doesn't Grow Baffles Doctors
- Un-bear-ably Cute: Black Bear Caught Napping
- 30% of Teens Meet Online 'Friends' Offline: Study
- Space Station Astronaut Calls for Peace on Earth
- No 'Death Star' for US Military, White House Says
- Baffling Star Birth Mystery Finally Solved
- January 13
- January 12
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- Best Earth Images of the Week Jan. 11, 2013
- NASA's Next Flagship Space Telescope Back on Track ... and on Budget
- Big Sunspot Unleashes Intense Solar Flare
- NASA Buys Private Inflatable Room for Space Station
- Amateur Astronomers Discover 42 Alien Planets
- Two Star Clusters Shine in Night Sky This Week
- Hotter Years Ahead for US, Report Finds
- Have Astronomers Found Chemical Precursor to Life?
- January 11
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- Big Tobacco: Geneticists Create a Plant That Can't Stop Growing
- Hot Health Tech of CES 2013
- Recruiting Veterans Helps Program Engineer Its Future Now
- Why Being Bored at Work May Be a Good Thing
- America's Newest National Park Declared
- Weighty Verdict: Male Jurors Biased Against Heavy Women
- Flu Activity Still High: How Long Will it Last?
- Near Hurricane Force Wind Gusts for New Mexico, Texas
- Image Gallery: Pompeii's Toilets
- Wood from Land Feeds Deep Sea Life
- Down the Drain: Lost Items Reveal Roman Bath Activities
- Mysterious Eels' Mating Migration Tracked
- Gallery: Glittering Roman Baths
- Science You Can Eat: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Food
- How a Rare Snowfall Hit Jerusalem, Middle East
- Almost Half of World's Food Wasted, Report Claims
- Scale Model Discovered for Florence Cathedral
- Simplest Clock Yet? Single Atom Tells Time
- Atmosphere of Venus Has Strange Magnetic 'Ropes'
- Largest Spiral Galaxy in Universe Revealed
- Finding Another Earth: How Will Scientists Confirm It Exists?
- Whew! Huge Asteroid Apophis Won't Hit Earth in 2036
- FDA Lowers Dosages for Popular Sleep Meds
- Is Pregnancy After Weight-Loss Surgery Safe?
- January 10
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- Alien Life May Exist on Exoplanet Moons
- What Makes Us Fart?
- Flu, Whooping Cough and Vomiting Virus: What's Going On?
- Space Rock Star: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Becoming Canadian Celebrity
- What Makes My Ears Ring?
- Rhino Poaching at Record High in South Africa
- Clever #Hashtags Confuse Twitter Computers
- What Makes Us Burp?
- Solved: Mysterious Structures in China Desert Revealed
- Mysterious Chinese Buildings Explained
- Origin of Life: Did a Simple Pump Drive Process?
- Marriage Boosts Odds of Surviving Middle Age
- Spider Silk-Spinning Technique Key to Stronger Fibers
- Best Ways to Study for a Test Found
- Amazing Image: Eerie Nightglow Over Texas
- Killer Whales May Have Been Trapped by Climate Change
- China's One-Child Policy Creates 'Little Emperors'
- Pompeii 'Wall Posts' Reveal Ancient Social Networks
- Preserved Pompeii: Photos Reveal City in Ash
- Did Mega-Drought Kill Ancient Aboriginal Culture?
- What Makes Wheels Appear to Spin Backward?
- Building Green-Gas Technology Without a Manual
- Why Is This Year's Flu Season So Bad?
- NASA Drone to Probe Ozone Loss
- Man Begins 7-Year Walk on Path of Ancient Humans
- Night's Bright Lights Dim View for Remote Telescopes
- Night Lights: Stunning Views of Earth from Above
- Milky Way Galaxy May Be Less Massive Than Thought
- Einstein Was Right: Space-Time Smooth, Not Foamy
- 2,000-Year-Old Treasure Discovered In Black Sea Fortress
- What You Can Do About the Raging Flu
- Image gallery: Ancient buried treasure eluded Romans
- Most Distant 'Standard Candle' Star Explosion Found
- See Venus Bid Crescent Moon Farewell Early Thursday
- Most Earth-Like Alien Planet Possibly Found
- AXE Company Wants to Launch 22 People Into Space
- Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Apophis Bigger Than Thought: See It Online Tonight
- January 9
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- Lined-Up Sun, Moon Give Rise to 'King Tides'
- Brown-Eyed Guys Seem More Trustworthy, Study Suggests
- Plugged In: Shark Fetuses Detect Predators' Electric Fields
- In Photos: Baby Sharks Show Off Amazing Ability
- Alien Asteroid Belt Discovery Hints at Hidden Planets
- Emotions Pose Obstacle to Weight Loss, Psychologists Say
- Mississippi River Continues to Near Historic Low
- Crushing Rocks Reveals Magma Mantle Mysteries
- Underwater Robots Hear 9 Endangered Whales
- Ancient Mexico's Dead Got Makeovers
- New 'iShack' Dwelling Brings Solar Power to Slums
- Coca-Cola Recommended to Treat Stomach Blockages
- Hubble Space Telescope Could Last Until 2018, NASA Says
- How Pap Smears Could Detect Ovarian & Uterine Cancer
- Images of a New National Park: Pinnacles National Monument
- How Earthquakes Bash Through 'Creeping' Faults
- Dazzling Comet of 2013 May Be Among Brightest Ever Seen
- 'Zombie' Planet's Rogue Orbit Around Star Shocks Scientists
- NASA to Announce Launch of New Earth-Observing Satellite
- Innovative 'Smart Highway' Glows in the Dark
- New Kiln Advances Science of Thermally Modified Wood Products
- Gonorrhea May Become Incurable, Experts Fear
- Views on Gay People Shift in Singapore
- Stomach Pump for Weight Loss? Experts Are Critical
- WATCH LIVE: NASA Announces New Earth-Watching Satellite
- Wild Weather of Distant 'Failed Star' Revealed
- Oldest Roman Hairstyle Recreated for First Time
- What Makes Ice Cubes Cloudy?
- Heap of Cattle Bones May Mark Ancient Feasts
- Images: A Ton of Cattle Bones
- Alien Earth: What It Will Mean to Find Our Planet's Twin
- Medical Myths: When Urban Legends Kill
- New 'Bone' in Milky Way Skeleton Discovered
- Mysteriously Bright Black Holes Revealed by NASA Telescope
- Wanted: Mars Colonists to Explore Red Planet
- Former Astronaut Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords Launch Gun Control Initiative
- Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Settles Divorce from Third Wife
- Massive Star Explosion Captured in Stunning Photo
- China's Potential Anti-Satellite Test Sparks US Concern
- Why Fingers & Toes Get Pruney in Water
- January 8
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- China's Extreme Cold Snaps Records
- 'Nobody Will Find Out': Top Email Phrases Fraudsters Use
- Early Bilingualism Improves Thinking in Old Age
- Arctic Snow Cover Shows Steep Decline
- Bilingualism May Keep Older Brains Nimble
- Drinking Diet Soda Linked to Depression
- Climate Change to Claim San Francisco Marshes
- NASA to Discuss Progress of Private Space Taxis
- Mock Mars Flight Reveals Big Sleep Concerns for Astronauts
- Songbird's Voice Box Modeled in 3D
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Brushes Mars Rock Clean, a First
- It's Official: 2012 Smashes Record for Warmest Year in US
- Flesh-Eating Maggots Attack Aussie Couple
- Ancient Maya Predicted 1991 Solar Eclipse
- Remarkable RNA: Tales of a Genetic Messenger
- Mysterious Giant Squid Finally Caught on Film
- Humans Visit Huge Penguin Colony for First Time
- World's Fastest Shark Treks Epic Distances
- What's the Fate of Earth?
- Calorie Conscious? 'Smart' Fork Monitors Your Every Bite
- Over 300 Clay Figures Found at Ancient Site
- Tropical Cyclone Off Australia Coast
- More Smokers Make New Year's Resolution to Quit
- Ancient Shipwreck Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Eye Medicine
- Troops Exposed to Hidden Caffeine in Supplements, Study Says
- Athenian 'Snake Goddess' Gets New Identity
- Images: The Athenian 'Snake Goddess'
- 6 Ways to Hold the Sodium
- January 7
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- NASA Planet Hunter Bill Borucki Gets Astronomy Award
- NASA Finds 461 Alien Planet Candidates, Some Possibly Habitable
- Monster Black Hole Burp Surprises Scientists
- Animal Sacrifice Reaches South Beach
- Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Pandas May Have Secret Superbug Weapon
- Condors Drive Cougars to Kill More
- Roman Kids Showed Off Status with Shoes
- Gallery: Ancient Roman Kids' Shoes
- Some Call Los Roques New Bermuda Triangle
- 'T. Rex' of the Seas Called First Top Killer
- Baby Bones Found Scattered in Ancient Italian Village
- Images: Abandoned Baby Bones in Ancient Tuscany
- Image Gallery: Photos Reveal Prehistoric Sea Monster
- Baby Wasps Disinfect Cockroaches Before Eating Them
- 17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way
- Basking Shark's Amazing Journey to the Tropics
- 'Exocomets' Common Across Milky Way Galaxy
- Captive Hyenas Beat Wild Peers in Puzzle Solving
- Florida Sponsors Python Roundup
- Astronaut Snaps Amazing Photo of Volcanoes from Space
- 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' Kicks Off in Southern California
- NASA Eyes Wild Plan to Drag Asteroid Near the Moon
- Fussy Infants Exposed to More TV
- Fewer Under-21 Women Get Pap Tests
- 17th-Century 'Aristotle' Sex Manual Goes Up For Auction
- Australia Heat Sparks Fires, Shatters Records
- What's the Doppler Effect?
- Photo: Frost Flowers in Bloom on Arctic Sea Ice
- What's the Average American Woman's Bust Size?
- What's Smog?
- Weird! This Odd, Ancient Bird Had Sharp Teeth
- Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Martian 'Flower' and Snake-Like Rock
- Double-Star Systems Can Be Dangerous for Exoplanets
- The Kilogram Has Gained Weight
- Coldest Antimatter Yet Is Goal of New Technique
- January 6
- January 5
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- What's Perfect Pitch?
- Famed Roman Shipwreck Could Be Two
- In Photos: Diving for Famed Antikythera Shipwreck
- Here, Bella! Top Pet Names for 2012
- Giant Sun Eruption Could Swallow 20 Earths
- Sun's 2013 Solar Storm Peak Expected to Hit Century Low
- Crater on Huge Asteroid Vesta Gets 3D Treatment
- Will China Launch an Anti-Satellite Test Soon?
- Beam Me Up! William Shatner Tweets With Astronaut in Space
- What is Heat Stroke?
- January 4
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- Endangered Beluga Whales See Slight Population Uptick
- Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Might Cause Skin Damage, Study Suggests
- Secret to Fish's Waterfall-Climbing Ability Found
- Rain Cycles Tied to Baby Brain Infections in Africa
- 7 Resolutions for a Better Planet
- Chasing Volcanoes with Filmmaker Bertrand Loyer
- Engineer Petitions White House for Real-Life Starship Enterprise
- Sumatran Tigers Finally Mate at National Zoo
- Tropical Cyclone Spotted Slamming Indian Ocean Islands
- Why a Robot Was Programmed to Vomit
- Chicago's Snow Lagging Behind Many Southern Cities
- Year's Largest Astronomy Meeting Kicks Off in California Sunday
- Breast Milk Contains Over 700 Bacteria Species
- Private Moon Travel Startup Hires Lunar Lander Designer
- What Does the Fiscal Deal Mean for Science?
- Big Bird Helps Scientists Study Brain Development
- Like Hot Chocolate? Drink it in an Orange Cup
- 7 Great Dramas in Congressional History
- Shake It! Dinosaurs Waggled Flashy Tails to Woo Mates
- Why Older Women Gain Weight More Easily Than Men
- Scientists Discover New Mechanism for Antibiotic Resistance
- January 3
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- Why Some Facebook Users Constantly Update Status
- 40 Seafloor Gas Seeps Found Off US East Coast
- Drought to Continue Despite Recent Storms
- 'Universal' Personality Traits Are Not, Study Finds
- Javan Rhino Officially Extinct In Vietnam
- Senator Claims Angels Visited Him in Hospital
- Support for School Prayer Declines
- How Early Earth Kept Warm Despite Faint Sun
- Psychology of Compromise: Why Congress Fails
- Mars Meteorite May Be Missing Link to Red Planet's Past
- Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute Zero
- You May Not Recognize Yourself in 10 Years
- Odd Mammal Thought Long Extinct in Australia May Still Live
- Volcano's 30-Year Eruption Bursting with Discoveries
- Man Accused of Stealing Meteorites in North Carolina
- Google Executive to Visit North Korea
- Mars Rover Mission Marks 9 Years on Red Planet
- 7 Great Congressional Dramas
- From the Fiery Edge: Q&A with Hawaii's Volcano Monitor
- Explosive Images: Hawaii's Kilauea Erupts for 30 Years
- 'Tsunami Bomb' Created by US Military
- What is Fool's Gold?
- What is Fire?
- January 1 Snow Coverage Sets New Record for US
- What is Blood Doping?
- Ancient Traces of Terrace Farming Found Near Petra
- Ancient Carving Shows Stylishly Plump African Princess
- Giant Gas Geysers Erupting from Milky Way Galaxy
- Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed
- Cosmic Pancake Spotted Around Andromeda Galaxy
- 100 Billion Alien Planets Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy: Study
- January 2
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- Russia in a Froth? Beer Now Labeled as Alcohol
- Climate Change May Increase Volcanic Eruptions
- Bear Tunnels to Be Built Under Georgia Highway
- 'Hairy Eyeball' Caused by Rare Tumor
- Neil Armstrong's 'One Small Step': Controversy Erupts Over Moonwalk Quote
- Science in Ice: Lab Operates Inside a Glacier
- Trouble with Naming Objects Starts at 50
- Solved: The Mystery of Nazi Leader's Wife
- Lyrik & Lyla Are Among 2013's First Babies
- Sun Rings In New Year with Solar Eruption
- Deepest Corals in Great Barrier Reef Discovered
- Quadrantid Meteor Shower of 2013: Live Webcast
- Images: Colorful Corals of the Deep Barrier Reef
- Moon May Outshine Quadrantid Meteor Shower Tonight
- Europe Tackling Big Space Projects in 2013
- Photo Gallery: Life Inside a Glacier
- Fructose Sugar Tells the Brain To Keep Eating
- Private Space Travel to Make Giant Leaps in 2013
- Squash Holds Decapitated King Louis XVI's Blood
- Squash Contains Louis XVI's Blood
- Space Radiation May Accelerate Alzheimer's in Astronauts
- Politics Is Key to Avoiding Global Warming Catastrophe
- Do Natural Remedies Really Work?
- Seafloor Observatory Reveals Arctic Ocean Environment
- Newborns Know Their Native Tongue, Study Finds
- Frozen Alaska Bucking Global Warming Trend
- What Is an Omnivore?
- What Is an Herbivore?
- 'UFO' Seen From Airplane: What Is It?
- Could Arming Teachers Work?
- Baby Panda Rings in 2013
- January 1
