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  1. Why Kids Ask Why LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 11:46 AM ETSent 623 times

    A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.

  2. Scientists gather at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) data quality satellite control center of the ATLAS detectors during the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Scientists turned on the Large Hadron Collider on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009, for the first time since the machine suffered a failure more than a year ago and had to be shut down shortly after the start. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
    Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams AP - Tue Nov 24, 11:56 AM ETSent 379 times

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.

  3. This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Mars in 2005. A new detailed map of Mars shows what was likely a vast ocean in the north and valleys around the equator, suggesting that the planet once had a humid, rainy climate, according to research published Monday.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)
    New Map Bolsters Case for Ancient Ocean on Mars SPACE.com - Mon Nov 23, 5:30 PM ETSent 101 times

    Several lines of evidence point to the possibility of a past ocean on Mars, from apparent ancient shorelines to chemicals in the soil.

  4. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ETSent 63 times

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  5. University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer
    UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996 AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:14 AM ETSent 24 times

    GENEVA - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

  6. Texting a Pain in the Neck, Study Suggests LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 16, 12:02 PM ETSent 20 times

    Texting long messages can be a pain in the neck - literally.

  7. This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)
    Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home AP - 1 minute agoSent 15 times

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday, headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer.

  8. 5 Questionable Health Screening Tests LiveScience.com - Tue Nov 24, 2:02 PM ETSent 13 times

    Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and health screening tests.

  9. Walking and Talking on Phone Dangerous For Seniors LiveScience.com - Tue Nov 24, 9:05 AM ETSent 11 times

    For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new study, although earlier research did not find the same connection among younger people.

  10. Rare Darwin Drafts Go Online LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 5:46 PM ETSent 11 times

    Darwin is going digital. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," the manuscripts detailing the theory of natural selection are being placed online.

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  1. Interactive graphic on the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults and is set to restart.(AFP iactiv)
    Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams AP - Tue Nov 24, 11:56 AM ET

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.

  2. Is Case Finally Closed on 1965 Pennsylvania 'UFO Mystery'? SPACE.com - Tue Nov 24, 4:16 PM ET

    In the chronicles of UFO oddness, there's been a long-standing oddity – some say folklore, others deem it reality. This saga, now over four decades old, centers on a reported out-of-the-sky incident involving the small town of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.

  3. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ET

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  4. This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home AP - 1 minute ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday, headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer.

  5. The nation's weather AP - 40 minutes ago

    A blistery and chilly day was expected in the Midwest and Great Lakes on Wednesday, while the Pacific Northwest was forecast to remain wet and cool.

  6. Texting a Pain in the Neck, Study Suggests LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 16, 12:02 PM ET

    Texting long messages can be a pain in the neck - literally.

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  1. China moves to protect pandas from swine flu AP - Tue Nov 24, 7:03 AM ET

    BEIJING - A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday.

  2. A highway in San Francisco, California. US President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    Obama, Singh boost hopes of climate deal AFP - 59 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama sought to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.

  3. China called on the European Union to step up cooperation on climate change. "Soon after the summit the international community will have the Copenhagen conference on climate change," Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun, pictured in 2006 said, referring to the meeting in Denmark to agree a new UN pact on global warming.(AFP/HO/File)
    China calls for stepped up climate cooperation with EU AFP - Tue Nov 24, 12:10 PM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - China called on the European Union Tuesday to step up cooperation on climate change, saying global warming would be at the top of the agenda at next week's China-EU summit.

  4. In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)
    Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand AP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.

  5. Hacked Climate Change Emails Set Off Political Storm NewsFactor - Wed Nov 25, 1:54 AM ET

    Internet security and climate change had a surprising run-in last week, as thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit wound up on climate-skeptic web sites. The University says it is cooperating with police and launching its own investigation into how the emails wound up online.

  6. Effort to scrap anti-nuclear law in Minn. ramps up AP - Tue Nov 24, 2:33 PM ET

    ST. PAUL, Minn. - A push to scrap a Minnesota law barring new nuclear power plants gained a pair of influential supporters Tuesday, adding intensity to a debate before a state Legislature that has narrowly resisted the change.

  7. Fla. Ag candidate says 'No, Baby, No' to drilling AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:25 AM ET

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner has a response to Republican calls to "Drill, Baby, Drill."

  8. Climate Con Job Investor's Business Daily - Tue Nov 24, 6:44 PM ET

    Junk Science: The Senate expects to take up global warming legislation by spring, but nothing more should happen in Congress on this issue until there's been a thorough probe of the ClimateGate scandal.

  9. 5 Questionable Health Screening Tests LiveScience.com - Tue Nov 24, 2:02 PM ET

    Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and health screening tests.

  10. New Space Telescope to Watch the Sun SPACE.com - Tue Nov 24, 12:30 PM ET

    A new solar telescope, scheduled to launch this winter, will probe the sun's atmosphere and inner workings, helping scientists better understand how solar storms.

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