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2 science projects win up to $1.3 billion each
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:28AM January 28, 2013 CommentBRUSSELS (AP) — Two European science projects — one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene — won an EU technology contest Monday, getting up to €1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade.
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Iran Says It Sent Monkey Into Space and Back
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:42AM January 28, 2013 Comment
An Israeli girl holds a flag and a photograph of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a monkey near Tel Aviv, Israel, June 23, 2009.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Monday it has successfully sent a monkey into space, describing the launch as another step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight.
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Study: Distant rural areas may feel cities' heat
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:11PM January 27, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes.
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Japan launches 2 intelligence satellites
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:03AM January 27, 2013 CommentTOKYO (AP) — Japan launched two intelligence satellites into orbit on Sunday amid growing concerns that North Korea is planning to test more rockets of its own and possibly conduct a nuclear test.
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AP Interview: CERN chief firmer on 'God particle'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:19PM January 26, 2013 CommentDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The world should know with certainty by the middle of this year whether a subatomic particle discovered by scientists is a long-sought Higgs boson, the head of the world's largest atom smasher said Saturday.
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NASA Testing Vintage Engine From Apollo 11 Rocket
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:32AM January 25, 2013 Comment
In an image made from video, NASA engineers test fire a key part of a rocket engine left over from the 1960s-era Apollo moon missions on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Huntsville, Ala.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Like vinyl records and skinny ties, good things eventually come back around. At NASA, that means looking to the Apollo program for ideas on how to develop the next generation of rockets for future missions to the moon and beyond.
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Buoyed by Obama, leaders press for climate action
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:43PM January 24, 2013 CommentDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change.
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Research Chimps May Be Headed From Lab to Leisure
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:06PM January 23, 2013 Comment
This is an August 2004 aerial file photo of the 200-acre site in Caddo Parish near Shreveport, La., where the first phase of construction on Chimp Haven is underway.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chimpanzees who have spent their lives in U.S. research labs being prodded, poked and tested may be headed for retirement in a leafy sanctuary where they can climb trees, socialize at will, play with toys and even listen to music.
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Condoms Don't Diminish Sexual Pleasure, Study Finds
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A worker checks rubber condoms at the Natex factory in Xapuri, Brazil, Oct. 30, 2007. The plant produces 100 million condoms a year.
Misperceptions can raise risk for STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy
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What holds energy tech back? The infernal battery
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM January 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As 21st century technology strains to become ever faster, cleaner and cheaper, an invention from more than 200 years ago keeps holding it back. It's why electric cars aren't clogging the roads and why Boeing's new ultra-efficient 787 Dreamliners aren't flying high.
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Scientist: I'm NOT seeking a mom for a Neanderthal
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01PM January 22, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A prominent genetics expert from Harvard Medical School wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He is NOT looking for a woman to bear a Neanderthal baby. Not even an adventurous one.
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Pentagon researches new life for dead satellites
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53PM January 22, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ones for cheap.
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Zoo-bound elephant calves back in Zimbabwe's wild
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:17AM January 21, 2013 CommentHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An animal welfare group says five baby elephants held in captivity in western Zimbabwe for shipment to zoos in China have been returned to the wild.
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NASA's older Mars rover notches another milestone
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32AM January 21, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive.
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More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercury
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:52AM January 19, 2013 CommentGENEVA (AP) — A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four years of difficult negotiations but stopping short of some of the tougher measures that proponents had envisioned.
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Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:33AM January 19, 2013 CommentSCOTTBASE, Antarctica (AP) — Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe.
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Joshua Tree spider species named for U2's Bono
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:32AM January 19, 2013 CommentJOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — It appeared Bono and arachnids didn't mix when his "Spider-Man" musical had a rough Broadway run, but that didn't keep a biologist from naming an actual spider species after the U2 singer.
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European Space Agency Discovers 'Striking' Ancient River on Mars
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This image shows the Reull Vallis, a nearly 1,000 mile long river on Mars discovered by the European Space Agency.
The river is nearly 1,000 miles long and almost 1,000 feet deep at points.
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Camera on Maine island streams gray seal video
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:31PM January 17, 2013 CommentPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A camera that records seal-pupping activities on a remote Maine island began streaming live to the public Thursday in what's believed to be the first live-streaming camera at an East Coast seal-pupping site.
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2 Americans, 1 Swede share Crafoord science prize
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:32AM January 17, 2013 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Americans and a Swede have won this year's Crafoord Prize, a 4 million kronor ($600,000) scientific award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to honor achievements not always covered by its more famous Nobel Prizes.
