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British, Japanese share Nobel Prize for medicine
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Think tank: path to Iran nuke warhead 2-4 months
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:21PM October 08, 2012 CommentVIENNA (AP) — Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to arm a nuclear bomb within two to four months but would still face serious "engineering challenges" — and much longer delays — before it succeeds in making the other components needed for a functioning warhead, a respected U.S. think tank said Monday.
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Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00AM October 08, 2012 CommentRecent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
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SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:30PM October 07, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA.
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Einstein Letter on God to be Auctioned on eBay
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Albert Einstein
A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as a product of human weakness is being sold on eBay for a starting price of $3 million.
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Calif. initiative will test appetite for GMO food
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:29PM October 06, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?"
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Sneezing sea lion dies after treatment at NY zoo
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:33PM October 05, 2012 CommentROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A sea lion that had been receiving treatment for sneezing has died unexpectedly at a New York zoo.
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Highest free-fall jump postponed due to winds
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:40PM October 05, 2012 CommentROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The highest, fastest free fall in history has been postponed.
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Mexico: Mayan ball court was celestial 'marker'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:53PM October 05, 2012 CommentMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican archaeologists say they have determined that the ancient Mayas built watchtower-style structures atop the ceremonial ball court at the temples of Chichen Itza to observe the equinoxes and solstices, and they said Friday that the discovery adds to understanding of the many layers of ritual significance that the ball game had for the culture.
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Ready For the Chicago Bears? Large Mammals Increasingly Living in Cities
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Well-preserved mammoth carcass found in Siberia
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53PM October 05, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — A teenage mammoth that once roamed the Siberian tundra in search of fodder and females might have been killed by an Ice Age man on a summer day tens of thousands of years ago, a Russian scientist said Friday.
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Archaeologists find likely queen tomb in Guatemala
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM October 05, 2012 CommentGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The discovery of a tomb that experts believe might be that of a great Maya queen could redefine the understanding of women's political roles during the Classic Maya period, experts said Thursday.
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The art and science of guessing a Nobel Prize
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:20AM October 05, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Guessing who will win a Nobel Prize is a bit like forecasting the stock market: Experts don't seem to do it any better than laymen.
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Vietnam returns endangered turtle to Cambodia
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:02AM October 05, 2012 CommentHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A critically endangered turtle that somehow made it to Vietnam decades ago has been returned to its original home: Cambodia.
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Robert Christy, Manhattan Project physicist, dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:32AM October 05, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Robert F. Christy, a former California Institute of Technology professor who helped design the trigger mechanism for the atomic bombs used in World War II, died Wednesday. He was 96.
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Mars Curiosity about to really shake things up
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:44PM October 04, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mars Curiosity is about to take its first sip of the red planet's sand. But only after NASA's rover plays bartender to make sure the dry dust is shaken, not stirred.
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SpaceX encore: 2nd private space station shipment
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:31PM October 04, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company is headed back to the International Space Station.
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Research on mice suggests new fertility treatments
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:30PM October 04, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have turned mouse skin cells into eggs that produced baby mice — a technique that, if successfully applied to humans, could someday allow women to stop worrying about the ticking of their biological clocks and perhaps even help couples create "designer babies."
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Space Station to Move to Avoid Debris
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A picture by Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers from the International Space Station shows southern lights between Antarctica and Australia.
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian space program's Mission Control Center says it will move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.
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Environmentalist pioneer Commoner dies in NY at 95
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:31PM October 01, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Scientist and activist Barry Commoner, who raised early concerns about the effects of radioactive fallout and was one of the pioneers of the environmental movement, has died at age 95.
