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Comet Making Closest Approach Ever of Earth
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58AM March 05, 2013 CommentA recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and may look like this one as it moves through space.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it.
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Curiosity rover out of safe mode, still recovering
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:17PM March 04, 2013 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA says the Curiosity rover is returning to normal after a computer problem limited its activities.
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Scientists Say Baby Born With HIV Apparently Cured
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A child walks with activists in a torch light rally ahead of World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.
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Buzz off: Pa. honeybee colony getting new home
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:38PM March 01, 2013 CommentDURYEA, Pa. (AP) — They say home is where the hive is. Or something like that.
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NASA Mars rover in safe mode; science halted
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:14PM March 01, 2013 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer.
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Plight of the American bumblebee: Disappearing?
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:13PM February 28, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just honey bees that are in trouble. The fuzzy American bumblebee seems to be disappearing in the Midwest.
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SpaceX on verge of 3rd supply run to space station
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM February 28, 2013 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station is about to get another commercial shipment.
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New, temporary radiation belt spotted around Earth
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:31PM February 28, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — You may not have noticed it, but for several weeks last year, the Earth was surrounded by an extra ring of radiation.
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Dust from Africa affects snowfall in California
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:17PM February 28, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the driest spots on Earth — the Sahara desert — is increasingly responsible for snow and rain half a world away in the western U.S., a new study released Thursday found.
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Implant Makes Mind Reading Possible in Rats
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China Plans Next Manned Space Mission for Summer
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In this image made off the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module, partly seen on left, are conjoined Sunday, June 24, 2012.
BEIJING (AP) — China will send three astronauts on a mission to its orbiting space station this summer as part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth, the manned space program said Thursday.
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Tycoon wants to send married couple on Mars flyby
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:07PM February 27, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It's a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars.
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Researchers marvel at world's deepest sea vents
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:49PM February 27, 2013 CommentKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Researchers using a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have been collecting samples from the sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea.
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Black holes in galaxies rotate fast, study finds
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:38PM February 27, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — There's a new spin on supermassive black holes: They're incredibly fast, astronomers say.
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At more colleges, classes on genetics get personal
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:36AM February 27, 2013 CommentIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Bakir Hajdarevic didn't have to study for the most important test in a class last fall. He just had to spit — a lot.
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Q&A: The Science Behind Personal Genetics Testing
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:35AM February 27, 2013 CommentIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A growing number of universities are offering classes on personal genetics to educate students about a medical field that is becoming increasingly important as the price of genetic testing drops. Here's a look at the basics:
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NASA Mars Rover Analyzing Powder From Drilled Rock
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This undated image provided by NASA shows powdered rock in the scoop of the Mars Rover Curiosity. The six-wheel rover collected the sample after drilling into a Martian rock.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Mars rover Curiosity has successfully transferred a pinch of rock dust to its onboard laboratories for inspection, two weeks after drilling into its first rock.
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Capt. Kirk's Vulcan entry wins Pluto moons contest
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:26PM February 25, 2013 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — "Star Trek" fans, rejoice.
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Monkey Mothering a 24-hour Chore for Colombian Woman
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A 15-day-old night monkey is fed at a temporary shelter west of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The tiny night monkey is with Martha Silva 24 hours a day, nestled in a wool pouch inside her coat or beside her while she sleeps. Eight times a day, she feeds milk to the five-inch baby like an attentive mother.
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Report: No Link Between Deployment, Suicide in Military
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Sgt. Max Weinstock with the 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, deployed from Ft. Myer, Va., waits as members of the Uganda People's Defense Force prepare to plot and identify terrain features on a map during a squad competition at Forward Operating Location Kasenyi, Uganda, April 3, 2008.
A new report suggests demographics, not deployment status, belie suicide in the military.
