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Falcon 9: A Future Space Taxi?A white rocket that's as tall as an 18-story building is about to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. And there's a lot riding on it � at least symbolically.
Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disasterIndependent scientists and government officials say there's a disaster we can't see in the Gulf of Mexico's mysterious depths, the ruin of a world inhabited by enormous sperm whales and tiny, invisible plankton.
Hubble spots a planet-eating starThe Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a Sun-like star "eating" a nearby planet. Astronomers knew that stars were capable of swallowing planets in orbit around them, but this is the first time the event has been "seen" so clearly.
Shuttle Atlantis undocks from space stationAfter a week of flying together, shuttle Atlantis undocked from a larger and virtually completed International Space Station on Sunday and headed for home on its final voyage.
Scientists working to coax fuel from extreme bugsScientists have found creatures thriving in places that would poison or cook most life on earth -- deep inside rock, under the ocean or in hot springs, places that are extremely salty, or acidic, or bathed in radiation or heavy metals.
Fish may be smarter than we thinkFish are scared of their own reflection � a new finding that suggests their brains are more sophisticated than originally thought, say biologists.
Hockey stick tests out at 170 years oldA New Brunswick tree scientist has completed tests confirming that a top contender for the title of "world's oldest hockey stick" was made at least 170 years ago, bolstering the claim of a Nova Scotia man � already backed by the country's leading hockey h
A winged tsunamiIt is a migration of such complexity, scale, and marvel that even the great herds of wildebeest in Africa and caribou in Canada's Arctic pale by comparison.
Shuttle Atlantis arrives at space stationThe shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday amid a flurry of picture-taking intended to make up for a curtailed safety survey the day before.
14th-century aqueduct found in JerusalemArcheologists said Tuesday they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years along a route dating back to the time of Jesus -- but unlike most such finds, this time the experts knew exactly where to look.
Is Stephen Hawking right about aliens?Stephen Hawking thinks that making contact with aliens would be a very bad idea indeed. But with new, massive telescopes, we humans are stepping up the search. Have we really thought this through?
NASA beams space aliens an invitationWASHINGTON � Cosmologist Stephen Hawking says it is too risky to try to talk to space aliens. Oops. Too late... NASA and others already have beamed several messages into deep space, trying to phone extraterrestrials.
Ocean acidity rising at an alarming rateWith the oceans absorbing more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide an hour, a National Research Council study released Thursday found that the level of acid in the oceans is increasing at an unprecedented rate and threatening to change marine ecosystems
Chimpanzees show human-like awareness of deathChimpanzees have remarkably complex, even human-like, responses to the deaths of their closest companions, new research suggests. Two separate studies published this week in the journal Current Biology document how chimps reacted to the deaths of others
Nasa readies jumbo eye in the skyThe US space agency Nasa has unveiled a powerful new tool in its quest to unravel the mysteries of the Universe. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is a modified Boeing 747-SP aircraft known as Sofia.
The Sun as you've never seen itSoaring tens of thousands of miles away from the Sun's surface, a solar flare explodes with the energy of 100 megaton hydrogen bombs. The fiery plasma, heated to tens of millions of degrees celsius throws out particles to near the speed of light.
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