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- September 30
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- Chemistry Driving Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Developments (Op-Ed)
- After 40 Years, Promise of Wilderness Protection Stands (Op-Ed)
- Divorce & Other Life Stressors Linked with Dementia
- How Would a Government Shutdown Impact Science?
- Strange Condition Lets Woman Hear Sounds But Not Words
- Infertile Woman Gives Birth After Experimental Treatment
- Optical Illusion Explained in Monkey Brain Study
- 5 Surprising Ways to Banish Bad Breath
- What Is the Illuminati?
- Ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in Iraq
- The Holy Land: 7 Amazing Archaeological Finds
- Shutdown May Hinder California's Rim Fire Cleanup
- In Photos: Ancient City Discovered in Iraq
- Incredible Technology: How Today's Archaeologists Kick Indiana Jones' Butt
- Fusion Experiments Inch Closer To Break-Even Goal
- Vaccine Refusal Contributes to Whooping Cough Outbreaks
- Drop in Preschoolers Taking Mental Health Meds
- September 29
- September 28
- September 27
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- Small Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Big Risks (Op-Ed)
- New Climate Report More Confident About Alarming Changes
- Pond Scum Leads to Critical Brain Research Tool
- IPCC Climate Change Report: Experts React
- 'Breaking Bad' Comes to an End: 6 Strange Meth Facts
- Richard III Tomb Design Sparks Controversy
- Global Warming Evidence: 2007 Report Compared to 2013 (Infographic)
- Pilot's Heart Attack: How Often Do Flight Emergencies Happen?
- Is iOS 7 Making You Feel Sick? Here's Why
- Surprising Reasons You Drink Too Much Wine
- Study Finds Most Drug Commercials Misleading
- Did Venus Give Earth the Moon? Wild New Theory on Lunar History
- Climate Change Evidence: 'Unprecedented' Warming Is Man-Made (Infographic)
- 3D Printed Toothbrush Tailored to Your Teeth
- Teddy Bear Could Help Kids Cope with Diabetes
- Bubonic Plague Still Kills Thousands
- Number of Confirmed Alien Planets Nears 1,000
- Microbes in Earth's Oceanic Crust May Gobble Oxygen
- IPCC Report: Strongest Case Yet for Human-Caused Global Warming
- Can the World's Oldest and Largest Democracies Come Together Over Climate? (Op-Ed)
- How Children in Vietnam May Prevent the Rhino's Extinction (Op-Ed)
- September 26
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- Goosefish Lays Billowy Veil Holding 1 Million Eggs
- Images: A Goosefish's Ethereal Veil of Eggs
- Killer Hornets Terrorize China
- Cat Overpopulation Spawning Novel Rescue Approach (Op-Ed)
- IPCC to Release Major Climate Change Report Tomorrow
- Who Isn't Using the Internet? (Infographic)
- Circuit That Controls Overeating Found in the Brain
- Skeleton of Ancient Prince Reveals Etruscan Life
- How Climate Change Could Make Mercury Pollution Worse
- The Surprising Source of Most Mercury Pollution
- Earthquake Case: Convicted Italian Geologist Denounces Charges
- To Avoid Fights, Mice Sing to the Clouds
- Venice's Gradual Sinking Charted by Satellites
- Flu Vaccination Rates Rise, But Officials Still Urge Shots
- Fossil of Ancient Amphibian Choking on Last Meal Up for Auction
- 'Tidal Body Clocks' Found in 2 Marine Animals
- Photos: Amphibian 'Death Scene' and Other Fossils Up for Auction
- Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug Arrives in US
- Vitamin D and Your Health: It's Not a 'Cure All'
- Strange Spinning Star Is 'Missing Link' of Pulsars
- Want to Phone Aliens? Help Get Your Messages On NASA's Pluto-Bound Spacecraft
- Michael Mann: Climate-Change Deniers Must Stop Distorting the Evidence (Op-Ed)
- Money Woes May to Blame for Waning US Birth Rate
- "The Smile of a Dolphin," Banned in Texas (Op-Ed)
- September 25
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- What is Known, and Unknown, About Parkinson's Disease? (Op-Ed)
- Internet Pet Dealers Finally Face Oversight (Op-Ed)
- NASA Interactive Reveals New Earth Perspectives (Op-Ed)
- Causes of Pakistan Earthquake & New Island Revealed
- With IPCC Report, Climate Change is Settled Science (Op-Ed)
- Was President Bush's Stent Surgery Necessary? (Op-Ed)
- Omega-3s Fail to Keep Aging Brains Sharp
- How Birds Evolved From Small Meat-Eating Dinosaurs
- Get a Grip: How Frogs Hold on in Flowing Water
- New Prosthetic: Man Controls Bionic Leg with Thoughts
- 3D Printers Make Art for Future Robots
- In Photos: Art for Robots
- What Is Vertigo?
- Cryptozoology: Does It Matter If Bigfoot Is Real?
- Scientists Honored with MacArthur 'Genius Grants'
- Photos: Tour the International Cryptozoology Museum
- Man's 'Forehead Nose' a Common Reconstruction Technique
- Nanotech Delivers Needle-Free Vaccine in Mice
- Was Ancient Earth Like Jupiter's Super-Volcanic Moon Io?
- How Cheeky: Fossil Fish Is Oldest Creature With a Face
- Earth Had Oxygen Much Earlier Than Thought
- What a Blob: Chromosomes Rarely X-Shaped
- Dr. Seuss in Congress: Why Rhymes Appeal to Children
- Colorado Floods Could Spell Disaster for Winter Tourism
- 11 Surprising Facts About the Circulatory System
- Commercial Airline Plans Antarctic Flights
- Could Carbon Dioxide Be Stored Deep Beneath NYC?
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds More Signs that Ancient Mars Had Water
- Amazing Cat's Paw Nebula View Captured by New Space Camera (Photo)
- Busted! Most in US Believe Brain Disease Myths
- Rats! Diet of Easter Islanders Revealed
- Thousands of Dino Tracks Found Along Alaska's Yukon River
- Photos: Thousands of Dinosaur Tracks Along Yukon River
- September 24
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- How Cute! Trilobites Curled Up in Self-Defense
- Mud Volcano? Weird Island Appears After Pakistan Earthquake
- One-Sport Girls Risk More Injury, Weight Gain (Op-Ed)
- Bizarre Sighting: Cane Toad Eating a Bat?
- The Oil & Gas Industry's Fractured Fairy Tales (Op-Ed)
- Facts About Curium
- Atomic Weight Changed for 19 Elements
- Bill Nye Makes it Through Another Round of 'Dancing With the Stars'
- Sci-Fi Gives 'Fuzzy' Prediction of Future, Says Kim Stanley Robinson
- As Superbugs Rise, New Studies Point To Factory Farms (Op-Ed)
- Going Small To Mop Up Big Oil Spills
- Is Syria's Assad Evil? Why the Answer Matters (Op-Ed)
- Blame the Brain: Why Psychopaths Lack Empathy
- Hawaii Volcanoes: Like Biggest Stack of Pancakes on Earth
- Beer Belly? Man's Gut Brews Own Alcohol
- Extreme HALO Skydiver Falls to Death
- Women 'Smell' Their Competition
- 5,000-Year-Old Leopard Trap Discovered in Israel
- Snake On a Plane Grounds Australian Flight
- Understanding Certainty: Smoking Kills and Global Warming Is Real
- Why Catholic Priests Can't Marry (at Least for Now)
- Why Heart Disease Strikes Women Later Than Men
- Size Mattered to Ancient Bear, Penis Bones Suggest
- Is It Really Lincoln? Gettsyburg Photo Stirs Debate
- Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs Recommended for High-Risk Women
- How High Will Sea Levels Go by 2100?
- Medical Devices Vulnerable to Hackers, New Report Says
- Incredible Technology: How to Salvage Shipwrecks
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Pakistan, Dozens Killed
- Low Arsenic Levels Linked with Heart Disease
- 3D Printing Aims to Deliver Organs on Demand
- The View from the Treetops
- Gestation Crates Have No Place in U.S. Food Production (Op-Ed)
- September 23
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- Warming Could Heat Up Storms Over Eastern US
- How Tesla Motors Builds One of the World's Safest Cars [Video]
- Girls' Voices are Key in the Fight to End Global Poverty (Op-Ed)
- Politics Is Main Hurdle to 'After Sex' Birth Control, Experts Say
- How Environmental Toxins Harm Women's Reproductive Health
- Golden Eagle Attacks Deer in Camera Trap Footage
- 4 Things to Know About the IPCC's Climate Change Report
- What Is Ovulation?
- 'Pacemaker' Device Could Improve Sleep Apnea
- Climate Scientists: IPCC Report Must Communicate Consensus
- Marriage Benefits May Extend to Cancer Survival
- Digital Parenting: More Technology Means More Work
- Why Is My Poop Green?
- Snooze Smarts: How Naps Help Preschoolers Learn
- Why Do We Yawn?
- Fears Can Be Healed During Sleep
- Why Moms Want to 'Gobble Up' Cute Babies
- Egyptian Dog Mummy Infested with Bloodsucking Parasites
- Photos: Dog Mummies and their Pesky Parasites
- 'Ferrari of Space' Doomed: Satellite Will Fall from Space in October
- Mass Rhino Slaughter in South Africa Worries Conservationists
- Time Capsule Holding Steve Jobs' Computer Mouse Unearthed
- The Moon Is 100 Million Years Younger Than Thought
- Photos: 3D Printing at World Maker Faire New York
- September 22
- September 21
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- Photos: World Maker Faire New York 2013
- Molasses Spill Suffocating Hawaiian Reef Fish
- Global Leaders Agree to Phase Out Heat-Trapping Chemical (Op-Ed)
- The Case for India's Street Dogs (Op-Ed)
- States Take Steps to Prevent Zombie Deer and Poisoned Condors (Op-Ed)
- Does a Dog's Breed Really Dictate Its Behavior? (Op-Ed)
- September 20
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- US Air Force Almost Detonated Atomic Bomb Over North Carolina
- Maker Faire Brings Innovation to Life This Weekend in NYC
- Rim Fire Aftermath: 'Nuked'
- Conserving Water, the Driving Force of Nature (Op-Ed)
- 2013's Summer Arctic Sea Ice a Top 10 Low
- How Gut Microbes Affect Your Health
- First Estuary Discovered Under Antarctic Ice
- New Spray Ends Ride for Microbes
- Head of Goddess Aphrodite Statue Unearthed in Turkey
- Experts Fear Airborne Spread of Deadly Pig Virus
- Vitamin B Supplements May Reduce Stroke Risk
- Science Fact or Fiction? The Plausibility of 10 Sci-Fi Concepts
- New Alien Life Claim Far from Convincing, Scientists Say
- Math Models Predict Climate Change Effects
- Why Autumn Leaves May Be Dulled by Climate Change
- Mathematics Links Quantum Encryption and Black Holes
- Ancient Forest Thaws From Melting Glacial Tomb
- Slithering Snake Robots on Mars Could Aid Future Rovers
- How About a Hug?! Nearby Galaxy Cluster Has Giant Plasma Arms
- Sun's Super-fast Plasma 'Conveyor Belt' Surprises Scientists
- Golden Goose Awards Honor Strange Science
- More Guns Equal More Deaths, Study Finds
- Earthquake Engineering: Can A Building Withstand 1994 Northridge Earthquake?
- September 19
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- Strange New State of Consciousness Could Exist, Researcher Says
- Rosalind Franklin: Biography & Discovery of DNA Structure
- Fused Deposition Modeling: Most Common 3D Printing Method
- Pope Calls For Less Focus on Gays, Abortion and Contraception
- The 10 Worst US Cities for Fall Allergies
- Will China's New Pollution Plan Matter?
- Do Animals Know Who they Are? (Op-Ed)
- Female Leaders to Push for Climate Change Action
- Super Typhoon Usagi Barrels Toward Taiwan and China
- The Best of the IPCC Climate Report Leaks
- Mars Mystery Deepens: Curiosity Rover Finds No Sign of Methane
- Squinting At Saturn Through 17th Century Technology
- New Tool Reveals Used-Car Fuel Ratings (Op-Ed)
- Minty? Lemony? Humans Can Smell 10 Types of Odors
- What Is Scientology?
- Painful Peepers: How Can Dry Eyes Be Treated?
- Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Was Triggered by Multiple Events
- Earth's Biggest Deep Earthquake Still a Mystery
- Stately Tomb Design for Richard III's Reburial Revealed
- Flu Watchers: How Influenza Trackers Keep You Healthy
- Super-Eruption Launched Algae Army Into the Sky
- Looking for Bigfoot? New Map Shows Where to Search
- Physics Student Makes Ingenious 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Parody
- 100 Worst US Cities for People with Allergies: The List
- China Sours on Waste from Sweet Mooncakes (Op-Ed)
- See Where Fall Leaves Are Turning Colors
- 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Names
- Why Earth's Inner and Outer Cores Rotate in Opposite Directions
- Water on Mars: Curiosity Rover Uncovers a Flood of Evidence
- Laser Shines a Light on Intestinal Diseases
- Mind-Control Parasite Kills Mice's Fear of Cats Permanently
- September 18
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- Dogs to Prairie Dogs, Animals Need Rescue from Disaster (Op-Ed)
- How Much Longer Can Earth Support Life?
- 'Unexplained Files' Explores UFOs, Moth Men and Alien Diseases
- Is Schizophrenia to Blame for Navy Yard Shootings?
- Flu Shot 2013-2014: Strains, Release Date & Side Effects
- From the Deepest Coma, New Brain Activity Found
- Why Lines for Disney Rides are 'Magic' (Op-Ed)
- FAQ: IPCC's Upcoming Climate Change Report Explained
- Colorado Floods: What Happens to All That Water?
- States With More Guns Have More Homicides
- Can Society Win the Race Against Climate Change? (Op-Ed)
- 4 Legless Lizard Species Discovered in California
- Arctic Sea Ice Closes In on Summer Low
- Test for Viral Infections Could Cut Unneeded Antibiotics
- Sell-By Labels Send Edible U.S. Food to the Dump (Op-Ed)
- Massive Underwater Mountains Churn Antarctic Waters
- Tiny Asteroid to Give Earth a Close Shave Today
- Fall Foliage Forecast: Vibrant Views in Store for Mid-Atlantic Leaf-Peepers
- 4 Reasons Chocolate Is Good for Your Health
- Scary Clown Terrorizes British Town
- Lotteries May Offer Ticket To Impulsive Actions
- Spartacus, the gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Romans
- September 17
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- Snail Gets Spots to Fool Predators
- Termites Use Poop to Fight Biological Warfare
- 10-Inch-Long Earwax Plug Reveals Blue Whale's Life History
- Facts About Protactinium
- Physicist Stephen Hawking Endorses Right to Assisted Suicide
- Some Brains May Be Hard-Wired for Chronic Pain
- Ability to Keep a Beat Linked to Language Skills
- Giant Underground Blob of Magma Puzzles Scientists
- Breaking Underwater Waves Cause Mixing in Deep Ocean
- Antarctica Sea Ice Hitting Record Highs
- What Makes the AR-15 Rifle 'America's Gun'?
- Some Antioxidants Linked with Shorter Life
- Typhoon Man-Yi Captured in NASA Satellite Image
- Are Pigs as Smart as Dogs, and Does It Really Matter? (Op-Ed)
- Back from the Dead: Drones Studying 'Zombie' Storm
- How 'Smart Teeth' Could Detect Health Habits
- Newfound Mount Zion 'Mansion' May Hold Clues to Jesus' Jerusalem
- Why Fish Don't Need to Be 'Schooled' in Swimming
- Surprise! Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually 'Sopping Wet' Comet
- Pandemic Flu Plan Predicts 30% of US Could Fall Ill
- Vaporware Hype Hurts the 3D-Printing Marketplace (Op-Ed)
- Melt from Below Helping Shrink Antarctic Glaciers
- First-Person: Black Widow Bite Sends Man to Hospital
- Amazing Roll Cloud Tumbles Over DC Area
- What the World Dreams About: Mind-Bending App to Find Out
- Mystery Behind 'Into the Wild' Death Solved
- Evolution of a Predator: How Big Cats Became Carnivores
- Jetpacks Get Regulators' Feathers Ruffled
- Gigantic Galaxy Cluster Blazes in Amazing New Hubble Photo
- 5 Colossal Cones: Biggest Volcanoes on Earth
- Asteroid Will Buzz Earth This Week Inside the Moon's Orbit
- Comet Crashes Can Spawn the Ingredients of Life
- Experimental Forests Could Lessen Toll of Wildfires
- Do Goldfish Prefer Bach or Stravinsky?
- Lifestyle Change May Reverse Aging in Cells
- Science Is Key to Earth's Future, Says Astrophysicist Martin Rees
- September 16
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- Exaptation: How Evolution Uses What's Available
- Female Squid Wear Fake Testes to Avoid Male Advances
- Why Your Child's Car Seat Might Not Be Safe (Op-Ed)
- Cloud Seeding Not to Blame for Colorado Flooding
- Facts About Actinium
- Some Women Undergo Unnecessary Double Mastectomies
- Intense Space Weather Storms Spark Satellite Failures
- Incredible Technology: How to Track Hurricanes
- Alarming Rate of 'Extreme Binge Drinking' Seen in High Schoolers
- Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections Down Significantly
- Food Allergies Cost US Families Billions Per Year
- Secret to Bad-Smelling Wine Revealed
- The Roots of Creativity Found in the Brain
- $2 million XPRIZE Targets Ocean Acidification (Op-Ed)
- Solar Plane Pioneers Team Up with Google
- Sleeping Beauty: Science Proves Beauty Rest Is Real
- Effort to Raise Italian Wreck Begins
- How Dreams Form: Roots of Bizarre Imagery Revealed
- Whale of a Surprise: Humpbacks Winter in Antarctica
- New Thermometers Stick Like Temporary Tattoo
- Biblical-Era Town Discovered Along Sea of Galilee
- Tiny 3D-Printed Organs Aim for 'Body on a Chip'
- In Photos: Printing Tiny Organs for 'Body on a Chip'
- September 15
- September 14
- September 13
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- A Blueprint for Ending the Euthanasia of Healthy Animals (Op-Ed)
- Do Facts Matter Anymore in Public Policy? (Op-Ed)
- Dangerous Depths: Divers to Explore Secret Underwater Cave
- Experts Predicted Colorado Flash Floods
- US Air Force Facing Drone Pilot Shortage, Study Finds
- Intelligent Machines to Space Colonies: 5 Sci-Fi Visions of the Future
- Viral Marriage Advice from Divorced Man: Experts Examine His Tips
- Brain-Eating Amoebas Found in Water Supply
- Visit the Galapagos Islands on Google Street View
- New See-Through Snail Discovered Deep Underground
- Colorado Flood Photos: 100-Year Storm
- Babies Know Living Things Have Guts
- Colorado Disaster: What Is a 100-Year Flood?
- What Goes Up, Must Come Down: Balloonist Abandons Transatlantic Voyage
- Can the Planet (and Humans) Survive Technology?
- Lefty or Righty? Genes for Handedness Found
- No Excuses: Even 1-Minute Workouts Benefit Health
- Friday the 13th: Why Humans Are So Superstitious
- Ig Nobel Prizes: A Duck-Gnawed Penis & Dung Beetles Steal the Show
- Silly (and Serious) Science: The 10 Ig Nobel Prize Winners of 2013
- September 12
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- What Is Molasses?
- Energy Drink Studies May Be Clouded by Industry Ties
- Blobfish Named World's Ugliest Animal
- Voyager 1: How Big Is the Solar System?
- Proposed Antarctic Ocean Reserve Downsized
- Why Motorcycles are Critical to Health in Rural Africa (Op-Ed)
- Gabrielle Regains Strength, Takes Aim at Canada
- Insect Jumps Powered By Mechanical 'Gears'
- Early Talkers More Likely to Grow into Teen Drinkers
- Like a Good Wine: How Your Age Affects Your Hangover
- In Photos: NASA's Global Hawk Hurricane Drones
- Why One Microbe Doesn't Age
- Sea Otter Populations Growing in California
- Warm Water Under Antarctic Glacier Spurs Rapid Melting
- Creature with Interlocking Gears on Legs Discovered
- Hurricane Hunting Drones Probe Storms' Anatomy
- Measles Vaccination Still Important to Avoid Outbreaks, CDC Warns
- Doomsday? Universe's Fate Depends on True Mass of Tiny Particle
- Lightning-Fast Evolution Clocked During Cambrian Explosion
- North America's Tallest Mountain Gets Downsized
- Wildfire Burn Scars Worsen Colorado Flooding
- 4 Reasons Why You Should Never Skip Breakfast
- By Accident, Researchers Set World Record for Thinnest Glass
- BREAKING: Major Flooding Kills One in Boulder, Colo.
- NASA's Deep Impact Comet Probe May Be Spinning Out of Control
- NASA Identifies 3 Potential Asteroid Targets to Catch With Space Lasso
- Girl Who Survived Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection Goes Home
- Scholars and Sci-Fi Authors to Debate Future of Humanity
- Faces of Ancient Mexico Revealed in Skulls
- Running the A/C? New Building Codes Could Slash Energy Costs (Op-Ed)
- Green Car Claims Get Mileage Out of Hype (Op-Ed)
- September 11
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- Snow Leopard's Fate Hinges on Historic Talks (Op-Ed)
- Data Opens Possibility Of A Curved Cosmos
- The Broccoli Problem: Why Some People Taste Things More Bitter
- NASA's New Moon Probe In Fine Shape On Lunar Trek
- Low Sex Drive? Men's Age-Related Changes May Have Surprising Cause
- Who Knew? Orangutans Plan Trips
- Physician-Assisted Suicide: Poll Shows Divide Among Experts
- Sipping Tarantula Venom Kills Crop-Eating Insects
- Humpback Whale Populations Increase Off British Columbia
- Buried Saharan Rivers May Have Led Humans Out of Africa
- Time is Key to Putting a Price on Climate Risk (Op-Ed)
- Experts Put Together Panda Plan
- Hormone Replacement Therapy May Reduce Pancreatic Cancer Risk
- Mars Rover Camera Invention Could Help NASA Robots Explore Solo
- Can Farmers Cry Wolf and then Pocket the Cash? (Op-Ed)
- Stunning Auroras Photographed in 3D with Everyday Cameras
- Clearing the Pathway: Deadly Lung Disease Can Be Prevented (Op-Ed)
- Strange Case of 'Hyper Empathy' after Brain Surgery
- Photos: Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears
- Cells in Living Mice 'Reprogrammed' to Embryonic-like State
- New Woolly Mammoth Lineage Discovered
- Ancient Maya Grave Yields Dozens of Mutilated Bodies
- Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony: Where Science and Comedy Collide
- Humberto Becomes Season's First Hurricane, Misses Record
- Phone Sensors Could Meld with Human Body
- Tingly Lips? Why Sichuan Peppers Trigger Odd Sensation
- How Crocs Survived in Dinosaur-Dominated World
- Heart Disease: Why Positive Attitude May Bring Longer Life
- September 10
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- Dogs Become New Treatment for a War that Never Ends (Op-Ed)
- Do 'Smarter' Dogs Really Suffer More than 'Dumber' Mice? (Op-Ed)
- Why Crash Test Dummies Prefer Electric Vehicles (Op-Ed)
- Deadly Fungus Mates with Clones of Itself
- Volcano's Burps and Sighs Could Warn of Eruptions
- Ancient Road Leading to Stonehenge Found
- Mystery Disease Killing Ohio Dogs
- NASA Space Telescope Discovers 10 Monster Black Holes
- Hurricane Season 'Peaks' Today — Why No Hurricanes?
- Inducing Labor Linked with Lower C-Section Rate
- Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered
- Great Lakes' Strange Currents Explored with Tow-Yoing
- Meteorite Brought Surprising Ingredient for Life to Earth In 2012
- Small Trout Devours Nearly 20 Shrews
- Historic Space Images and Moon Maps Go Online (Photos)
- As West Warms, Wildfires Expected to Double by 2050
- Life Found in Mud Beneath Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake
- E-Waste Trashing Bans Don't Work, Researcher Says
- Ancient 'Sea Monster' Swam Like a Shark
- Mysterious Elk Deaths Plague New Mexico
- Is Fertility an Option for Women with BRCA Cancer Gene? (Op-Ed)
- Rising Suicide Rates Spur Global Push on Prevention
- Lost in Central Park? Rocks Guide the Way
- Geology in the City: Central Park Photos
- iPhone 5S: Why We Love (and Hate) Apple Products
- 8 Quirky Species Discovered in Lava-Tube Caves
- Photos: The Creatures That Call Lava-Tube Caves Home
- Yosemite National Park: Facts, Information & Lodging
- September 9
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- Spicy Solution? Cinnamon May Help Diabetes Patients
- Critical Care May Not Always Be Right Choice
- 'Severe Obesity' Rising in US Youth
- Helping Kids Shed Weight by Changing Home Routines
- Missing Whooping Cough Shot Boosts Kids' Disease Risk
- Bermuda Triangle Earthquake Triggered 1817 Tsunami
- Hawaii Tiger Shark Migration Coincides with Rise in Bites
- Of Dads and Gonads: Smaller Testicles Linked with Caring Fathers
- Parasite Ants Drafted as Mercenaries
- Teens' Texts Predict Bad Behavior
- Stirring Up Ocean Floor Can Boost Fish Populations
- Incredible Technology: How to Preserve Historical Documents
- Antarctic Mission to Feature Robot Subs & Seals with Sensors
- Drivers' Identity Verified Using Brain Waves
- Long-Lost Van Gogh Painting Discovered
- Climate Change Influenced 2012's Extreme Weather, Report Finds
- The Happiest Country in The World Is ...
- The Happiest (and Saddest) Countries
- Breast Cancer Screening: New Study Suggests Benefit of Early Mammograms
- September 7
- September 6
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- After 2,500 Studies, It's Time to Declare Animal Sentience Proven (Op-Ed)
- What Is a Medically Induced Coma?
- Hawaii Beach Erosion Blamed on Rising Seas
- Magic 'Mushroom Diet'? Experts Scoff at Weight-Loss Claim
- Global Sleep Survey: Who Prays First, Who Sleeps Naked
- Viral Video: What The Fox Actually Sounds Like
- Rescued Kitten Infected Girl with Rare Virus
- Bill Nye the Science Guy Gears Up for 'Dancing With the Stars'
- Arsenic in Rice Not a Risk Over Short Term, FDA Finds
- Tudor-Era Tombs Reconstructed in 3D
- For NASA Spacecraft Launching Friday, It's 'Destination: Moon'
- Here Be Dragons: The Evolution of Sea Monsters on Medieval Maps
- In Images: Ancient Maps and Sea Monsters
- Are You Safer From Tornadoes In A Valley?
- Saving Historic Watts Towers from Mystery Cracks
- West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Age Gains 20 Million Years
- Teen Birth Rate Reached New Historic Low in 2012
- Photos: The Secret Passageways of Hadrian's Villa
- Secret 'Slave' Tunnels Discovered Under Roman Emperor's Villa
- Let's Not 'Feed The World': Moving Beyond an Unhelpful Phrase (Op-Ed)
- September 5
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- Swimmer Diana Nyad Wasn't at Big Risk of Shark Bite
- California Tsunami Would Have Costly Aftermath
- Interstellar Wind Changes Reveal Glimpse of Milky Way's Complexity
- What's in Urine? 3,000 Chemicals and Counting
- Brown Dwarfs: Strange 'Failed Stars' Only as Hot As Your Oven
- Lackluster Hurricane Season Could Still Rev Up
- Surprising Ally For Snow Leopards: Buddhist Monks
- Fallout from Strike on Syrian Reactor 'Could be Catastrophic'
- Air Force, DARPA Team Up on New Hypersonic Flight Project
- Largest Volcano on Earth Lurks Beneath Pacific Ocean
- Fat or Thin: Gut Bacteria May Play Role
- Is 'Numerosity' Humans' Sixth Sense?
- 5 Ways Gut Bacteria Affect Your Health
- California's Rim Fire Caused by Hunter, Forest Service Says
- Disease Outbreaks From US Drinking Water Still Take Lives
- Birth Defects Cluster in Washington Remains Mysterious
- New Clues Emerge On How Corals Bleach
- New Clues To King Solomon's Mines Found
- Latest global warming and climate change news
- Monster Saturn Storm Dredged Up Icy Water from the Deeps
- NASA Studying 4 Landing Site Options for 2016 Mars Mission
- Hurricane Season Jump-Start? Tropical Storm Gabrielle Forms
- It's a Girl! National Zoo Panda Cub's Sex Announced
- NASA Picks Top 96 Ideas for Asteroid-Capture Mission
- Most Important School Subject? 'Science' Sees Big Jump in Poll
- Film Shows One Man's Battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Chimp-Painted Art is Expressive, Even When Painted by Tongue (Op-Ed)
- September 4
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- Will the Printed Word Survive in the Age of the Internet? (Op-Ed)
- Is a Car Really a Safe Place to Be When Lightning Strikes?
- World's Only Hibernating Primate Has Strange Sleep Patterns
- What Causes Dry Eyes?
- Lego Releases First Female Scientist
- Mystery Alignment of Dying Stars Puzzles Scientists
- Exercise May Ward Off Epilepsy
- Odd Cause of Salamander Die-Off Found: Skin-Eating Fungus
- Scorpion Is Gondwana's Oldest Land Animal
- Slimy Suspects: How Millipedes Likely Caused a Train Wreck
- Generous to a Fault: Stroke Changes Man in Odd Way
- Hidden Similarity Found Between Bats & Dolphins
- Massive Brain Map Should Include Star Cells, Researcher Argues
- Older Brains More Plastic Than Thought
- Animal Sacrifice Powered Ancient Jerusalem's Economy
- What Is This? Mysterious Amazon Web Baffles Scientists
- In Photos: Rare Web Structure in Peruvian Amazon
- How California's Rim Fire Grew So Big
- Fracking Practices to Blame for Ohio Earthquakes
- Ancient Animal Sacrifice In Jerusalem
- Animal Sex: News and Features
- Kid-Invented Device May Calm Dogs' Separation Anxiety
- NASA Spacecraft Aims to Solve Moon Dust Mystery
- Mysterious 'Fairy Circles' in African Desert Get New Explanation
- The More Teens Are Yelled At, the Worse They Behave
- Sharks Gain Protections in India, Will U.S. Follow Suit? (Op-Ed)
- Arctic Drilling Risks Threaten Inupiat Traditions (Op-Ed)
- Edible Opera: Artists Turn Music into an Algae Meal (Op-Ed)
- 8 Rulers of Ancient Egypt: Most Precise Timeline Revealed
- September 3
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- Infected and Hunched: King Richard III Was Crawling With Roundworms
- Code of Hammurabi: Ancient Babylonian Laws
- 19-Year-Old Hopes to Break Speed Record to South Pole
- Alligator Hunters Nab Mississippi's Heaviest Gator
- Thunderstruck! Weather Balloons Look for Lightning's Signature
- Coal Soot Darkened, Melted Glaciers During Industrial Revolution
- 7 Stunning Archaeological Sites in Syria
- Fog Collectors Could Ease Water Woes in Arid Lands
- Heavy Drinking May Impair Ability to Interpret Social Cues
- Syria's Rich Archaeological Treasures Imperiled by Civil War
- Hormone Therapy May Pose Higher Cancer Risk in Some Women
- Kidney Stones Landing Increasingly More Women in ER
- The Bizarre Phobia You've Never Heard Of: Fear of Holes
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