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Shuttle Astronauts Recount Dramatic Space Mission (08 November 08:49) |
| Seven-member crew cheered on way home as they checked out patch job on torn space-station solar wing. |
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NASA Satellites to Help Predict Disease Outbreaks (08 November 07:55) |
| Network of satellites currently tracks rainfall, vegetation, temperature across globe -- factors that affect spread of malaria, Ebola, West Nile. |
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Scientist: South Florida Will Be Water by End of Century (07 November 11:27) |
| University of Miami geologist tells state lawmakers that sea levels would rise three to five feet by 2100, making continued habitation 'extremely difficult.' |
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Discovery Set for Early-Afternoon Landing (07 November 08:38) |
| Touchdown expected at 1:02 p.m. EST at Cape Canaveral; watch it live at FOXNews.com. |
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Giant Pig-Like Creature Discovered in Brazil (07 November 03:18) |
| Embattled Dutch scientist claims to have found new species of peccary measuring over four feet, nearly twice the size of others of its genus. |
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How Ventriloquists Fool the Brain (07 November 03:09) |
| Rhesus-monkey studies find significant overlap between brain regions for sight, sound. |
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Shorter Winters Making Some Seeds Sprout Later (07 November 03:04) |
| Some plants need winter to get seeds ready for spring, so if winters start late, so does sprouting time. |
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Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Breathed Same Way Birds Do (07 November 03:03) |
| Veliciraptors, tyrannosaurs shared birds' highly efficient respiratory systems, fossil evidence shows. |
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Are Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Environmental? (07 November 01:25) |
| Most news stories about global warming recommend that consumers switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs. But are they really that good for the environment? |
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End of War Brings Elephants Back to Southern Sudan (07 November 11:53) |
| End of civil war in southern part of country enables return of some 7,000 elephants, along with hundreds of giraffes and antelopes, and even some lions. |
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Discovery Lands Safely Back on Earth (07 November 11:36) |
| Picture-perfect touchdown at Cape Canaveral; watch deplaning live at FOXNews.com. |
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Chinese Officials Waffle on Space-Station Plans (07 November 11:32) |
| Spokesman for national space agency backs off on earlier reports that Beijing plans challengers to international space station by 2020. |
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Shuttle Astronauts Prepare for Return Trip (06 November 09:18) |
| Discovery's crew readied the spaceship for the journey home on Tuesday after a 15-day mission that included a risky spacewalk to repair a rip in a solar panel on the space station. |
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Research: Early Birds Likely Were Ground-Dwellers (06 November 08:36) |
| Dinosaur fossils found over the past 15 years reveal birds that lived 150 million years ago show features associated with birds that favor the ground. |
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Researchers Discover Glow-in-the-Dark Creature (06 November 08:15) |
| Finding suggests the amphioxus, or lancelet, contains green fluorescent proteins that may act as sunscreen or a stress shield. The flashing ability had been considered unique to jellyfish an... |
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Scientists Working to Advance Sexual Energy Work (06 November 07:53) |
| Scientists mark 50th anniversary of Wilhelm Reich's death with exhibition on the man and his work, which focused on a sexual energy-health link. |
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Boy's Unusual Rock Identified as Woolly Mammoth Tooth (06 November 07:20) |
| Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center says tooth found in Wisconsin could be 10,000 to 30,000 years old. |
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Scientist Claims Discovery of New Giant Wild Pig Species (06 November 02:51) |
| An embattled Dutch scientist claims to have discovered a new species of wild pig measuring over four feet (1.2 meters), nearly twice the size of other Amazon pigs. |
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Astronauts Recall Dramatic Mission, Prepare for Return (06 November 01:59) |
| Discovery's crew prepared for an early Wednesday afternoon landing, detailed risky mission to repair rip in solar wing. |
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Scientists Reveal 'Cousin' Solar System (06 November 12:49) |
| The 55 Cancri sun-like star is 41 light-years away and researchers believe the fifth outer planet lies within the star's habitable zone. |
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Newly Visible Comet Brightens Northern Skies (05 November 09:39) |
| Comet Holmes, first spotted in 1892, has suddenly and mysteriously become much brighter. |
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King Tut's Mummy Shows Its Face to Public (05 November 08:24) |
| The mummy of King Tut is put on public display for the first time -- 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb and mummy were discovered in Luxor's Valley of the ... |
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Discovery Undocks From Space Station (05 November 06:32) |
| After a week and a half of intense and unprecedented work, the astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery undocked from the international space station and started heading home. |
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Touch Found to Be Key in Making Robots Human-Friendly (05 November 03:50) |
| Cute robot gets little kids to make friends with it after it's programmed to have sense of touch. |
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Chinese Probe Goes Into Orbit Around Moon (05 November 02:44) |
| Chang'e 1 begins task of analyzing composition of lunar surface from orbit. |
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Astronauts Repair Torn Solar Panel in Dangerous Walk (03 November 09:21) |
| Scott Parazynski installs homemade brace to torn solar panel of the international space station on Saturday in a difficult and treacherous spacewalk. |
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Astronauts Attempt to Fix Solar Generator in Dangerous Space (03 November 08:00) |
| Scott Parazynski will be transported on a robotic arm to a damaged solar panel on the space station where he will risk being electrocuted in attempt to fix an electric generator. |
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Study: Climate Change Could Pose Biggest Security Threat (03 November 07:16) |
| Report to be released Monday says U.S. policy makers will face greatest challenges over threats from dramatic population migrations, wars over water and resources and a realignment of power ... |
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Residents Flee as Indonesian Volcano Begins Erupting (03 November 06:09) |
| Scientists on Saturday said Mount Kelud, one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes, had begun to erupt, and residents fled the mountains slopes. |
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Study: Time Change Sparks Increased Pedestrian Death (03 November 05:07) |
| Study finds that Americans walking during eveing rush hour are three times more likely to get hit following the daylight savings time change. |
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Residents Flee Amid Indonesian Volcano False Alarm (03 November 01:26) |
| Authorities said on Saturday that Mount Kelud, one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes, did not erupt after scientists said seismic activity indicated it had. |
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Genetic Tweak Creates Super-Fit 'Mighty Mouse' (02 November 09:47) |
| Gene engineering boosts enzyme that makes mice unusually active and healthy, gives them much more stamina and greater lifespan. |
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Texas 'Chupacabra' Turns Out to Be Coyote (02 November 09:15) |
| Nasty-looking animal found in Texas over summer, believed by some to be elusive bloodsucking chupacabra, is actually a coyote, researchers said Thursday. |
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Astronaut Risks Electrocution in Spacewalk Repair (02 November 06:47) |
| Spacewalker Scott Parazynski runs the risk of being elecrocuted while attempting to repair a ripped solar wing covered with power cells. |
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Astronaut to Risk Electrocution During Spacewalk (02 November 04:10) |
| Scott Parazynski will try to manually repair torn solar panel Saturday, even though there's no way to turn power off. |
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Researchers Find How Newts Regrow Limbs (02 November 02:12) |
| Specific protein helps amputation sites regenerate new limbs, but not much chance it'll work in humans. |
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Humanity's New Cousins: Flying Lemurs (02 November 02:05) |
| DNA tests show greater similarity between primates and southeast Asian flying lemurs, than between either group and tree shrews. |
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October Tornado Outbreak Sets New Record (02 November 01:15) |
| Eighty-seven twisters formed in Midwest, along Gulf coast from Oct. 17 through Oct. 19. |
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Earthquakes Rumble Indonesian Volcano, Prompts Evacuations (02 November 12:53) |
| Hundreds of deep tremors shook one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people because the mountain could erupt at any time, a government offici... |
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Religious Leaders Urge Action on Climate Change (01 November 10:04) |
| Catholic, Jewish and Protestant groups ask Congress to protect poor, vulnerable from effects of global warming. |
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Cat Genome Mostly Decoded for First Time (01 November 09:35) |
| Abyssinian named Cinnamon becomes first feline to have its genome decoded. |
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Washoe, First Sign-Language Chimpanzee, Dies (01 November 08:28) |
| Female chimp believed to be first non-human to acquire human language, dies of natural causes aged about 42. |
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NASA Plans Spacewalk to Fix Solar Panel (01 November 06:33) |
| Current idea is to stick tall astronaut out on boom, have him free snagged part of solar wing manually. |
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China Denies There's an Asian Space Race (01 November 03:02) |
| Purely coincidence that Japan, India, China all launching lunar probes within months of each, says official; American expert mostly agrees. |
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NASA Cancels Spacewalk Due to Power Problems (31 October 10:45) |
| Two serious problems -- a rip in one solar panel, joint problems in another -- force nixing of Thursday's spacewalk as NASA decides what to do next. |
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British Defense Researchers Create Invisible Tank (31 October 08:59) |
| System uses cameras, projectors to put images of background on something in foreground -- in this case, a tank. |
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Astronauts Deal With Space-Station Power Problems (31 October 06:20) |
| NASA needs to fix at least one of two major solar-panel problems before Discovery returns to Earth. |
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Chimpanzee Believed to Be First to Learn Sign Language Dies (31 October 05:36) |
| Washoe, a female chimpanzee believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept. |
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NASA's Unmanned Mars Plane May Fly Over Earth (31 October 03:19) |
| Design of long-range, long-haul UAV for Martian skies turns out to be perfect for military surveillance. |
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Hunter's Photos Ignite New Bigfoot Debate (31 October 02:35) |
| A hunter out to photograph deer last month has reignited the Sasquatch debate with a photograph of a small furry animal walking on all fours. |
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