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  1. A handout photo released by NASA shows the space shuttle Atlantis over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Algerian coast November 25, 2009. Photo taken November 25, 2009. REUTERS/NASA Handout (SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
    Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Shuttle and Space Station SPACE.com - Wed Nov 25, 2:31 PM ETSent 1,197 times

    The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days.

  2. Graph shows counties that are in the top 20 percentile and bottom 20 percentile nationwide for both obesity and diabetes.
    Diabetes Cases to Double in 25 Years LiveScience.com - Fri Nov 27, 9:35 AM ETSent 289 times

    If Americans don't eat better and exercise more, diabetes cases will double by 2034 and costs to care for the patients will triple, according to a new report that paints a bleak picture of the future.

  3. Frank Castaneda looks for food items at the All Saints Parish in southwest Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Despite, Detroit's slumping economy and massive job losses, donations to the busy food pantry still are good. But lean months lie ahead as more people are turning out three days each week for bags of canned goods, rice, beans, powdered milk and other food items. Food banks across the country report about a 30 percent increase in demand on average, but some have seen as much as a 150 percent jump in demand from 2008 through the middle of this year, according to Feeding America. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
    Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food LiveScience.com - Thu Nov 26, 9:46 AM ETSent 237 times

    While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year.

  4. A man rides a horse through flood waters in Athlone, Ireland November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (IRELAND DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
    Researchers Find the First Horse Whisperers LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 28, 9:31 AM ETSent 195 times

    This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

  5. Hammerhead Sharks See 360 Degrees in Stereo LiveScience.com - Fri Nov 27, 12:11 PM ETSent 120 times

    Scientists have long wondered why the hammerhead shark has such a strangely shaped head, one that looks like two heads of a hammer protruding from the sides of the shark's snout, with an eye at the outer edge of each protrusion.

  6. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon, left, and Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, right, look on during a press conference on climate change at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Saturday Nov. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)
    Leaders say momentum building on climate change AP - Sun Nov 29, 1:41 AM ETSent 81 times

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.

  7. Birds scatter as the space shuttle Atlantis touches down on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle completed an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, Pool)
    Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth AP - Fri Nov 27, 4:53 PM ETSent 58 times

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station.

  8. Gert Ignatiussen throws a chunk of seal meat to one of his sled dogs in Tasiilaq, an Inuit town on the southeast coast of Greenland, in this photograph taken on Aug. 25, 2009. Ignatiussen was the winner of Greenland's annual amateur mineral hunt, a competition that the local government hopes will spur Greenlanders to take interest in the hidden resources being uncovered by the Arctic thaw. ( AP Photo/Karl Ritter).
    In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth AP - Fri Nov 27, 7:33 PM ETSent 52 times

    TASIILAQ, Greenland - Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.

  9. In this Oct. 21, 2009 photo, a pregnant naked mole rat is shown at the Barshop Institute at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio. Naked mole rats are becoming more popular in research laboratories, where the seemingly invulnerable rodents have surprised scientists with their ability to live up to 30 years and their potential to offer insights into human health. They're being used to study everything from aging to cancer to strokes. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
    Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent AP - Sat Nov 28, 2:05 PM ETSent 50 times

    SAN ANTONIO - Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

  10. Surprise! Your Skin Can Hear LiveScience.com - Wed Nov 25, 1:06 PM ETSent 44 times

    We not only hear with our ears, but also through our skin, according to a new study.

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  1. Researchers Find the First Horse Whisperers LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 28, 9:31 AM ET

    This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

  2. The forecast for noon, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009 shows a developing front will provide increasing afternoon rain from the Southern Plains through the Ohio Valley. A low pressure system will continue to provide precipitation in the Southwest. Chilly temperatures are expected in the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
    The nation's weather AP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

    Areas from the West Coast to the Midwest were bracing for snow Sunday.

  3. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer, Nicole Stott, speaks during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station. (AP Photo/NASA, Kim Shifflet)
    Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Shuttle and Space Station SPACE.com - Wed Nov 25, 2:31 PM ET

    The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days.

  4. Leaders say momentum building on climate change AP - Sun Nov 29, 1:41 AM ET

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.

  5. Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent AP - Sat Nov 28, 2:05 PM ET

    SAN ANTONIO - Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

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  1. Leaders say momentum building on climate change AP - Sun Nov 29, 1:41 AM ET

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.

  2. Researchers Find the First Horse Whisperers LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 28, 9:31 AM ET

    This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

  3. Ohio school district sues over air pollution AP - Sat Nov 28, 4:24 PM ET

    ADDYSTON, Ohio - A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards.

  4. FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2009 file photo, United States' Angeli VanLaanen performs during a final run of the ladies freestyle World Cup ski halfpipe competition in Park City, Utah. Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
    Ski resorts fight global warming; Utah gov unsure AP - Sat Nov 28, 7:51 PM ET

    SALT LAKE CITY - Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season.

  5. NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station AP - Sat Nov 28, 8:58 AM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.

  6. Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma listens to a question during a press conference on climate change during the Commonwealth Heads of Government's meeting in Port of Spain. Commonwealth leaders representing two billion people on the planet on Saturday threw their combined weight behind upcoming climate talks, driving momentum towards a new carbon-cutting treaty.(AFP/Luis Acosta)
    Commonwealth throws full weight behind climate talks AFP - Sat Nov 28, 1:52 PM ET

    PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - The 53 nations of the Commonwealth on Saturday threw their full weight behind climate talks in Copenhagen in just over a week's time, leaders taking part in a summit here said.

  7. Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent AP - Sat Nov 28, 2:05 PM ET

    SAN ANTONIO - Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

  8. Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, chairman of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), gives a press conference on climate change during the Commonwealth Heads of Government's meeting in Port of Spain. The true cost of fighting climate change will top 300 billion dollars and developed countries may balk at footing the bill, Jagdeo said Saturday.(AFP/Eitan Abramovich)
    Climate battle bill to top $300 billion: Guyana AFP - Sat Nov 28, 7:52 PM ET

    PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - The true cost of fighting climate change will top 300 billion dollars and developed countries may balk at footing the bill, Guyana's Prime Minister Bharrat Jagdeo said Saturday.

  9. Two women pictured in front of power plant chimneys in Patnow, Poland, in 2008. Global climate talks to be held in Copenhagen got a big boost over the weekend when leaders representing a third of the planet's population put their full weight behind sealing a deal.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)
    Climate talks on track after Commonwealth boost AFP - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

    PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - Global climate talks to be held in Copenhagen got a big boost over the weekend when leaders representing a third of the planet's population put their full weight behind sealing a deal.

  10. Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said for the first time Saturday he was willing to commit his country to ambitious global carbon emission cuts, provided others shared the burden.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    India gives conditional green light to emission cuts AFP - Sat Nov 28, 1:47 PM ET

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said Saturday he was willing to commit his country to "ambitious" global carbon emission cuts, provided others shared the burden.

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