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  1. Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known SPACE.com - Wed Dec 2, 1:15 PM ETSent 598 times

    All supernova explosions are violent affairs, but this one takes the cake. Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.

  2. Loneliness Spreads Like a Virus LiveScience.com - Tue Dec 1, 10:02 AM ETSent 180 times

    Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, new research finds.

  3. A man rests in a shop selling dried shark fins in the Central district of Hong Kong. High-tech forensic methods show that some shark fins on sale in the city come from endangered shark populations, proving the need for stronger trade regulations, a new study said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Anne Cecile Guthmann)
    DNA Reveals Origins of Shark Fin Soup LiveScience.com - Tue Dec 1, 3:46 PM ETSent 138 times

    Every year, millions of shark fins are sold at Chinese markets to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a dish considered a delicacy, but it has been impossible to pinpoint which sharks from which regions are most threatened by this trade.

  4. Rural America Surprisingly Prosperous, Study Finds LiveScience.com - Wed Dec 2, 5:31 PM ETSent 136 times

    For many people "rural" is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains.

  5. Super Earths May Be Superior at Fostering Life SPACE.com - Tue Dec 1, 4:16 PM ETSent 103 times

    Astronomers have discovered hundreds of Jupiter-like planets in our galaxy. However, a handful of the planets found orbiting distant stars are more Earth-sized. This gives hope to astrobiologists, who think we are more likely to find life on rocky planets with liquid water.

  6. Big Freeze: Earth Could Plunge into Sudden Ice Age LiveScience.com - Wed Dec 2, 1:05 PM ETSent 72 times

    In the film, "The Day After Tomorrow," the world gets gripped in ice within the span of just a few weeks. Now research now suggests an eerily similar event might indeed have occurred in the past.

  7. This undated photo made available from the Bio-Medical Campus University of Rome on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 shows Pierpaolo Petruzziello's amputated hand linked with electrodes to a robotic hand, seen at top left, as part of an experiment, called LifeHand, to control the prosthetic with his thoughts. A group of European scientists on Wednesday announced they successfully connected a robotic hand to a man, Petruzziello, who had lost an arm in a car accident, allowing him to control the prosthetic with his thoughts and feel sensations in the artificial limb. The experiment lasted a month. But scientists say it marks the first time an amputee has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Bio-Medical Campus University)  TO BE USED ONLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIFEHAND PROJECT ARTICLES **
    Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts AP - Wed Dec 2, 5:06 PM ETSent 67 times

    ROME - An Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash was successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said Wednesday.

  8. A Bangladeshi woman carries water following a devastating cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. If Earth heats by four degrees Celsius the planet would become a very unwelcoming place, driving hundreds of millions of people in Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam and other delta nations to scramble for higher ground.(AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)
    The world four degrees hotter? An unwelcome idea AFP - Tue Dec 1, 9:24 PM ETSent 62 times

    PARIS (AFP) - If Earth heats by four degrees Celsius -- some seven degrees Fahrenheit -- the planet we call home would become a very unwelcoming place.

  9. FILE - In this file photo originally made available by Advanced Cell Technology in 2006, a single cell is removed from a human embryo to be used in generating embryonic stem cells for scientific research. Shares of companies developing stem cell therapies surged Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 on news that the federal government has cleared 13 new stem cell lines for testing, bringing to a close nearly a decade of restrictions. (AP Photo/Advanced Cell Technology)
    New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid research AP - Wed Dec 2, 9:09 PM ETSent 44 times

    WASHINGTON - Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field.

  10. In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 photo, a man rests on a makeshift raft, bottom centre left,  in a polluted portion of the Sabarmati River in Ahmadabad, India. India will significantly slow the growth of its climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions over the next decade as its economy keeps expanding but it will not accept a binding emissions reduction target, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday ahead of world climate change talks. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
    Obama science advisers grilled over hacked e-mails AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes agoSent 24 times

    WASHINGTON - House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't change the fact that the world is warming.

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  1. This undated photo made available from the Bio-Medical Campus University of Rome on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 shows at center Pierpaolo Petruzziello's amputated hand linked with electrodes to a robotic hand, seen at left, as part of an experiment, called LifeHand, to control the prosthetic with his thoughts. A group of European scientists on Wednesday announced they successfully connected a robotic hand to a man, Petruzziello, who had lost an arm in a car accident, allowing him to control the prosthetic with his thoughts and feel sensations in the artificial limb. The experiment lasted a month. But scientists say it marks the first time an amputee has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Bio-Medical Campus University)  TO BE USED ONLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIFEHAND PROJECT ARTICLES **
    Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts AP - Wed Dec 2, 5:06 PM ET

    ROME - An Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash was successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said Wednesday.

  2. A man covers his face to protect himself from dust and smoke at an industrial area in Mumbai December 3, 2009. India will not accept a legally binding emission cut nor a peak year of carbon emissions at the global climate talks in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS)
    Obama science advisers grilled over hacked e-mails AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't change the fact that the world is warming.

  3. Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known SPACE.com - Wed Dec 2, 1:15 PM ET

    All supernova explosions are violent affairs, but this one takes the cake. Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.

  4. See Venus Before It Bids Farewell SPACE.com - Wed Dec 2, 5:15 PM ET

    If you get up before the sun this week, you will get your last chance for a while to see Venus as a "morning star."

  5. India to slow carbon emissions growth by 20-25 pct AP - 6 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI - India will significantly slow the growth of its climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions over the next decade as its economy keeps expanding, an official said Thursday ahead of world climate change talks.

  6. World's Largest Milky Way Image Unveiled SPACE.com - Wed Dec 2, 12:30 PM ET

    The world's largest picture of the Milky Way, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is being unveiled today at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.

  7. Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed SPACE.com - Wed Nov 25, 1:15 PM ET

    A cluster of ancient stars is likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its early days, scientists now find.

  8. This undated handout image courtesy of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shows mouse embryonic stem cells stained with a fluorescent green marker for embryonic germ cells. US authorities Wednesday approved 13 new lines of human embryonic stem cells for scientific research in the first such move since the Obama administration lifted a ban on their use.(AFP/NSF-HO/File/Niels Geijsen)
    New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid research AP - Wed Dec 2, 9:09 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field.

  9. Rural America Surprisingly Prosperous, Study Finds LiveScience.com - Wed Dec 2, 5:31 PM ET

    For many people "rural" is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains.

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  1. Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known SPACE.com - Wed Dec 2, 1:15 PM ET

    All supernova explosions are violent affairs, but this one takes the cake. Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.

  2. Rural America Surprisingly Prosperous, Study Finds LiveScience.com - Wed Dec 2, 5:31 PM ET

    For many people "rural" is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains.

  3. A school girl walks on a road covered with oil and soot at an industrial area in Mumbai December 3, 2009. India will not accept a legally binding emission cut nor a peak year of carbon emissions at the global climate talks in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS)
    Obama science advisers grilled over hacked e-mails AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't change the fact that the world is warming.

  4. Big Freeze: Earth Could Plunge into Sudden Ice Age LiveScience.com - Wed Dec 2, 1:05 PM ET

    In the film, "The Day After Tomorrow," the world gets gripped in ice within the span of just a few weeks. Now research now suggests an eerily similar event might indeed have occurred in the past.

  5. Dr. Francis S. Collins, of the National Institutes of Health, seen here in September 2009. US authorities Wednesday approved 13 new lines of human embryonic stem cells for scientific research in the first such move since the Obama administration lifted a ban on their use.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Paul Morigi)
    New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid research AP - Wed Dec 2, 9:09 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field.

  6. Smoke rises from a chimney of a power plant near a Chinese national flag in Taiyuan, Shanxi province December 2, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
    Big developing states reject Copenhagen climate plan Reuters - Wed Dec 2, 3:18 PM ET

    NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) - China and other big developing nations rejected core targets for a climate deal such as halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 just five days before talks start in Copenhagen, diplomats said on Wednesday.

  7. Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa expressed doubt Wednesday that a final agreement would be reached at the UN summit on tackling global warming that starts next week in Copenhagen.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
    Japan envoy says final accord unlikely at climate talks AFP - Wed Dec 2, 1:54 PM ET

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's envoy to climate change talks expressed doubt Wednesday that a final agreement would be reached at the UN summit on tackling global warming that starts next week in Copenhagen.

  8. Hong Kong shark fin traders criticise US report AFP - Wed Dec 2, 2:05 PM ET

    HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong shark fin merchants on Wednesday reacted angrily to a US study that said meat from endangered species was being sold in the city's markets to make a popular soup.

  9. Musician and founder of Meat-Free Monday Sir Paul McCartney addresses the European Parliament  in Brussels, Thursday Dec. 3, 2009. Paul McCartney  spoke at the European Parliament's hearing on Global Warming and Food Policy in order to launch his key message Less Meat equals  Less Heat one week before the Copenhagen summit.  (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier)
    Paul McCartney takes Meat-Free Mondays to EU AP - 52 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS - Paul McCartney took his 'Meat-Free Mondays' campaign to the European Parliament on Thursday, saying the power to halt global warming lies as much with individuals as with their governments.

  10. Controversy Flares Over Space-Based Solar Power Plans SPACE.com - Wed Dec 2, 10:15 AM ET

    Space solar power advocates may soon get their day in the sun, as different projects aimed at beaming energy to Earth from orbit begin to take shape. But at least one space power scientist worries that a U.S.-based project may be promising too much, too soon.

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