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Atom smasher catches 1st high-energy collisions
AP – Wed Dec 9, 11:50 pm ET

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GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Full Story »
Hubble spies never-before-seen galaxies
AP – Tue Dec 8, 6:07 pm ET

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WASHINGTON - The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the oldest galaxies yet, scientists reported Tuesday. Full Story »
Geminid meteor shower to peak this weekend
AP – Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET

LOS ANGELES - The year's best meteor shower is coming to North America. Full Story »
App in the hand finds birds in bushes as you roam
AP – Tue Dec 8, 4:47 pm ET

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ALBANY, N.Y. - When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won't have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted. Full Story »
Historic EPA finding: Greenhouse gases harm humans
AP – Mon Dec 7, 11:29 pm ET

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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. Full Story »
Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship
AP – Mon Dec 7, 10:28 pm ET

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MOJAVE, Calif. - The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet — with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a thrill ride into space. Full Story »
Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee
AP – Mon Dec 7, 11:24 am ET

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STOCKHOLM - Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Full Story »
NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft
AP – Sun Dec 6, 2:24 pm ET

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LOS ANGELES - NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket. Full Story »
Wolf recovery at crossroads in the Southwest
AP – Sun Dec 6, 4:16 pm ET

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A decade has passed since the federal government began returning endangered Mexican wolves to their historic range in the Southwest. It hasn't worked out — for the wolves, for ranchers, for conservationists or for federal biologists. Full Story »
Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity
AP – Sun Dec 6, 2:24 pm ET

NEW YORK - Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report. Full Story »