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Storm Clouds Ahead: Budget Cuts Threaten Severe Weather For...
Employee furloughs and other cutbacks could affect severe weather prediction.
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The Best Beaches of 2013 Announced
A well-known beach in New York snags the top spot ...
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Warp Drive and 'Star Trek': Physics of Future Space Travel ...
Physicist Marc Millis discusses how close humanity really is to a faster-than-light drive like wa...
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Glow-in-the-Dark Cockroach Among Top 10 New Species
Other wacky creatures like a monkey with a blue butt also made the list.
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Baby's Life Saved with 3D Printing
Using a 3D printer, researchers created a device that allowed a baby to breathe.
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Can We Protect Against the Next Moore Tornado?
Scientists are working to prevent devastation like that seen in Moore, Okla.
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After Sandy: NYC Beaches Serve as Model for Pos...
A Brooklyn-based architecture firm designed new lifeguard stations for Sandy-damaged beaches.
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Collapsed Washington Bridge Was Old, Obsolete
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Health
Mom's Stress Before Conception Linked to Infant...
Infants born to women who faced severe stress before they conceived were more likely to die during the...
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Is There Such Thing as Healthy Fast Food?
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US Could Grow Enough Algae to Make 1/12 Nation'...
The Gulf Coast and Southeast are great for growing algae.
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Slow Earthquakes: Slippery Clays at Fault
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Space
Exquisite Map of Cosmos Hints at Universe's Birth
The light left over from the Big Bang may help answer some of the thorniest cosmic conundrums.
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Telescope Photographs Inky 'Strawberry Cocktail' Nebula for 15th Birthday
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Strange News
Japanese Man Becomes Oldest to Scale Mount Everest
It's the third time he's scaled the mountain.
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Why Do Soldiers Break Stride On A Bridge?
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Animals
Brood II Cicadas Now Bugging New Yorkers
The 17-year-old sex-crazed cicadas of Brood II have been starting to stir in Staten Island.
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Yikes! Cockroaches Evolved to Avoid Sugary Baits
How the White Tiger Got His Coat
Captive-Bred Wallabies May Spread Antibiotic Resistance
History
Battle-Bruised King Richard III Buried in Hasty...
King Richard III was buried without pomp in a sloppy grave.
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Mystery of Irish Potato Famine Solved
Ancient Human Innovations Linked to Climate Shifts
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Human Nature
Why the Internet Sucks You in Like a Black Hole
From its slot-machine rewards to its ability to spur our fight-or-flight response, the Internet's stru...
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Quiz: Electric Vs. Gas Vehicles
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What Are Superfoods?
Superfoods are foods thought to be good for one's health. The term has no set scientific meaning, however, and any list of superfoods is subjective.
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Properties, sources and uses of the element molybdenum.
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Oklahoma Tornadoes Seen From Space | Time-Lapse...
The NASA/NOAA GOES-13 satellite captured the midwest tornado outbreak. The time-lapse covers May 19th-20th, 2013. (Looped 3X)
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Oklahoma Tornado - 'This Is War ...
A huge tornado flattened an area near Oklahoma ...
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Tests of the mysterious skeleton, believed by s...
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