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Living Fossils

These mysterious creatures exist today more or less unevolved from the forms they had hundreds of millions of years ago
By Jul 2, 2008
Science

Pandemic! 10 of the Deadliest Diseases

The Black Plague, Third Pandemic and Spanish Flu wiped out hundreds of millions; they have nothing on today's worst diseases
By Jun 30, 2008
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Solar Freeze

A new Federal initiative has development of solar power plants slowing to a standstill
By Jun 30, 2008
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Martian Soil Is Alkaline

After careful analysis, the Phoenix Lander finds Mars's soil is a lot like ours
By Jun 23, 2008
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Three Earth-like Planets Discovered

Ever-keener detection apparatus leads to the discovery of more and more planets outside our solar system
By Jun 19, 2008
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Chimps Help Each Other Cope

When a chimpanzee feels down, its friends console it with kisses and hugs
By Jun 19, 2008
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A Predictor of Coma Survival

A little-understood part of the brain may provide a way to predict whether patients can wake up from their comas
By Jun 17, 2008
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The Search For Extraterrestrial Life: A Brief History

If (or, as some would say,_ when_) humans make contact with alien intelligence, the scientists who devote their careers to...
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Genetic Material Found on Meteorite

A meteorite in Australia has been found to contain component molecules of DNA
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Pluto Gets Reclassified Again

No longer a planet, Pluto is now the namesake of its own class of objects: plutoids