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Next Stop, the Moon: Seattle Team Wins Space Elevator Competition

A Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science

Large Hadron Collider Halted By Bird Crumbs

The massive machine at the center of the world's biggest scientific experiment has malfunctioned again – derailed by a bit of bread dropped by a bird

Holiday Shopping Guide: HDTVs Explained

If you’re like most people, you're paralyzed by the baffling technologies manufacturers invent just to confuse you. It’s not that difficult, really. Here's

China Bans Beatings After Death at Web-Addict Camp

Punishment beatings have been banned from Chinese camps set up to cure teenage internet addicts after one of them died

Space Tourism a Reality by 2012

The latest trend in eco-tourism is completely out of this world ... and right around the corner

Amateur Treasure Hunter Finds Iron Age 'Bling'

A rare haul of Iron Age jewelry discovered by an amateur treasure hunter is being unveiled by the Museum of Scotland

Texas Woman Sues Facebook for Privacy Violations

A woman from Texas is suing Facebook and Blockbuster for posting information about her online.

Giant Crack in Africa Will Become New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean or sea

Enormous Jellyfish Sink Japanese Fishing Boat

Pink, slimy and repellent, the Nomura’s jellyfish is an authentic horror of the deep. Now the creatures have sunk a 10-ton fishing trawler

Newfound Dinosaur Armored Like a Tank

A husband and wife team of paleontologists has discovered a newfound species of armored dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago in what is now Montana

Mars Rover 'Spirit' Has Amnesia. Again

NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand.

8 Tech Trends for 2010

8 tech trends coming online shortly, and how they'll affect your life next year

Japanese Building Robot from 'Aliens' Movie

Japanese engineers have taken us one step closer to the robot revolution by developing a machine inspired by the movie Aliens.

40 Years Later, Internet Still Crashing

On October 29, 1969, Leonard Kleinrock sent the first message across the Internet, and it was all of two letters: 'lo.' It crashed the entire system. The Internet was born.

LAPD Shows Off Prototype Smart Squad Car

As LA Police Chief William Bratton prepared to ride off into the sunset himself, he helped show off a prototype "smart" police car that he hopes can be

Ares 1-X Rocket Launch a Soaring Success

At 11:30 a.m. this morning, the Ares 1-X rocket blasted off through clear skies at Cape Canaveral

Bigfoot Hunters Turn to Rugged W.Va. Wilderness

A team of Bigfoot enthusiasts is hoping to find the legendary creature in the bogs and barrens of a West Virginia wilderness area

Sony, Toshiba Face Antitrust Investigation

The US Justice Department is investigating possible violations of antitrust law in the optical disc drive industry

Electrical Conditions Further Delay Ares Launch

After a series of lightning strikes overnight, NASA briefly delayed the launch of the Ares 1-X test rocket

Weather Again Delays Launch of Ares 1-X Rocket

Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.

Federal Agencies Raise Alarm About Cruise Sewage

Environmentalists tell Fox News wastewater dumping is all too common for the cruise industry

NASA Scrubs Ares 1-X Launch Due to Weather

A series of delays led NASA to postpone and eventually cancel the Ares 1-X rocket launch,

Giant 'Sea Monster' Skull Found in England

Dinosaur experts are examining the fossilized skull of a sea monster so large it could have eaten a Tyrannosaurus rex for breakfast

NASA Ares 1-X Rocket Launch Delayed by Weather

NASA's Ares 1-X rocket sits on a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. Weather conditions may hold up the launch

Ares 1-X Rocket Launch Preview

NASA's brand-new rocket, the vehicle planned to launch astronauts spaceward after the space shuttles are retired, is poised to make its first-ever test flight

Latvian Meteor a Marketing Hoax

A large crater found in a meadow in northern Latvia is a hoax, not a meteorite

Meet the REAL Young Indiana Jones

Young Indiana Jones was a good story. But the real thing is even better. Meet Andrew Du.

NASA: Ares Test Won't Endanger Space Shuttle

NASA is confident that its first test flight of the new Ares I-X rocket will go well next week

Big in Japan: Burger King Sells Windows 7 Whopper

Things always seem over the top in Japan, from the cartoons to camcorders and cell phones. It's almost no surprise that Microsoft has partnered with Burger

Eat a Dog, Save the Earth

SUVs owners are often castigated by treehuggers for their Earth-unfriendly lifestyle. A new book argues that pets are just as bad.

Mum's the Word for NASA's Secret Space Plane X-37B

There is an air of vagueness regarding next year's Atlas Evolved Expendable launch of the unpiloted, reusable military space plane.

Report: China Expands Cyberspying in U.S.

The Chinese government is ratcheting up its cyberspying operations against the U.S., a congressional advisory panel found, citing an example of a carefully orchestrated campaign

Grudgingly, Young People Finally Flock to Twitter

Many of them are doing it grudgingly, perhaps because a friend pressures them or a teacher or boss makes them try the 140-character microblogging site.

Largest Ever Web-Spinning Spider Discovered

About the size of a standard DVD, a newly described spider is now considered the largest in a class of web-spinners

MySpace Music Videos to Appear on Facebook

Social-networking site MySpace is launching a music video service that will pop into millions of profiles at rival Facebook as well.

Review: Windows 7 Is Vast Improvement Over Vista

Microsoft Windows 7 is a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista

Chinese Group: Google Violating Copyrights

A Chinese group is accusing search engine powerhouse Google of illegally copying Chinese-language works for its digital library

Smallest Dinosaur Was 'Roadrunner on Steroids'

The newly identified creature weighed less than two pounds and stood a little over 4 feet tall

NASA Unveils New Rocket for Historic Test Flight

For the first time in nearly 30 years, a brand new NASA rocket has rolled out to a seaside launching pad in Florida to prepare for a launch test debut

UCLA Study: The Internet Is Altering Our Brains

Adults with little Internet experience show changes in their brain activity after just one week online, a new study finds

Large Hadron Collider 'Being Sabotaged from the Future'

Scientists claim the giant atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being jinxed from the future to save the world.

NASA Vs. Mayans: Doomsday Won't Be in 2012

NASA is trying to quell fears about the 2012 end of the world, and has condemned Sony's film

Major Investigation into LA Main Breaks

A major engineering effort is underway to find if there is anything other than bizarre coincidence behind the rash of water main breaks that have plagued the

Google on an Endless Search for New Worlds to Conquer

Merely dominating the world of search is no longer sufficient for the big search engine with the funny little name.

Glitch Delays Rollout of NASA's New Rocket

A faulty part in the steering system for NASA's new Ares I-X rocket has delayed the booster's trek to its Florida launch pad by at least a day as engineers

Scientist: Arctic Ocean to Be Ice-Free in Summer

Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years.

Chinese Scientists Build Working Black Hole

Two Chinese scientists have built a working black hole—using the same materials that made invisibility cloaks possible

Will Nuclear Robot Ship Sail Saturn's Moon?

A lake lander forms part of NASA's proposed Titan Saturn System Mission, an ambitious plan to send three probes — including a balloon-mounted vehicle and an

Energy Drink iPhone App Gets Anger Flowing

Energy drinks are meant to be edgy and cool, and drunk by young men. So Pepsi decided to release an Apple iPhone application for its Amp Energy drink to appeal

Foreign Pythons and Anacondas Threaten U.S.

Giant, non-native snakes have been menacing Florida residents in recent months. The problem could rapidly become a national one

Beam Me Up! U2 Makes Call to Outer Space

As if being an astronaut wasn't already a dream job, add personal calls from the band U2 to the list of perks in space.

Fingerprint Tech IDs Leonardo da Vinci

Fingerprint technology and a revolutionary multispectral camera confirm an extraordinary art discovery

Russian Spacecraft With Circus Tycoon Lands Safely

The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan Sunday, ending the

Study: Monkey Moms Fawn Over Newborns

Researchers have discovered that some monkeys have a special bond with their newborns, similar to the way humans interact with their babies.

Mathematicians Rethink the Biological Clock

The internal clock that controls our biological rhythms doesn't tick the way scientists have long believed, say mathematicians

NASA Probes Hit Moon Twice, Few Pictures Yet

Two NASA spacecraft crashed into the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, in a search for water ice

How to Watch the LCROSS Moon Impact

Get ready for a cosmic collision! Friday morning, NASA's LCROSS ship will end its mission with a bang

Paleontologists Find Giant Dino Footprints

Paleontologists in France discover some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever

Operation Phish Phry: FBI Arrests 33 for Internet Scam

33 arrested in U.S. and Egypt in connection with sophisticated identity theft ring

Sea Lions and Locals in San Francisco Turf War

After an especially strong breeding season, sea lions in San Francisco are not only thriving, they are crowding into commercial fishing harbors, and sparking a

Phew! NASA Downgrades Asteroid-Strike Threat

NASA says the chances of an 885-foot (270-meter) asteroid striking Earth in 2036 have been downgraded

NASA to Crash Probe into Moon to Find Water

A NASA spacecraft will deliberately crash into the Moon early Friday on a mission that could enhance the prospects of establishing a manned lunar base.

EU Prepares to Settle Microsoft Antitrust Case

European Union regulators said they were preparing to settle a long and costly antitrust battle with Microsoft Corp. with a deal to give Windows users a choice of web browsers.

2 Americans, 1 Israeli Win Nobel Chemistry Prize

Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, the protein-producing

NASA Telescope Discovers Giant Ring Around Saturn

The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late

Italian Scientist Reproduces Shroud of Turin

Feat may prove that the linen burial cloth is a medieval fake

Password Scam Widens To Google, Yahoo

The scale of the phishing attack on Hotmail could stretch further than first thought, with accounts on Google and Yahoo now threatened

Study: Tetris Is Good for Your Brain

the classic puzzle game Tetris can boost your brain power, according to a new study

Thirsty? Try Recycled SoCal Sewer Water

Few people can imagine drinking water that came from a toilet or sewer... no matter how sophisticated the purification process. They're already doing it in

3 Americans Share 2009 Nobel Physics Prize

Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.

IBM Builds 'Bar Code Reader' for DNA

Personalized medicine mixed expressly for your genetic makeup may not be mere science fiction

FTC to Regulate Blogging

The Federal Trade Commission will require writers on the Web to disclose payments

Wooly Mammoth World Tour: First Stop, America

A baby mammoth, frozen for 40,000 years, was discovered perfectly preserved

Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica

The Alt Car Expo at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium has a parking lot and showroom full of cars other vehicles... some of them, unusual looking, but all of

T. Rex Needs Home After Failing to Win $6M Bid at Las Vegas Auction

Sampson, a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex, still needs a home after bidders failed to meet the minimum price at a Las Vegas auction.

Gas-Mask Bra and Panda Poop: The Ig Nobel Awards

Winners of the Ig Nobel awards are announced, an annual tribute to research goofy but surprisingly practical

Meet Ardi, the 4.4-Million-Year-Old Hominid

Researchers made public fossils from a 4.4-million-year-old human forebearer, suggesting our earliest ancestors were more modern than scholars assumed

Schoolgirl Sells Granny on Ebay for $3,500

A schoolgirl tired of her grandmother's "moaning" decided to sell the pensioner on eBay

Was Mighty T. Rex Killed by a Lowly Parasite?

Sue, the best T. rex specimen ever found, may have been killed by a bird disease

Billionaire Clown Heads for Space Station

A spacecraft carrying Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off from the Kazakh steppe on schedule Wednesday headed for the

Secret Service Probing Obama Assassination Poll on Facebook

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a "poll" posted on Facebook that asked users the most unsocial, unspeakable question: Should President Obama be

Toxic Algae Plagues the Midwest Killing Dogs, Sickening People

Waterways across the upper Midwest are increasingly plagued with ugly, smelly and potentially deadly blue-green algae, bloomed by drought and fertilizer

Debate Rages Over Federal Control of the Web in a Crisis

So far at least 18 bills have been introduced as Congress works carefully to give federal authorities the power to protect the country in the event of a massive cyberattack.

Doctors Scramble Amid Medical Uranium Shortage

A global shortage of medical isotopes used in scores of medical imaging tests has forced some doctors to delay patient care

Fanged Frog Found in Bangkok

A gecko with leopard-like spots and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered in Bangkok

Twitter Website Could Be Worth $1 Billion

Despite earning little so far, investors are ready to pump $99 million into the dotcom darling

Will the 'Smart Grid' Be Safe Enough?

Amidst fears of cyberwarfare and hacker attack, the U.S. attempts to improve the power grid

WATCH LIVE: NASA to Launch Delta II Rocket

With a launch pad gas leak fixed, NASA plans to launch a Delta II rocket and missile defense demo satellites

Jobless Man Uncovers Gold Hoard with Metal Detector

An unemployed man unearthed the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found

It's Official: Water Found on the Moon

The new findings, detailed in the Sept. 25 issue of the journal Science, come in the wake of further evidence of lunar polar water ice by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and

NASA Moves Up Launch Debut for New Moon Rocket

NASA's first version of the rocket slated to replace the space shuttle and send astronauts back to the moon will make its debut test launch Oct. 27, four days

Greenland, Antarctic Ice 'in Runaway Melt Mode'

New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are

Tweets or USGS Faster at Quake Reports?

Federal researchers are looking into whether tweets via Twitter can beat USGS seismographs in reporting earthquakes, according to a U.S. Geological Survey

Dozens Report Strange Lights After NASA Launches Rocket

NASA says it successfully launched a rocket in Virginia as part of an experiment, and the blast may have caused dozens of people to report seeing strange lights in the sky.

iWear Video Glasses Put to the Test

If you've watched a movie on your laptop or iPod and wished the screen were bigger, check out the "video glasses" that we put to the test in this story. Do

Reports: FCC to Propose 'Net Neutrality' Rules

Published reports say the FCC will propose new rules designed to ensure the free flow of information and applications over the Internet.

DOJ Balks at Google Book Deal

The U.S. Justice Department has advised a federal judge that it has significant concerns about a proposed legal settlement that would give Google the digital rights to millions of

Justice Department Balks at Google Book Deal

The U.S. Justice Department has advised a federal judge that it has significant concerns about a proposed legal settlement that would give Google the digital

Mojave Solar Power Project Dropped

BrightSource Energy Inc. said on Thursday it has dropped plans to build a solar thermal power facility in the eastern Mojave Desert where a U.S. senator wants to turn the land

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