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Atom smasher sends beams in two directions
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:27 PM EST (msnbc.com)
The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.
Astronaut's wait over as daughter born at home
Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:52 AM EST (msnbc.com)
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.
Cat-sized reptiles roamed ancient Antarctica
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:44 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Cat-sized reptiles once roamed what is now the icebox of Antarctica, snuggling up in burrows and peeping above ground to snag plant roots and insects.
How did tallest peak in Antarctica take shape?
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:14 PM EST (msnbc.com)
The origins of the highest peaks in Antarctica have long been shrouded in mystery. Now researchers suggest they are remnants of a gigantic high plateau that collapsed as the earth tore apart.
Live Vote: Is Big Science a big deal?
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:40 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Register your opinion on the Large Hadron Collider and America's role in the science world - then see what others think.
Galileo\'s 2 missing fingers and a tooth found
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:47 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei\'s corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display.
Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:51 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Scientists circulated beams of protons in the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time after a year of repairs caused by a spectacular failure after the $10 billion machine was heavily damaged by a simple electrical fault.
Large Hadron Collider in process of restarting
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:35 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Scientists are in the process of restarting a giant particle collider built to reproduce the conditions of the big bang, Europe's CERN physics research center said Friday.
Zap! Light used to paralyze tiny creatures
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:23 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Set your ultraviolet rays to stun. Researchers have now developed a molecular on-off switch that can paralyze animals when they are exposed to ultraviolet beams.
Robotic spy planes go green
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:03 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever.
New building blocks of matter take shape
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:27 AM EST (msnbc.com)
From the journal Science: How does nature pack tiny spheres into a shrinking space? The resulting patterns are sometimes surprising, and may point the way to new fiber-optic technologies.
Extinction of giant mammals altered landscape
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:33 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Researchers found that once emptied of a diversity of large animals equaling or surpassing that of Africa's Serengeti, the landscape completely changed.
Mad science? Growing meat without animals
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:09 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Winston Churchill once predicted that it would be possible to grow chicken breasts and wings more efficiently without having to keep an actual chicken.
Strange ancient crocodiles swam the Sahara
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:18 PM EST (msnbc.com)
From a crocodile sporting a boar-like snout to a peculiar pal with buckteeth for digging up grub, an odd-looking bunch of such reptiles dashed and swam across what is now the Sahara Desert some 100 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled.
Lions kill white tiger in Czech zoo
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:21 AM EST (msnbc.com)
A zoo official says a rare white tiger has been killed by two lions in a zoo in northern Czech Republic.
Study paints sabertooths as relative pussycats
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:40 AM EST (msnbc.com)
Though their long teeth look fearsome, male sabertooth cats may have actually been less aggressive than their feline cousins, a new study finds.
Austria says farewell to Fu Long the panda
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:34 PM EST (msnbc.com)
A 2-year-old panda who charmed his way into the hearts of Austrians is headed to China. Fu Long has been the star attraction at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo since he was born there in 2007.
Natural super glue found on asparagus spears
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:00 PM EST (msnbc.com)
If an asparagus spear has an added crunch, it may be due to a beetle, which affixes its near-invisible eggs onto the vegetable using one of the world's strongest natural glues.
IBM computer simulates cat's cerebral cortex
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:34 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.
It's a boy: Zoo tortoise reveals mistaken identity
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:30 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, the tortoise they called "Mary" is actually a male.
Meteors spark delight ... and disappointment
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:07 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of cloudy conditions.
Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:29 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Scientists have uncovered heart disease in 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummies, suggesting the risk factors behind it are not just modern in nature.
Strange worms discovered eating dead whales
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:29 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Some strange creatures can be found on the ocean seafloor, and boneworms are among the most bizarre - they have no eyes or mouth and feast on the bones of dead whale carcasses.
Big Bang machine near restart after repairs
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:40 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Scientists have repaired the world's largest atom smasher and plan by this weekend to restart the machine that was launched with great fanfare last year before its failure.
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