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Babies Know What's Boring

Posted Thu May 24, 2012 11:38 AM ET | 0

Babies as young as 7 months can parse out boring versus interesting, research shows. Read more

Tiny Deep-Sea Life Eats Dinosaur-Era Meals

Posted Sat May 19, 2012 06:53 AM ET | 0

Deep ocean microorganisms are subsisting on nutrients first laid down when dinosaurs still walked the Earth. Read more

Lucky Strike: Lightning Brings Seismic Surprise

Posted Mon May 14, 2012 11:35 AM ET | 0

A stormy afternoon in Germany turned into a rare seismic experiment. Read more

The Science of Spilling Your Coffee

Posted Wed May 9, 2012 06:39 PM ET | 0

New research shows that the properties of mugs, legs and liquid conspire to cause spills. We have tips. Read more

Mars Viking Robots 'Found Life'

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:23 PM ET | 0

Mathematical analysis adds to growing body of work questioning the negative results of a life-detection experiment 36 years ago. Read more

April Fools! 5 Hilarious Fake Scientific Breakthroughs

Posted Sun Apr 1, 2012 03:00 AM ET | 0

Scientists and science journals are at an advantage when it comes to fooling the rest of the world on April 1. Read more

Blind Man Drives Car

Posted Thu Mar 29, 2012 03:56 PM ET | 0

Google’s self-driving car allowed a blind man to pick up his dry cleaning and drop by the Taco Bell drive-in for a snack. Read more

Global Gnome Weighs in on Earth's Weird Gravity

Posted Thu Mar 22, 2012 06:38 AM ET | 0

One little globe-trotting garden gnome is getting a lesson in Earth's gravity. His latest voyage took him to the South Pole. Read more

Next Superpower: Seeing Around Corners

Posted Wed Mar 21, 2012 09:14 AM ET | 0

A laser, a beam-splitter and a sophisticated algorithm allow scientists to peer around solid objects. Read more

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos (Probably) Don't Exist

Posted Fri Mar 16, 2012 01:10 PM ET | 0

In a new test, scientists have failed to replicate the OPERA experiment's controversial superluminal neutrino findings. Read more

Higgs Boson Finding is Near

Posted Wed Mar 7, 2012 11:16 AM ET | 0

Scientists say they are getting close to proving the existence of the 'god participle.' Read more

The Secret to Mastering Astrophotography: Experiment

Posted by Mark Thompson Thu Feb 16, 2012 07:00 AM ET | 0

Astronomer Mark Thompson shares his tips for the perfect photo of the night sky, but ultimately it's a game of trial and error. Read more

Novel Material Cloaks 3D Objects

Posted Thu Jan 26, 2012 09:58 AM ET | 0

A warplane cloaked with such materials could become invisible in all directions to radar microwaves. Read more

Conservatives, Liberals Don't See Eye-to-Eye, Literally

Posted Mon Jan 23, 2012 01:05 PM ET | 0

Are you sick of fighting with your family and friends over political differences? Why not blame biology? Read more

World's Smallest Hard Drive Built of Atoms

Posted by Jesse Emspak Thu Jan 12, 2012 02:57 PM ET | 0

Just 96 atoms make up one byte of magnetic storage space. Read more

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