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Physicist Michio Kiku talks with Yahoo News on topics from the state of human evolution to the upcoming traffic jam around the moon.
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Sparked by recently released Navy cockpit videos, interest in UFOs is spiking. A world “ufology” conference drew its share of eccentrics — but also a renowned physicist and government officials who say it’s time to take the phenomenon more seriously.
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NASA may have grounded its space shuttles, but more Hollywood A-listers than ever are exploring the final frontier, with Natalie Portman launching one of two astronaut movie premieres at Toronto's film festival. "Lucy in the Sky" opens with Portman...
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Bigelow Aerospace opened up its ground-based prototype for a space station module — or perhaps even a Mars transport habitat — for inspection today at its headquarters in North Las Vegas. The open house centered on the Mars Transporter Testing Unit,...
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Investigators don't know the cause and haven't identified a single common brand or drug across all of the cases. Here's what you need to know.
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If the comet-like object has interstellar origins, "it's the next best thing to sending a probe to a different solar system," one astronomer said.
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One of the most fundamental developmental stages we humans go through is extremely poorly understood. The first few days of the embryo, once it's been implanted in the womb is incredibly hard to study. Yet it's the time when the majority of pregnanci...
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A pair of ancient skeletons found in Italy and nicknamed the Lovers of Modena were in fact two men. The nickname was given to the skeletons, which date to around the fifth century AD, because they were buried holding hands in a cemetery near Modena i...
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The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for experts to guide the White House and federal agencies through the weird world of quantum information science. Today's solicitation seeks nominations to the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committe...
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These data should help NASA find ways that astronauts and aquanauts can improve physical and mental performance, while protecting the brain, in both genders during future undersea and deep space exploration missions.
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If the comet-like object has interstellar origins, "it's the next-best thing to sending a probe to a different solar system," one astronomer said.
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Extinct Australian kangaroos weighed more than 250 pounds and had powerful jaws to crunch through tough vegetation, much like today's giant pandas.
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The dinosaurs' extinction was spurred by an asteroid that struck Earth. By studying the crater, scientists now know what happened after the impact.
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Just months after closing out the 15-year-long Opportunity rover mission on Mars, Cornell University astronomer Steve Squyres is taking advantage of a new opportunity: the post of chief scientist at Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin spac...