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  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:36:40 GMT 4:08 PM EST

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    Teen First U.S. Death by Vampire Bat

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:36:40 GMT4:08 PM EST

    A Mexican teen became the first person in the United States to die from a vampire bat -- and the Centers for Disease Control warned that the bats may be spreading in the country. 

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  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:14:36 GMT 1:08 PM EST

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    Wearable Electronics Could Transform Therapies

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:14:36 GMT1:08 PM EST

    Wearable electronics usually trade flexibility for computing power, but engineers have created a new ultrathin device from silicon that can stick to skin like a temporary tattoo and are powerful enough to read brain signals.

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  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:29:21 GMT 12:08 PM EST

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    NASA to Test Next-Generation Orion Spaceship

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:29:21 GMT12:08 PM EST

    A spaceship Lockheed Martin is building for NASA is being prepared for the next round of tests as engineers attach a tower designed to lift the ship and its astronauts to safety if something goes wrong during launch.

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  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:05:33 GMT 11:08 AM EST

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    515 Shuttle Workers to Lose Jobs Friday

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:05:33 GMT11:08 AM EST

    More than 1,000 workers at companies that worked on the space shuttle program will leave their jobs for good in August -- including 515 on Friday, August 12.

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  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT 11:08 PM EST

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    Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts

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    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT11:08 PM EST

    Hawaii's Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet -- the volume of erupted material is large enough to pave a road across the world three times over, experts say.

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  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT 11:08 PM EST

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    Time to Ditch PCs Altogether? Behold the Rise of the Smartphone

    Smartphones are taking over. Do you still need a PC?

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    Smartphones are taking over. Do you still need a PC?

    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT11:08 PM EST

    Americans really like their smartphones -- so much so that an uncanny number of them are ditching traditional PCs altogether for the carry-all convenience of increasingly potent iPhones, Androids and Blackberries.

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  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:48:51 GMT 10:08 AM EST

    1,800-Year-Old Shipwreck Holds Key to Radioactive Waste

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:48:51 GMT10:08 AM EST

    A shipwreck 1,800 years ago in the Adriatic Sea might give scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory better information about how well modern glass might work to contain radioactive waste.

  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:34:54 GMT 10:08 AM EST

    Hit the Hot Spots and Be Social With These Nightlife Apps

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:34:54 GMT10:08 AM EST

    With these three apps loaded on your smartphone you can find the best nightlife action, check a spot out before you walk in, and maybe learn how to mix a cocktail or two on your own.

  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:15:53 GMT 7:08 AM EST

    Deadly Cobra Curse Prevents Exploration of Treasure-Packed Indian Temple

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:15:53 GMT7:08 AM EST

    Devotees of an Indian temple where billions of dollars of treasure were recently discovered warned against further exploration of its enticing vaults due to a potentially deadly cobra curse, The Times of India reported Friday.

  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:07 GMT 7:08 AM EST

    Bible Detectives: Jerusalem Scholars Trace Bible's Evolution

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:07 GMT7:08 AM EST

    A dull-looking chart projected on the wall of a university office in Jerusalem displayed a revelation that would startle many readers of the Old Testament: the sacred text that people revered in the past was not the same one we study today.

  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:52:00 GMT 6:08 AM EST

    Coal-Black Alien Planet Is Darkest Ever Seen

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:52:00 GMT6:08 AM EST

    An alien world blacker than coal, the darkest planet known, has been discovered in the galaxy.

  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:20:36 GMT 4:08 PM EST

    DARPA Loses Hypersonic Vehicle, Goes From $320M to Zero in 2,700 Seconds

    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:20:36 GMT4:08 PM EST

    The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says contact with its experimental hypersonic glider was lost after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast.

  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:16:13 GMT 2:08 PM EST

    Time to Ditch PCs Altogether? Behold the Rise of the Smartphone

    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:16:13 GMT2:08 PM EST

    Americans really like their smartphones -- so much so that an uncanny number of them are ditching traditional PCs altogether for the carry-all convenience of increasingly potent iPhones, Androids and Blackberries.

  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:10:46 GMT 1:08 PM EST

    Pregnant Fossil Confirms Live Birth in Ancient 'Sea Monster'

    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:10:46 GMT1:08 PM EST

    The unique 78-million-year-old fossils of an adult plesiosaur and its unborn baby may provide the first evidence that these ancient animals gave live births, according to scientists.

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  • August 10, 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:58:28 GMT 3:08 PM EST

    The iPad Trumps Oil: Apple Is Most Valuable US Company

    August 10, 2011Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:58:28 GMT3:08 PM EST

    Apple Inc. became the most valuable company in the United States, surpassing Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday.

  • August 10, 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:07:17 GMT 12:08 PM EST

    Fark’s Off: Site Settles Lawsuit for $0

    August 10, 2011Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:07:17 GMT12:08 PM EST

    News aggregation website Fark.com has settled an 8-month-old patent lawsuit out of court -- for the whopping sum of zero dollars.

  • August 10, 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:00:03 GMT 12:08 PM EST

    Hacking Group Anonymous Vows to 'Kill' Facebook on Nov. 5

    August 10, 2011Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:00:03 GMT12:08 PM EST

    The Anonymous Internet hacking group is planning to "kill" Facebook and has announced the date it will attempt do so, in a statement gaining prominence Tuesday.

  • August 10, 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:42:38 GMT 11:08 AM EST

    Volleyball Beach Bums to Sport Bikini Barcodes

    August 10, 2011Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:42:38 GMT11:08 AM EST

    Soccer teams have home and away shirts, tennis and golf stars have clothes and gear with sponsored logos, but if you're a female beach volleyball star there's not a lot of costume real estate to hire out to the marketing folks.

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  • August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT 11:08 PM EST

    A Mexican teen became the first person in the United States to die from a vampire bat after he contracted rabies from the bite.

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    A Mexican teen became the first person in the United States to die from a vampire bat after he contracted rabies from the bite.

    Vampires! 10 Animals That Vant to Suck Your Blood

    August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT11:08 PM EST

    The Centers for Disease Control just announced the first U.S. death from a vampire bat. But bats aren't alone: There are a surprising collection of critters that drink blood out there. 

  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT 11:08 PM EST

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU

    A portion of the west rim of Endeavour crater sweeps southward in this color view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. This crater -- with a diameter of about 14 miles (22 kilometers) -- is more than 25 times wider than any that Opportunity has previously approached during the rover's 90 months on Mars.

    From the Edge of a Crater, Amazing New Pics of Mars

    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT11:08 PM EST

    NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has finally arrived at the giant crater Endeavour, after nearly three years of intrepid driving across the surface of the Red Planet -- and what a view!

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  • August 11, 2011 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT 11:08 PM EST

    A baby sauropod hind paw print from nearly 150 million years ago -- with a penny for scale.

    Morrison Museum of Natural History � Matthew T. Mossbrucker

    A baby sauropod hind paw print from nearly 150 million years ago -- with a penny for scale.

    The Footsteps of Dinosaurs

    August 11, 2011Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT11:08 PM EST

    Dinosaurs left a fascinating legacy for us: footprints, embedded in stone, from hundreds of millions of years ago. 

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