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Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:52:22 -0500

A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday to take care of some odd jobs at the International Space station.

Grand Canyon to change 'unfair' permit system

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:09:49 -0500

Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system.

Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:15 -0500

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:10:06 -0500

Scientists working on the world's largest atom smasher say they are now circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs.

EU urges US, China to deliver carbon targets

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:32:34 -0500

The European Union on Monday urged the U.S. and China to deliver greenhouse gas emissions targets at next month’s climate conference in Copenhagen, saying their delays were hindering global efforts to curb climate change.

Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:35 -0500

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

Ukraine’s ‘hot air’ bedevils global climate deal

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:31:05 -0500

Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he’s a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:59 -0500

A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:39:05 -0500

The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive “dumbos” that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:03:16 -0500

Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.