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  1. This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Madin) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ETSent 2,225 times

    NEW ORLEANS - 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.

  2. Why Kids Ask Why LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 11:46 AM ETSent 868 times

    A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.

  3. German Rolf-Dieter Heuer, right, Director General of CERN, and Steve Myers, left, CERN's Director for Accelerators and Technology, seen, during a press conference on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) restart at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Scientists turned on the Large Hadron Collider on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009, for the first time since the machine suffered a failure more than a year ago and had to be shut down shortly after the start. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
    Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits AP - 2 hours, 35 minutes agoSent 675 times

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

  4. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ETSent 558 times

    WASHINGTON - 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.

  5. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ETSent 88 times

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  6. File photo shows people evacuating a village close to Havana following Hurrican Ike. Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)
    Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF AFP - Mon Nov 23, 1:56 AM ETSent 34 times

    GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

  7. At more than 1 mile down (2,000 to 2,500 meters), scientists discovered this bizarre, elongated orange animal identified as Neocyema -- only the 5th specimen of the fish ever caught and never before on the mid-Atlantic Ridge. The odd fish was found as part of the decade-long, international 14-project Census of Marine Life. (LiveScience/David Shale)
    Thousands of Strange Sea Creatures Discovered LiveScience.com - Sun Nov 22, 12:11 PM ETSent 30 times

    The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.

  8. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr., top, and astronaut Randolph Bresnik are seen working on the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of seven will depart the space station Wednesday. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag AP - Mon Nov 23, 5:05 PM ETSent 17 times

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, helping to install a 1,200-pound oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  9. Really Rare Rhinos Found by Dung-Sniffing Dogs LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 21, 8:05 AM ETSent 16 times

    We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos in Vietnam.

  10. FILE - This March 17, 2009 file photo shows the cooling towers of Three Mile Island's Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant reflected in a parking lot puddle in Middletown, Pa. A small amount of radiation was detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon, 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Pipe-cutting led to radiation at Pa. nuke plant AP - Mon Nov 23, 2:48 PM ETSent 12 times

    HARRISBURG, Pa. - Radioactive dust unexpectedly blew out of a pipe being cut by workers during weekend maintenance at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, and officials on Monday were trying to determine exactly how and why it happened.

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  1. Interactive graphic on the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults and is set to restart.(AFP iactiv)
    Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits AP - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

  2. What might look like ancient gold treasure is a magnified crustacean, a tiny copepod collected this year from deep in the Atlantic abyss, where the sun doesn't shine. The creature was discovered as part of the decade-long, international 14-project Census of Marine Life.(LiveScience/Bunzow/Corgosinho)
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - 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.

  3. Why Kids Ask Why LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 11:46 AM ET

    A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.

  4. US astronauts Robert Satcher installs the high pressure gas tank as astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis begin the third and final spacewalk of their mission aimed at building the International Space Station.(AFP/HO)
    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag AP - Mon Nov 23, 5:05 PM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, helping to install a 1,200-pound oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  5. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ET

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  6. Pipe-cutting led to radiation at Pa. nuke plant AP - Mon Nov 23, 2:48 PM ET

    HARRISBURG, Pa. - Radioactive dust unexpectedly blew out of a pipe being cut by workers during weekend maintenance at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, and officials on Monday were trying to determine exactly how and why it happened.

  7. Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF AFP - Mon Nov 23, 1:56 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

  8. A handout photo from the Census of Marine Life shows a "bush" of a tube worm in the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of animal species thrive in the ocean depths beyond the reach of sunlight, between 200 to 5,000 meters below the surface, an international team of scientists has reported after nearly 10 years of research.(AFP/HO/File/CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE)
    Murky ocean depths hide abundance of life AFP - Mon Nov 23, 6:09 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Thousands of animal species thrive in the ocean depths beyond the reach of sunlight, between 200 to 5,000 meters below the surface, an international team of scientists has reported after nearly 10 years of research.

  9. Plan for Human Mission to Asteroid Gains Speed SPACE.com - Mon Nov 23, 3:30 PM ET

    BOULDER, Colo. – Call it Operation: Plymouth Rock. A plan to send a crew of astronauts to an asteroid is gaining momentum, both within NASA and industry circles.

  10. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - 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.

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  1. Pipe-cutting led to radiation at Pa. nuke plant AP - Mon Nov 23, 2:48 PM ET

    HARRISBURG, Pa. - Radioactive dust unexpectedly blew out of a pipe being cut by workers during weekend maintenance at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, and officials on Monday were trying to determine exactly how and why it happened.

  2. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - 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.

  3. A view of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant from Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1999. REUTERS/STR New
    Radiation leak investigated at Three Mile Island Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 8:09 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.

  4. Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming Time.com - Mon Nov 23, 10:00 AM ET

    Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming

  5. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speak to the media prior their meeting at her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
    Indian PM says Pakistan must reject terror AP - 47 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that the world must press Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists who continue to target India.

  6. Graphic shows countries’ change in carbon dioxide emissions from 2007 and
    CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:58 PM ET

    MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, Hawaii - The readings at this 2-mile-high station show an upward curve as the world counts down to climate talks: Global warming gases have built up to record levels in the atmosphere, from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.

  7. Indian Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, seen here addressing the US business community at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit.(AFP/Jim Watson)
    Indian PM pitches for growing US ties AFP - Mon Nov 23, 4:09 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit.

  8. Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF AFP - Mon Nov 23, 1:56 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

  9. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen working over the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher is working with astronaut Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank and science experiments at the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag AP - Mon Nov 23, 5:05 PM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, helping to install a 1,200-pound oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  10. A man loads drywall into his truck outside a home improvement store in California in 2008. US authorities expanded a probe Monday into health impacts of drywall imported from China, saying an initial study found a "strong association" with indoor pollution in homes using the product.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    US to expand health probe into Chinese drywall AFP - Mon Nov 23, 3:28 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US authorities expanded a probe Monday into health impacts of drywall imported from China, saying an initial study found a "strong association" with indoor pollution in homes using the product.

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