Kepler telescope spies ‘most Earth-like’ worlds to date
The search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet. Scientists say these new worlds are the...
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Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown
(Reuters) – Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global...
Italian Scientist Gian Paolo Vanoli Says Vaccines Produce Homosexuality
An Italian scientist is arguing that vaccinations produce homosexuality. Gian Paolo Vanoli, a 70-year-old scientist, journalist and opponent of vaccinations, says that vaccines make people gay....
Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS after just six hours
A Soyuz space capsule has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a journey of less than six hours. The three-man crew is the...
Dinosaur-killing space rock ‘was a comet’
The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago and is widely implicated in the end of the dinosaurs was likely a speeding comet....
Second computer glitch shuts down NASA Mars rover
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18 – The Mars rover Curiosity has had a second computer glitch, extending an unplanned work break for the NASA robot...
Cosmos may be inherently unstable
Scientists say they may be able to determine the eventual fate of the cosmos as they probe the properties of the Higgs boson. A concept...
Small brown-and-white owl with whistling song identified as new species in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl – one that has a distinct...