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• Groundhog Day Pictures: Punxsutawney Phil, Now and Then
  
  
  
  
    Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:06:29 -0500
  
  

• Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow--And Long Winter for 2010
  On Groundhog Day 2010, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow—and six more weeks of winter, according to tradition. Get surprising facts behind the wacky weather prediction.
  
  
  
    Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:47:31 -0500
  
  

• Obama Scrubs NASA's Manned Moon Missions
  Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation," according to the White House.
  
  
  
    Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:08:53 -0500
  
  

• Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished?
  The ancestors of ostriches and other flightless birds once flew, a new study says. They apparently grounded themselves in earnest, though, after dinosaurs were wiped out.
  
  
  
    Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:53:19 -0500
  
  

• How to Survive Without Sex for 50 Million Years? Dry Up
  Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how one tiny creature has flourished for up to 50 million years without sex: it dries up.
  
  
  
    Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:20:40 -0500
  
  

• Groundhog Day 2010 & Punxsutawney Phil: Facts Behind Forecast
  With ancient origins and modern media smarts, "immortal" rodent Punxsutawney Phil rules Groundhog Day 2010. Get the surprising facts behind winter's wackiest weather prediction.
  
  
  
    Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:07:44 -0500
  
  

• Best Fluid Motion Pictures Named
  
  
  
  
    Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:07:21 -0500
  
  

• Pictures: "Mythical" Temple Found in Peru
  
  
  
  
    Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:09:57 -0500
  
  

• Year's Biggest Full Moon, Mars Create Sky Show
  Mars will cozy up to the biggest, brightest full moon of 2010 Friday night, creating a celestial spectacle that "will jump out at you for sure," one astronomer says.
  
  
  
    Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:48:51 -0500
  
  

• Fusion Power a Step Closer After Giant Laser Blast
  Using the most powerful laser system ever built, a solid-gold cylinder, and a BB-size fuel pellet, scientists have brought us one step closer to nuclear fusion power, a new study says.
  
  
  
    Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:47:42 -0500
  
  

• Save the Ozone Layer, Give Global Warming a Boost?
  At last the Antarctic ozone hole is repairing itself, but ironically the healing process will hasten global warming in the southern hemisphere, a new study shows.
  
  
  
    Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:43:56 -0500
  
  

• Mars Rover to Roam No More -- It's Official
  After more than six years touring the red planet, the Mars rover Spirit is no longer on a roll, NASA mission managers announced. But if the rover survives the oncoming winter, there's plenty of science that can be done.
  
  
  
    Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:57:19 -0500
  
  

• Dinosaur True Colors Revealed for First Time
  Pigments have been found in fossil dinosaurs for the first time—taking "dinosaur color out of the realm of art and into the realm of science."
  
  
  
    Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:14:24 -0500
  
  

• "Sex Puppeteers" Force Sex Change, Virgin Birth in Bugs via Genes
  Fast-spreading parasites force sex changes on victims, induce virgin births, and turn animals into "gross monsters"—all via genetic sabotage, a new study finds.
  
  
  
    Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:18:43 -0500
  
  

• Mars Rover to Roam No More -- It's Official
  After more than six years touring the red planet, the Mars rover Spirit is no longer on a roll, NASA mission managers announced. But if the rover survives the oncoming winter, there's plenty of science that can be done.
  
  
  
    Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:40:36 -0500
  
  

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    Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:40:36 -0500