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CERN scientists 'trap' antimatter for more than 16 minutes
Scientists at the world's largest particle physics laboratory in Switzerland have found a way to contain antimatter atoms in a magnetic 'bottle' for as long as 1,000 seconds, an eternity in particle physics.
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Worms from Hell: How deep do they dig?
Worms from Hell? Scientists have discovered a new species of worm called Halicephalobus mephisto in honor of Faust's demon Mephistopheles. It's the deepest living multicell organism found in the Earth.
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Wildlife photographer snaps photo of transvestite bird
An odd-looking cardinal, with half male and half female markings, alighted on the backyard feeder of wildlife photographer and statistics professor Larry Ammann.
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How long does it take species to go extinct? Longer than previously thought.
Habitat destruction drives species extinct more slowly than previously thought, according to a new model described in this week's Nature. 'We have bought a little time for saving species,' says scientist.
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Quartz could hold key to explaining earthquakes
Why do some areas of the earth's crust repeatedly swell and crack, while others don't? The answer is in the quartz, a new study suggests.
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Is the Big Dipper scooping dark matter?
Scientists peered through a galactic window in the ladle of the Big Dipper, using the Herschel telescope to look 10 billion years backwards in time and investigate the origins of galaxies, which turn out to require 20 times less dark matter than previously calculated.
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Extreme rain and snow events linked to global warming, study finds
Authors say a study that looked at the rise in extreme rain and snowfall in the Northern Hemisphere in the last half of the 20th century is the first to show a link to global warming.
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Do black holes spin? The answer could be in the photons.
A spinning black hole would swirl the very fabric of space and time around it, as well as distorting the photons that pass nearby.
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Kepler telescope's astonishing haul: 54 planet-candidates in 'habitable zone'
The Kepler space telescope is designed to look for planets like Earth that could have life. But no one expected it to find 54 planet-candidates at Goldilocks distances from their stars – not too warm or cold for life as we know it – in its first four months of operation.
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Scientists create invisibility cloak, still need to iron out wrinkles
Using prisms of calcite crystals, researchers have developed a way to 'bend' light so that it appears to pass right through a three-dimensional object.
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Oldest galaxy: Hubble telescope detects farthest, oldest galaxy yet
Oldest galaxy: Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have detected a galaxy that formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, making it the most distant and oldest galaxy discovered so far.
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Scientists discover that amoebas have developed rudimentary agriculture
Once the amoebae reach their destination, slime molds seed the area with the bacteria, ensuring any amoeba offspring will have plenty to eat.
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Global warming: Impact of receding snow and ice surprises scientists
The seasonal cooling effect of light-reflecting snow and ice in the Northern Hemisphere may be weakening at twice the rate predicted by climate models, a new study shows, accelerating the impact of global warming.
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Risk of fresh Haiti earthquake could be greater than previously thought
Scientists had thought the Haiti earthquake a year ago released stress on a well-known fault. It didn't. Instead, it revealed faults that scientists didn't know existed.
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Mysterious X Woman finds place on humans' family tree
Genetic research shows her branch contributed to gene pool of today's Melanesians, who live on a broad arc of Pacific islands. X Woman is helping researchers grasp ancient migration patterns.
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Lunar eclipse tonight: How it helps the search for extraterrestrial life
The moon's ruddy color during the lunar eclipse tonight is caused by sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere. It's what astronomers look at when distant planets pass in front of their own stars.
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Where polar bears might go if climate change doesn't slow
If climate change leads to ice collecting in one general area in the Arctic Ocean, it might be enough to provide a last 'refuge' for many Arctic inhabitants, including polar bears.
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Melting Arctic ice heralds new polar hybrids: Pizzlies and more
A pizzlie is a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear, and this new hybrid animal may foreshadow as many as 34 hybrids to come as Arctic ice melts, say scientists.
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Polar bear 'doomed'? Only if greenhouse-gas emissions aren't cut.
Greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide must be cut to avoid a disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic, which is crucial to the polar bear.
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Did something just smack into Japan's Akatsuki Venus probe?
The Akatsuki Venus probe failed to enter orbit Monday night, leading some to speculate that the Japanese spacecraft was struck by something.
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'Milestone' in bid to sniff atmosphere of a 'super Earth' light-years away
Scientists seeking an astronomical first – discerning the atmospheric composition of a 'super Earth' exoplanet – have now learned enough to rule out one leading theory.
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Global warming: carbon dioxide emissions worldwide fell in 2009
That's the good news heading into Cancun global warming talks Nov. 29. The bad news is that the carbon dioxide emissions aren't likely to stay down for long.
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Antimatter breakthrough could help scientists unravel Big Bang mystery
Antimatter research took a significant step forward when scientists for the first time created and briefly corraled antihydrogen. The experiment could help scientists probe why the universe has less antimatter than prevailing theories suggest it should.
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Why Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted earlier this year
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland caused numerous flight delays earlier this year across Europe. A group of scientists has looked at the cause of the Iceland volcano's eruption.
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Life on Earth may have originated in the sky rather than the sea
The primordial haze theory competes with the primordial soup theory in a new scientific debate.
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