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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar bridged India and the West
Labeled 'the godfather of world music' by Beatle George Harrison, Ravi Shankar helped millions of Westerners — classical, jazz, and rock lovers — discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music.
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Ravi Shankar: Sitar virtuoso and father of the rock benefit concert (+video)
Ravi Shankar: George Harrison called him "the godfather of world music." Ravi Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music.
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Energy Voices California moves to ease sky-high gas prices. How soon will they fall?
In the wake of record California gas prices, governor orders air-quality regulators to let refiners switch to winter-blend fuel. But how quickly California gas prices fall depends on a variety of refinery and pipeline issues.
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Obama campaign adjusts strategy after debate (+video)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had a spring in his step Thursday following the presidential debate in Denver. President Barack Obama retains a slight lead in the polls as he awaits Friday's job numbers.
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Experts: Plenty of Mayan prophecies, but none of 2012 apocalypse
Experts stressed that the ancient Mayas, whose 'classic' culture of writing, astronomy and temple complexes flourished from A.D. 300 to 900, were extremely interested in future events, far beyond Dec. 21.
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Facebook gets results? 2010 vote experiment worked, scientists say.
More than 61 million Facebook users unknowingly participated in the study, which sought to measure the ability of online social networks to catalyze actions in the real world.
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U.S. News college rankings: not the only way to judge schools
The U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of colleges is out. But there are other rankings available, giving prospective students and their families information that may be more useful.
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Energy Voices The real reason behind oil price rises
In an interview, energy economist James Hamilton reveals how demand for oil keeps outstripping production, even with new shale oil supply coming from the United States.
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Chapter & Verse Wait – you're saying spoilers are actually good?
A study carried out by the University of California San Diego found that readers enjoyed a story more when they'd already had a twist ending spoiled for them.
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How summer thunderstorms could be punching new holes in the ozone layer (+video)
A study looking at conditions in the lower stratosphere, where the ozone layer resides, suggests a link between climate change and the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching Earth's surface.
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Astronaut Sally Ride 'broke barriers with grace and professionalism,' says NASA (+video)
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday.
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Why the Higgs boson announcement is so important (+video)
The discovery of a new particle thought to be the elusive Higgs boson represents the culmination of nearly 50 years of research, and completes a theory about how the most basic constituents of matter interact with each other.
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How did an entire star system's worth of dust just vanish? Scientists baffled.
An accretion disk around a young star has suddenly disappeared, leaving astronomers wondering where all the dust went.
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Vanishing space dust baffles scientists (+video)
The protoplanetary disk circling a young star has suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a big mystery.
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How a humongous garbage patch in the Pacific breeds new bugs (+video)
The great Pacific garbage patch has created a new breeding ground for a marine insect, which in turn is changing Pacific ecosystems.
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Plants flowering much faster as global temperatures rise (+video)
Scientists have been underestimating the effects of climate change on plant growth, according to a recent study.
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Global News Blog Italy goes big to save Venice as it sinks into the sea
A multibillion-dollar flood-prevention system will be put in place starting next year, a decade after the project began.
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Lesson in UCLA error: Make sure that acceptance letter is for real.
UCLA has already apologized for mistakenly notifying 894 wait-listed college seniors that they'd been admitted. It's not the first or worst such case, and it won't be the last, say experts.
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Global warming began in oceans 135 years ago, suggests study
A study of temperature recordings from the 1870s suggests that the oceans began warming more than 100 years ago, much earlier than previously believed.
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Why James Cameron was forced to surface early
James Cameron described the Mariana Trench as "very lunar, a very desolate place, very isolated.” His six hour trip was cut in half by hydraulic problems.
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Unique hybrid deep sea creatures discovered off Costa Rica
Scientists found a pair of underwater environments where previously unknown hybrid creatures existed.
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Rick Santorum sweater vest: 'What not to wear' or sleeveless genius?
Rick Santorum's sleeveless sweater vest has taken on a life of its own this week, even garnishing its own Twitter account. Candidates' sartorial choices many times take on special significance.
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Elusive Higgs boson particle running out of hiding places
Today's announcement was highly anticipated by both the physics community and the public, with speculation running rampant in the days leading up to it that the elusive particle may have finally been found.
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Higgs boson 'God particle' close to capture, scientists say
Scientists are closer to capturing the elusive Higgs boson 'God particle,' the missing piece of the governing theory of the universe's tiniest building blocks.
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Uncanny Valley: Will we ever learn to live with artificial humans?
How Japan's AKB48 has created a new level of artificial human – and what it tells us about the infamous Uncanny Valley.
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