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Skydiver breaks the sound barrier (VIDEO)
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 24-mile jump Sunday from the stratosphere in a daring, dramatic feat that officials said made him the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound.
Chinese scientist says prehistoric man ate pandas
China's beloved national symbol _ the panda _ may have been seen quite differently by ancient humans: as food.
24-mile skydive a boon for YouTube, social media
Felix Baumgartner's 24-mile skydive from the stratosphere on Sunday was a boon for social networks as millions of users shared in the wonder of the moment from their computers, tablets and phones.
2 skydivers, 52 years apart, same lofty goal
The advice from master to student over the past three years has been simple: Be prepared. Know what to do and how to do it.
AP PHOTOS: Endeavour makes terrestrial journey
It's a surreal sight residents won't soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps toward retirement.
Scientist who helped clone sheep Dolly dies
Keith Campbell, a prominent biologist who worked on cloning Dolly the sheep, has died at 58, the University of Nottingham said Thursday.
Big baby walrus coming to NYC aquarium
A 234-pound baby walrus is coming to the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Brooklyn.
In the past, a UFO was planned for the future
Flying saucers are for movies and conspiracy theories.
Experts: Global warming means more Antarctic ice
The ice goes on seemingly forever in a white pancake-flat landscape, stretching farther than ever before. And yet in this confounding region of the world, that spreading ice may be a cockeyed signal of man-made climate change, scientists say.
Eat more chocolate, win more Nobels?
Take this with a grain of salt, or perhaps some almonds or hazelnuts: A study ties chocolate consumption to the number of Nobel Prize winners a country has and suggests it's a sign that the sweet treat can boost brain power.
2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize
Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of how the cells in our bodies pick up signals as diverse as hormones, smells, flavors and light _ work that is key to developing better medicines.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
Man's roach-eating death raises question: Why?
As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country are asking: Why?
US, French physicists win Nobel for quantum work
A Frenchman and an American shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to peer into the bizarre quantum world of ultra-tiny particles, work that could help in creating a new generation of super-fast computers.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
Nobel awarded for stem cell, early cloning work
Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be reprogrammed into completely different kinds, work that reflects the mechanism behind cloning and offers an alternative to using embryonic stem cells.
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