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Sleep plays critical role in maintaining good health
Sleep affects your health more than you may realize.
'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Scientists predict summer 'dead zones': Larger in Gulf, smaller than usual in Chesapeake Bay
Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia
Airborne laser spots ancient city complex of roads, canals hidden under dense Cambodian forest
Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too
Losing fight vs. climate change, locales around the world find ways to live with it
Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies in Maine
Nobel Prize-winning physics professor from Cornell, Ohio State dies at age 77 in Maine
Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite
Scientists from around the world meet in South Dakota to discuss new photo-taking satellite
NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women, including 1st female fighter pilot in years
Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
Energy chief: Flying across US in high-tech solar plane to boost cleaner energy use on ground
Scientists moving 15-ton magnet from NY to Chicago
Scientists plan 5-week move of 15-ton magnet from national lab in suburban NY to Chicago
AP IMPACT: Bites derided as unreliable in court
AP IMPACT: Bite marks, long accepted as criminal evidence, face doubts about reliability
Men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence
A list of men wrongly convicted or arrested based on bite-mark evidence
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
As more patients get lab-grown body parts, scientists face challenge of making complex organs
Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting
Adapting to _ not just fighting _ climate change is taking the heat out of global warming talk
Remembering Sally Ride's historic launch into space
Thirty years ago, Sally Ride shattered a glass ceiling high above the Earth as she became the first American woman to fly into space.
Kenneth Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies
Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor, dies at age 77 in Maine
Scientists: Soggy British weather likely to stay
Scientists meet to discuss weird British weather, say soggy summers likely for a few years
NASA plans to capture asteriod, crowdsource ideas
NASA is hosting a live forum Tuesday morning to share their plans to capture an asteroid, in addition to other asteroid-related topics.
Court ruling may open up breast cancer gene tests
Court ruling against gene patents may open BRCA breast cancer tests to more women, experts say
Diving into the search for lost 17th-century ship
Divers plunge into Lake Michigan excavation, searching for lost 17th-century La Salle ship
Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coasts
Cuba looks to undo decades of poorly planned coastal development, fend off rising seas
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