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Lake Vostok water given to Vladimir Putin

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:11 EST

After more than two decades of drilling, Russian researchers reached the subglacial Antarctic lake Sunday

Steve Jobs file reveals frank assessments

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:07:40 EST

Late Apple co-founder and CEO at one point held a Top Secret government clearance, was targeted for extortion in 1980s

How Earth's next supercontinent will form

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:29:07 EST

Amasia is (very slowly) coming this way

Zebras' stripes tell nasty flies to buzz off

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:25:08 EST

To see how unappealing zebra stripes might be, researchers visited a horsefly-infested horse farm near Budapest

Obama hosts White House science fair

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:03:26 EST

Student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country visited the White House

Video: Almanac: Indiana's pi bill

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:25 EST

February 5, 1897 was the day the Indiana House of Representatives endorsed the idea of a small town doctor Edwin Johnston Goodwin who came up with a method of "squaring a circle" with the incorrect value for the mathematical constant, pi.

Fatal shark attacks see spike in 2011

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:09:08 EST

The United States had zero shark-attacks fatalities last year

Majestic Carina Nebula revealed in new picture

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:56:04 EST

The most detailed image yet of the well-known Carina nebula has been caught by a European telescope

Fishermen reel in 40-foot whale shark

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:27:53 EST

Pakistani fishermen used cranes to pull the carcass of a whale shark from the waters at a fish harbor in Karachi

Study: Ocean fish may have freshwater ancestor

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:09 EST

Most saltwater fish seem to have evolved from a common freshwater ancestor, despite all life originating oceans, study finds

Obama hosts White House science fair

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:50:56 EST

White House science fair features projects designed by over 100 students

How online dating has changed matchmaking

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:06:32 EST

Expert discusses how online dating has changed over time, who is looking for love online and what they're looking for

Companies vie for place in streaming video biz

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:15:24 EST

Verizon teams up with RedBox to offer streaming video, joins several major companies looking to cash in on web viewing market

Russian team reaches Antarctica's buried Lake Vostok, say reports

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:14:07 EST

Lake Vostok has been cut off from daylight for 14 million years and is buried beneath 2 miles of ice

Video: Dating culture altered by digital matchmaking

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:25:41 EST

Online dating is the second most common way for couples to meet, according to a new report. Cornell University's Jeffrey Hancock speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the world of digital dating.

Mars 'super-drought' may make red planet too dry for alien life

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:33:14 EST

Researchers: The surface of Mars may have been arid and desolate for more than 600 million years

Terminally ill prof teaches end-of-life lessons

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:04 EST

University of Missouri educator using web to share cancer experience, says he's not wasting his time fighting the cancer

Social media muscle rises again in Komen flap

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:23:36 EST

Group agreed to keep funding Planned Parenthood only after online firestorm; Latest example of social media influence

Hackers claim to have hit Swedish gov't site

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:35:10 EST

CyberForce, part of the hacking collective Anonymous, claims responsibility for attack on Swedish government website

Create your own ultimate TV room

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:23:24 EST

Products to maximize your viewing pleasure - on Game Day, and any time!

"Blue Marble' view of Earth's other side

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:18:04 EST

Another spectacular view of our home planet taken by NASA's Earth-watching satellite

Micron CEO dies in plane crash

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:37:27 EST

Steve Appleton was the only one in the plane when it crashed at the Boise airport Friday morning

Anonymous hackers attack law enforcement sites

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:31:47 EST

Hacking collective defaces Boston police's website "in retaliation" for Occupy eviction in latest takeover

Iran goes nuclear over Israeli Samsung spoof

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:06 EST

Samsung ban threatened after over Israeli commercial depicting attack on nuclear plant

Deep sea trench reveals "Supergiant" crustaceans

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:56 EST

These giant crustaceans have been glimpsed only a handful of times in human history