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LHC Atom Smasher Smashes Energy Record

7 hours 19 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 19) -- From broken down to record breaking, the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's largest, most expensive particle accelerator -- just achieved yet another milestone on the quest to discove ...

Glow-in-the-Dark Sperm Shed Light on Reproduction

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Mollie Manier and Scott Pitnick

(March 19) -- They're speedy, agile and extremely competitive. Male sperm, that is. That's the conclusion of researchers who were able to watch the contentious battle for fertilization firsthand afte ...

Human Egg Giveaway Sparks Ethical Controversy

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(March 18) -- An American fertility clinic's decision to host a giveaway of eggs for in vitro fertilization treatment has renewed an ongoing international debate over a complicated, and highly person ...

Photos Reveal 'Lost' Soviet Moon Rover

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(March 18) -- A defunct robotic rover stranded on the surface of the moon managed to stir up a minor controversy here on Earth this week. The seeds of discord were sown Monday when NASA released thou ...

More Clues Found in Mystery of Adolescent Brain

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(March 18) -- Any parent or middle-school teacher could tell you that adolescents often have, shall we say, a resistance to learning. In fact, behavioral scientists have shown that certain cognitive ...

Invisibility Cloak Edges Closer to Reality

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(March 18) -- Harry Potter's version was certainly handy. Frodo Baggins used one to save himself on a few occasions. Ricky Gervais sidekick Karl Pilkington mused about what it would be like to shop w ...

40,000-Year-Old Tools Found at Construction Site

5 days 9 hours ago |AOL News

Dr. John Isbell

(March 14) -- It's being dubbed "Tasmania's Valley of the Kings." At the site for a proposed freeway overpass, archaeologists have uncovered what they say are the earliest southernmost artifacts of h ...

Say It Ain't Snow: Winter Isn't Over Yet

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(March 18) -- Spring fever gripped much of the nation this week, with generally mild, dry weather from coast to coast. The weather, however, is about to issue a reminder that the calendar says March, ...

Driving Blind? We May Live to See the Day

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Steven Mackay

(March 18) -- With public opinion divided over just how dangerous it is for motorists to text-message or yak on cell phones, imagine the debate taking a wildly unexpected turn: How would you feel abo ...

Environmental Concerns at 20-Year Low in US

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(March 17) -- From polluted drinking water to the extinction of animal species to global warming, Americans are less worried about a range of environmental issues today than they have been for the pa ...

Dogs Likely Evolved From Wolves in Mideast

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(March 17) -- If you have a basenji, Chinese shar-pei or chow chow snoozing at your feet, you'd better pamper your pet. You're living with blue-blooded canine royalty. Those three are among the most ...

Discovery Could Help Humans Regrow Limbs

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(March 17) -- Humans could one day regrow limbs, much like flatworms, sponges and newts, simply by flicking the off switch on a single gene. Researchers at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia have p ...