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Poll: Few Confident US Ready for Nuclear Emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans doubt the U.S. government is prepared to respond to a nuclear emergency like the one in Japan, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. But it also shows few Americans...
Archaeologists Find First Known Gay Caveman Near Prague
Europics
An unusual burial may have outed the world's first known gay caveman, whose bones were discovered outside Prague in a grave that indicates he was homosexual or possibly transgendered. During the...
Masturbation May Help to Relieve Restless Legs Syndrome
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Apparently, being master of your domain isn't all that it's hyped up to be. Researchers say that for sufferers of the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome, a little self-pleasure could be...
Polly Want a Chainsaw? Lyrebird Imitates Jackhammer, Drill, Other Tools
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Bird keepers at the Adelaide Zoo in Australia are eagerly awaiting breeding season to hear what new calls the zoo's resident lyrebird has learned. Known as Chook, the zoo's lyrebird is an expert...
Searching for an ET? Scientists Say Look for Signs of Aliens Mining Asteroids
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After 50 years of searching the heavens with radio telescopes to try to contact alien life, so far the attempts of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) scientists seem to have fallen on...
World's Tiniest Elvis Impersonator: You Ain't Nothin' but a Stink Bug
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Call it the world's smallest -- and smelliest -- Elvis impersonator. A stink bug caught on camera by an amateur wildlife photographer in Singapore has grown the perfect camouflage: It looks like the...
Japan Nuke Plant Spews More Radiation Into Pacific
TOKYO -- Radiation in seawater at the shoreline off Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant has measured several million times the legal limit over the past few days, though officials contended...
Doughnut-Shaped UFOs Most Likely Weather Formations
Meteox.com / YouTube
UFOs come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever heard of a doughnut-shaped aerial phenomenon? Unusual weather-radar images have shown up on viewing screens in several countries, with one...
Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast
AP
A powerful spring storm system will spawn dangerous thunderstorms over a large area from the Plains to the East Coast, starting later Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The system includes the...
Crack Leaks Radioactive Water Into Sea Off Japan
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RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Highly radioactive water was leaking into the sea Saturday from a crack discovered at a nuclear power plant destabilized by last month's earthquake and tsunami, a new setback...
Fox News: Was There a Natural Nuclear Blast on Mars?
NASA / AP
Ever wonder why the red planet is red? About 180 million years ago, a planet-shattering yet naturally occurring nuclear reaction may have wiped out everything on Mars, sending a shockwave that turned...
Experts: German Celebrity Polar Bear Knut Drowned
AFP / Getty Images
BERLIN -- Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut died from drowning after collapsing due to swelling of his brain and falling into his enclosure's pool, an expert said Friday. Pathologist Claudia...
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