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Kepler Spacecraft Finds 2 Planets Sharing Same Orbit

To date, the telescope on the Kepler spacecraft has detected 1,235 planet candidates, and while Earth-bound telescopes are trying to determine if 54 of those planets may have conditions that could harbor life, one unique planetary system may have been uncovered. Unique because it's the first time scientists have...

Confession iPhone App a High-Tech Shortcut to Absolution?

Broken one of the Ten Commandments lately? Tell your iPhone. A new Confession app is available for download in the iTunes App Store. Features include "ability to add sins not listed in standard examination of conscience," step-by-step guides to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and seven acts of contrition. The app, which...

New Research Casts Neanderthals as Techies

(Sept. 25) -- It turns out Neanderthals may not have been the slow, stupid creatures of popular imagination. Call them prehistoric techies. Sure, they may not have had smart phones and laptops, but these short, stocky hominids developed their own tools and adapted their behavior to changing environments, according to a...

Environmentalists Slam Proposed Marine Sanctuary

(Feb. 17) -- A plan to protect a pristine coral reef system located in one of the last remnants of Britain's colonial empire has encountered an unlikely opponent: environmentalists. The proposed sanctuary would span the majority of the Chagos Archipelago, a series of atolls approximately twice the size of Britain located...

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