Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31

Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31

It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sooty black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it...

<i>Ewwww </i>-- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns

Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns

Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have  pooped in the...

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled

Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had...

Alabama tornado team scours paths of killer storms

Alabama tornado team scours paths of killer storms

HACKLEBURG, ALA. -- The Mobile Meteorological Measurement Vehicle -- a worn-looking '90s-model Dodge Intrepid with classic rock on the radio, a...

Angelina Jolie's choice is clear to one who faced it

Angelina Jolie's choice is clear to one who faced it

Understanding the Moore, Okla., tornado [live video chat]

Asteroid capture: NASA plans to drag space rock into lunar orbit

Asteroid capture: NASA plans to drag space rock into lunar orbit

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden dropped by JPL on Thursday to outline the agency's plans to capture an asteroid, and to look at a model of...

H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find

H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find

Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in...

Drowning most common fatality during Superstorm Sandy

Drowning most common fatality during Superstorm Sandy

The leading cause of death during Superstorm Sandy last fall was drowning, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease...

Watch NASA's live chat with Chris Hadfield, ISS astronauts at noon

Watch NASA's live chat with Chris Hadfield, ISS astronauts at noon

Glow-in-the-dark cockroach among top 10 new species of 2012

Glow-in-the-dark cockroach among top 10 new species of 2012

Scientists estimate that there are about 8.7 million...

FDA panel backs a new sleep drug

FDA panel backs a new sleep drug

An advisory panel to the Food & Drug Administration has recommended approval of a new sleep drug that targets the brain's wakefulness...

Fanged, carnivorous plant pals up with swimming ants

Fanged, carnivorous plant pals up with swimming ants

It ain't exactly a match made in heaven, but it's a friendship forged in the steamy peat swamp forests of Borneo.

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