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  1. This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Madin) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ETSent 2,059 times

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  2. FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientists work at computers in the CERN control center during the switch on operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's biggest atom-smasher in a mission to answer some of the most perplexing questions in the cosmos control, in Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool, File)
    Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions AP - 12 minutes agoSent 1,292 times

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

  3. Why Kids Ask Why LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 11:46 AM ETSent 619 times

    A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.

  4. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ETSent 557 times

    WASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

  5. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ETSent 61 times

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  6. Thousands of Strange Sea Creatures Discovered LiveScience.com - Sun Nov 22, 12:11 PM ETSent 30 times

    The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.

  7. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr., top, and astronaut Randolph Bresnik are seen working on the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of seven will depart the space station Wednesday. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes agoSent 28 times

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  8. File photo shows people evacuating a village close to Havana following Hurrican Ike. Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)
    Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF AFP - Mon Nov 23, 1:56 AM ETSent 27 times

    GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

  9. A fishermen hauls out tuna in Spain. Environmentalists on Sunday warned bluefin tuna was on its way to extinction after a international meeting of fishery ministry officials trimmed catch quotas but upheld continued hauls of the fish, prized in sushi dishes.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)
    Sushi Often Not What You Think LiveScience.com - Thu Nov 19, 5:41 PM ETSent 25 times

    That tuna in your sushi might be an endangered species, a new study finds.

  10. Really Rare Rhinos Found by Dung-Sniffing Dogs LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 21, 8:05 AM ETSent 23 times

    We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos in Vietnam.

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  1. Interactive graphic on the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults and is set to restart.(AFP iactiv)
    Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions AP - 12 minutes ago

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

  2. Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  3. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen working on a oxygen tank near the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher is working with astronaut Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank and science experiments at the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  4. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ET

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  5. Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF AFP - Mon Nov 23, 1:56 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

  6. FILE - This March 17, 2009 file photo shows the cooling towers of Three Mile Island's Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant reflected in a parking lot puddle in Middletown, Pa. A small amount of radiation was detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon, 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Pipe-cutting led to radiation at Pa. nuke plant AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    HARRISBURG, Pa. - Radioactive dust unexpectedly blew out of a pipe being cut by workers during weekend maintenance at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, and officials on Monday were trying to determine exactly how and why it happened.

  7. Thousands of Strange Sea Creatures Discovered LiveScience.com - Sun Nov 22, 12:11 PM ET

    The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.

  8. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

  9. Why Kids Ask Why LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 11:46 AM ET

    A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.

  10. Handout picture shows workers at the Statkraft Osmotic power plant prototype in Tofte, south of Oslo, in October 2009. After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.(AFP/Statkraft/File)
    Harnessing the power of salt, Norway tries osmotic power AFP - Sun Nov 22, 6:54 PM ET

    OSLO (AFP) - After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

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  1. Pipe-cutting led to radiation at Pa. nuke plant AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    HARRISBURG, Pa. - Radioactive dust unexpectedly blew out of a pipe being cut by workers during weekend maintenance at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, and officials on Monday were trying to determine exactly how and why it happened.

  2. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

  3. A view of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant from Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1999. REUTERS/STR New
    Radiation leak investigated at Three Mile Island Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 8:09 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.

  4. Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming Time.com - Mon Nov 23, 10:00 AM ET

    Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming

  5. Indian Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, seen here addressing the US business community at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit.(AFP/Jim Watson)
    Indian PM pitches for growing US ties AFP - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit.

  6. Graphic shows countries’ change in carbon dioxide emissions from 2007 and
    CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, Hawaii - The readings at this 2-mile-high station show an upward curve as the world counts down to climate talks: Global warming gases have built up to record levels in the atmosphere, from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.

  7. Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF AFP - Mon Nov 23, 1:56 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

  8. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a presser after a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, in Brussels. Brown warned fellow world leaders on Sunday that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.(AFP/File/John Thys)
    Brown warns leaders on climate change AFP - Sun Nov 22, 3:28 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned fellow world leaders on Sunday that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.

  9. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen, top center, taking photographs of the earth after working on a oxygen tank near the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher is working with astronaut Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank and science experiments at the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  10. Smoke rises from a garbage incineration plant in Amsterdam. The UN's top climate official Yvo de Boer has voiced optimism that some kind of agreement could be salvaged at world talks on global warming next month, sensing US President Barack Obama will come with a target and financing.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)
    UN climate chief expects 'specific' climate deal AFP - Mon Nov 23, 9:46 AM ET

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must offer a target and financing.

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