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Engineered foods: Safe but not satisfying

Board says genetically modified crops aren’t reducing hunger

Count ’em: NASA finds hundreds of new exoplanets

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Milky Way just got a lot more crowded – with planets. NASA recently announced 1,284 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, called exoplane...

Apple’s latest innovation ... a big stake for Berkshire

Tech-shy Warren Buffett may be warming to 21st century technology

Climate change fueling wildfire threat

Drier weather will mean more major fires, experts warn

Who needs a nose? Mussels can smell just fine

PORTLAND, Maine – Mussels don’t have noses, but two Maine scientists believe the dark shellfish rely on smells when choosing where to set up their homes. The scientists say they h...

Powerhouse Science Center revving up a year after closure

Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago

Mercury set to make rare solar transit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Earthlings are in for a treat Monday as Mercury makes a relatively rare transit of the sun. The solar system’s smallest, innermost planet will resemble a bl...

Study raises alarms about coral reefs

WASHINGTON – Seawater – increasingly acidic because of global warming – is eating away the limestone framework for the coral reef of the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. It’s so...

Oh, baby! Look how you’ve grown

Fossils show titanosaurs grew quickly from cute babies to truly gigantic dinosaurs

Americans enjoying warming trend’s effects – so far

WASHINGTON – Global warming has mostly made the weather more pleasant for Americans over the last 40 years, which may explain why much of the public doesn’t rank climate change as big a thre...

Climate change is shaking up the planet

Melting ice sheets are shifting how Earth wobbles on its axis

Investor hopes to send tiny ships to Alpha Centauri

NEW YORK – With famed physicist Stephen Hawking at his side, an Internet investor announced Tuesday that he’s spending $100 million on a futuristic plan to explore far outside our solar syst...