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Good news is relative. A Dow of 10,000 looks awfully sweet right now, for example, but it would’ve seemed like a disaster back when daily closes were closer to 14,000. That’s the kind of pick-your-perspective choice offered by a new paper published in the journal Science about the catastrophic rise in sea levels we could expect if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet continues to melt away due to global warming
Seven Baha’i leaders jailed in Iran face a possible new accusation that could lead to the death penalty, the religious group said Thursday, and a major human rights group has called for their release.
The space shuttle Atlantis crew on Thursday prepared to embark on the first of five spacewalks during its 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. After a two-day chase, the shuttle Wednesday captured the telescope with its robotic arm 350 miles above Earth and pulled it into Atlantis’ cargo bay for service
The space shuttle Atlantis closed in early Wednesday on the Hubble Space Telescope, nearing the end of a chase that began almost two days earlier. Atlantis is scheduled to rendezvous with Hubble at 7:41 a.m.
It’s not quite the achievement of a lunar landing, but astronaut Mike Massimino made Twitter history with a 139-character post to the micro-blogging site — the first person to do so from space. “From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!” he wrote at 4:30 p.m.
With space shuttle Atlantis on its way to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, that leaves one shuttle, Endeavour, at the ready on the other launch pad here.
If the world of entertainment is any indication, the geeks shall inherit the Earth. The nerd herd is everywhere these days it seems: in books, on television and at the movies.
Comic and best-selling author Joy Behar appeared on CNN’s "Larry King Live" Wednesday. “The View” co-host discussed a variety of topics, including the Miss California USA pageant, her feud with Donald Trump and Alaska Gov
Archaeologists excavating a site in East London have made an "extremely rare and unprecedented" find — a delicately detailed dish made of hundreds of pieces of tiny glass petals, the Museum of London Docklands announced Wednesday. The “millefiori” dish (the name means “thousand flowers”) was found buried in the grave of a Roman Londoner, the museum said. Based on the other grave goods found at the site, archaeologists believe the person buried there was wealthy, the museum said
On a recent episode of South Park, Mr. Marsh steals a particle accelerator magnet so his son Stan can win the Pinewood Derby.