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  1. Prized mushroom collection returns to China AP - Sat Nov 7, 8:26 AM ET

    BEIJING - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.

  2. The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 7, 8:51 AM ET

    Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved.

  3. Frost-Covered Mars Lander Photographed From Above SPACE.com - Wed Nov 4, 9:36 PM ET

    The long-defunct Phoenix Lander is covered in frost on the frozen Martian wasteland, as seen in new images taken from orbit.

  4. File picture of a seismograph. A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)
    Recent Midwest Quakes Called Aftershocks from 1800s LiveScience.com - Wed Nov 4, 1:17 PM ET

    The small earthquakes that sporadically rattle the central United States may actually be aftershocks from a few extremely large quakes that occurred in the region almost 200 years ago, according to a new study

  5. In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009.
    Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep SPACE.com - Fri Nov 6, 11:02 PM ET

    A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.

  6. Alps Grow and Shrink at Same Time LiveScience.com - Fri Nov 6, 3:12 PM ET

    The European Alps are both growing and shrinking, with two dynamic processes acting against each other for a net effect of ... nothing.

  7. Moon's Friends Say 'No' to Future Lunar Crashes SPACE.com - Fri Nov 6, 7:04 PM ET

    When a NASA spacecraft rammed into the moon in October, it tossed up a hard-to-see plume of lunar material.

  8. Water Geysers on Saturn Moon Take Center Stage SPACE.com - Wed Nov 4, 11:48 AM ET

    Striking new photos of water-vapor geysers erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus were beamed to Earth this week by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed planet.

  9. Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue LiveScience.com - Thu Nov 5, 12:18 PM ET

    From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find.

  10. The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas dwarfs the Isle of Wight ferry as she enters The Solent, near Portsmouth, in southern England,  en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.  The ship is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. (AP Photo / Chris Ison, pa)
    How the World's Largest Cruise Ship Floats LiveScience.com - Tue Nov 3, 3:05 PM ET

    The world's largest cruise ship is making its first transatlantic crossing from Finland to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where it will make its U.S. debut. Though colossal, the ship relies on the same physical principles as its smaller brethren to stay afloat.