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  1. Artist's impression of the European Space Agency (ESA) probe Rosetta with Mars in the background. The pride of the ESA, Rosetta, has been ordered out of hibernation four and a half years into a 10-year trek that will take it into the dark chill of deep space.(AFP/ESA/File/C.Carreau)
    Billion-dollar European probe set for asteroid encounter AFP - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.5

    PARIS (AFP) - Far from Earth, a robot spacecraft has been prodded from deep slumber to make a rare encounter with an asteroid, the intriguing orbital debris that could offer clues into the making of the Solar System.

  2. Dead For Years, Ferrets Finally Become Fathers LiveScience.com - Tue Sep 2, 2:51 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    Black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have birthed two kits sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000.

  3. A robot freighter that docked with the International Space Station (ISS), seen here, in April will detach this week prior to being destroyed in a controlled operation over the Pacific, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.(AFP/File)
    European freighter set to leave space station on Friday AFP - Tue Sep 2, 1:02 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    PARIS (AFP) - A robot freighter that docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in April will detach this week prior to be being destroyed in a controlled operation over the Pacific, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.

  4. Songstress and MAC AIDS Fund spokesperson Fergie strikes a pose following performances about the dangers of HIV and prevention methods from a group of New York City youth at Safe Space, a homeless drop-in center, on September 3, 2008. Fergie's visit is part of a launch of a new $2.3 million youth-focused funding initiative from the MAC AIDS Fund, designed to combat the spread of the disease among 15- to 24-year-olds who account for more than half of all new infections. Money for the new initiative was raised through sales of Fergie's limited edition MAC Viva Glam lip gloss, one of eight products in the makeup line that dedicates 100 percent of the sales price to the MAC AIDS Fund.
    Gene may hold key to neutralizing HIV: U.S. study Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 3:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The AIDS virus is especially hard to fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.

  5. A Perseid meteor streaks towards the horizon during the annual Persied meteor shower in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, August 12, 2008. Perseids meteors are bits of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle which burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. REUTERS/Doug Murray (UNITED STATES)
    Unusual asteriod orbit sheds light on comets' birth: researchers AFP - Thu Sep 4, 2:16 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian, French and US astronomers have found a strange asteroid with an odd orbit which could help explain the origin of comets, the National Research Council of Canada reported Thursday.

  6. Lucy Kuptana weeds her garden in an old hockey arena converted to a greenhouse for growing vegetables 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of the Arctic Circle in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, August 26, 2008. The half-pipe shaped facility is North America's northern-most commercial greenhouse, and a virtual necessity for anyone interested in eating a fresh vegetable in Inuvik that has not been shipped in from a warmer climate. (Todd Korol/Reuters)
    Raising vegetables under Canada's midnight sun Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 2:44 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    INUVIK, Northwest Territories (Reuters) - Amanda Joynt reached down and picked a fresh tomato from the vine. That's no small feat when you are living 200 km (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle in Canada's Far North.

  7. The town of Nusfjord on one of the northern Norwegian Lofoten islands, the main base for Norway's whaling industry. Hunters insist that their tradition has a future despite decades of criticism -- and reject claims that consumers aren't buying whale meat.(AFP/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)
    Whalers in Norway defend castigated hunt AFP - Tue Sep 2, 12:26 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    SVOLVAER, Norway (AFP) - In the Lofoten Islands, the main base for Norway's whaling industry, whalers adamantly defend the harshly criticised practice and reject claims that consumers are not buying whale meat.

  8. Why Dewdrops Stay on the Rose LiveScience.com - Thu Sep 4, 6:02 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    Ah, roses. Their heady fragrance and delicate petals glistening with dew could soften the hardest heart.

  9. NASA workers watch as the space shuttle Atlantis makes the three-mile trip from the vehicle assembly building to launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida September 4, 2008. (Scott Audette/Reuters)
    Shuttle Atlantis hauled to launch pad in Florida Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:16 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA hauled the space shuttle Atlantis to the seaside launch pad on Thursday, hopeful a trio of storms churning over the Atlantic Ocean will steer clear of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  10. Closest Look Yet at Milky Way's Black Hole SPACE.com - Wed Sep 3, 1:15 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    If it looks like a black hole, and acts like a black hole, it's probably a black hole.

  11. An image of the planet Mercury, made during the January 2008 flyby of the planet by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft is seen in this image released by NASA July 3, 2008. (NASA/JHUAP/ Arizona State University/Handout/Reuters)
    NASA seeks next Carl Sagan - and extraterrestrial life Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 4:04 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, famous for its manned missions to the moon, announced the creation of the Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration on Wednesday.

  12. Mammoth Mystery: The Beasts' Final Years LiveScience.com - Thu Sep 4, 12:05 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    Woolly mammoths' last stand before extinction in Siberia wasn't made by natives - rather, the beasts had American roots, researchers have discovered. Woolly mammoths once roamed the Earth for more than a half-million years, ranging from Europe to Asia to North America. These Ice Age giants vanished from mainland Siberia by 9,000 years ago, although mammoths survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until roughly 3,700 years ago. ...

  13. Space shuttle Atlantis moves slowly on a six-hour journey to pad 39A in preparation for the upcoming STS-125 mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Oct. 8.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
    NASA moves space shuttle Atlantis to launch pad AP - Thu Sep 4, 2:55 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad on Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after being waylaid by a pair of tropical storms.

  14. New Maps Detail Solar System Objects SPACE.com - Tue Sep 2, 6:45 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    Galactic hitchhikers visiting our solar system, if they exist, would probably love to get their hands on a new guide that puts GPS to shame.

  15. Sunita Krishna, from Yuma, Ariz., recites the Pledge of Allegiance at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
    Russian Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station SPACE.com - Tue Sep 2, 5:03 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    An unmanned Russian-built cargo ship is headed for oblivion after casting off from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.

  16. Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US AP - Thu Sep 4, 9:20 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    WASHINGTON - Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.

  17. Beetles Evolving as Lovers or Fighters LiveScience.com - Mon Sep 1, 2:46 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    The evolutionary tradeoff between becoming a bigger fighter or lover could lead to new species among dung beetle populations.

  18. Thinking Makes Us Pig Out LiveScience.com - Thu Sep 4, 11:11 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    Food for thought: Intellectual activities make people eat more than when just resting, according to a study that sheds new light on brain food.

  19. Robot Helicopter Teaches Itself How to Fly LiveScience.com - Tue Sep 2, 6:02 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    A new artificial intelligence system allows a robotic helicopter to teach itself how to fly and even do challenging stunts, just by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers.

  20. An excavation site is seen in Jerusalem's Old City September 3, 2008, in this picture released by the Israel Antiques Authority (IAA). Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall -- along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defences. The wall, on Mount Zion at the southern edge of Jerusalem's Old City, dates back to the Second Jewish Temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70. (Tsilla Sagiv/Handout/IAA/Reuters)
    Jerusalem dig uncovers ancient city walls Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 10:26 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall -- along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defences.

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