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Europe's first Vega rocket blasts off successfully
KOUROU, French Guiana - Europe's first Vega rocket blasted off from French Guiana Monday in a successful inaugural flight aimed at giving Europe a vehicle for scientific satellite missions.
Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet
MOSCOW - The race is on to discover life in the most remote and extreme environment known on Earth.
Rapunzel number helps scientists quantify ponytails
LONDON - British scientists said on Friday that a "Rapunzel Number" may have helped them to crack a problem that has perplexed humanity since Leonardo da Vinci pondered it 500 years ago.
Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation
FUKUSHIMA - On the snowy fringes of Japan's Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls of thousands left dead or missing after the earthquake and tsunami nearly one year ago. | Video
Exclusive: U.S. squeezes French-led satellite maker over China
WASHINGTON - The United States has threatened action that could disrupt a French-led satellite maker's supply chain, spurred by suspicion that it illegally used U.S. know-how or parts in spacecraft launched by Chinese rockets.
Biologist Norton Zinder dies at age 83
NEW YORK - Norton Zinder, a biologist whose research into the genetic material of viruses and bacteria led to a greater understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of life, has died at age 83.
Romanian man charged with hacking NASA computers
LOS ANGELES - A Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles under the online moniker "Iceman" has been indicted on a federal charge, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA is looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, program managers said on Tuesday.
Experts build crab-like robot to remove stomach cancer
SINGAPORE - Inspired by Singapore's famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars.
Origin expects to grow China's first GMO corn in 2013
BEIJING - Origin Agritech Ltd said it expects the Chinese government to approve its genetically modified organism (GMO) corn for production in 2013, China's first GMO strain in commercial production, its chairman Han Gengchen said on Friday.
With no firm science, sleep standards are slipping
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids never got enough shuteye, even back in grandpa's day.
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