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WEEK IN PHOTOS: Puppy Smuggling, California Fires, More

Noviembre 19, 2008 - 6:00pm

Smuggled puppies, raging fires, a Sistine ceiling, and more in the week's best news photos.

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Invisibility Cloak "Feasible Now"

Noviembre 19, 2008 - 6:00pm

Scientists are one step closer to creating a Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak. But when we'll be able to hide under the high-tech garments is a matter of "will and money," experts say.

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Buried Mars Glaciers May Be Remnants of Past Ice Age

Noviembre 19, 2008 - 6:00pm

Sloping features at Mars's mid-latitudes are the largest bulk of water ice not at the poles and could be leftover from past climate changes, radar data suggest.

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VIDEO: Herod Mausoleum, Art Found?

Noviembre 19, 2008 - 6:00pm

Archaeologists in Israel announced new discoveries at what the team believes is the tomb of the biblical King Herod on Wednesday.

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VIDEO: Salt Lake Disappearing

Noviembre 19, 2008 - 6:00pm

Iran's largest saltwater inland lake is diminishing because of drought, alarming environmentalists.

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Superdirt Made Lost Amazon Cities Possible?

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

Long seen as myth, an ancient Amazon civilization may have been fueled by a man-made soil. Scientists are racing to recreate the recipe, which they say might fight hunger and global warming.

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Earliest Swimming Turtle Fossils Found -- New Species

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

Newly discovered fossils of the oldest known swimming turtles show the reptiles first took to water some 165 million years ago, researchers say.

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Beetle Invasion to Dim New England Fall Colors?

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

A tree-devouring Asian beetle is encroaching on New England's forests, beloved for their brilliant autumn colors and maple syrup, experts say.

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VIDEO: Spacewalker Loses Tool Bag

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

A NASA astronaut accidentally lost a tool bag during a spacewalk Tuesday when a grease gun exploded. The kit is one of the largest items ever lost by a spacewalker.

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VIDEO: Stem Cell Transplant a Success

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

Doctors in Spain successfully transplanted a windpipe into a woman using tissue grown from her own stem cells.

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Mammoth Genome Decoded -- Clones on the Way?

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

The first genetic blueprint from an extinct animal could reveal what separates the fuzzy giants from elephants—and may open the door to a "resurrection."

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New Finds at King Herod's Tomb: 2,000-Year-Old Frescoes

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

Archaeologists exploring King Herod's tomb complex near Jerusalem have uncovered rare Roman paintings and two stone coffins that could have contained the remains of Herod's sons.

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Dark Matter Proof Found Over Antarctica?

Noviembre 18, 2008 - 6:00pm

Unexpected numbers of high-energy electrons could be physical evidence of the mysterious substance—or they may reveal a nearby astrophysical object that's bombarding Earth.

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SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Earth Mosaic, Exoplanet, More

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

Flares erupt from our galaxy's heart, the ISS gets an extreme home makeover, fires blaze near LA, and more in this week's best space photos.

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Fossils Lend Clues to Alaska's Eurasian Roots

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

The discovery of 420-million-year-old snail fossils adds to a growing body of evidence about Alaska's long-ago links to Eurasia

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PHOTOS: Fossils Link Alaska to Eurasia

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

Fossils suggest that much of Alaska was formed from a patchwork of small land chunks that collected against North America between 251 million and 60 million years ago.

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Ton of Illegal Ivory, Hippo Teeth Seized in Kenya

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

Africa's largest undercover investigation of wildlife crime may lead police to smugglers, Kenyan officials said this week. But conservationists claim such stings are futile.

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PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Baby Chimp Rescued From Congo Army

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

Less than ten months old, Mapima was being mistreated by Congolese soldiers before she was rescued last week, experts say.

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VIDEO: Locust Swarms Plague Australia

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

Watch as a destructive locust swarm moves across farmland in drought-ridden New South Wales state, prompting officials to prepare an airborne assault.

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U.S. Won't Kill Wild Horses -- For Now

Noviembre 17, 2008 - 6:00pm

Thousands of wild horses in U.S. care will not be put down to give the government another year to explore possible solutions and "let cooler heads prevail," U.S. officials said Monday.

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