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'Jetman' tours Mt. Fuji with a jetpack'Jetman' Yves Rossy made his latest series of jetpack-powered, eagle-like flights this month, this time around Mt. Fuji.
- Tsunami debris island? No, but 'tis the debris season
Tsunami debris island? NOAA says there is no debris island the size of Texas. But it says North America can expect more tsunami debris washing ashore in the fall and winter.
How rare was Chelyabinsk asteroid blast? Not as rare as you hoped.Scientists have spent months researching the spectacular asteroid blast above Chelyabinsk last February. Among their findings: there are lots more of these objects out there than previously thought.
Did man form from earth? New research suggests early life began in wet clay.Recent research shows that clay provided the perfect environment for early biochemical reactions.
Female lizards with beards not attractive, report other lizardsScientists say that natural selection could trim out female lizards with too much of a 'beard,' a strip of bright-blue scales on their necks and along their sides.
How did they move those 100-ton stones? Scientists solve Forbidden City mystery.Constructed more than half a millennium ago, Beijing's Forbidden City includes massive stones hauled from a quarry about 43 miles away. A team of researchers has determined how the stones got there.
'King of Gore' joins royal court of T. rex relativesPaleontologists have announced the discovery of a new dinosaur, the closest known relative of T. rex, in a find that divulges new information about the evolution of the greatest tyrant lizard king of them all.
Antarctic ice core may disclose 1.5 million years of climate changeRegions of Antarctica could hold ice revealing significant chapters in Earth's climate history, new research suggests.
A traffic jam in space? Space station set to host nine astronauts.Three of the six current space station crew members moved a Soyuz spacecraft to a new docking port Friday to make room for another spaceship, which is set to arrive on Thursday with three additional astronauts
Rare cat species spotted in BorneoThe bay cat was first photographed only in 2003. Scientists estimate that there are just 2,500 adults remaining in the wild.
King Tut: Did he spontaneously combust?King Tut apparently caught fire at some point after being mummified and sealed in his tomb, say researchers, suggesting that the boy pharaoh's burial was a bit of a rush job.
Milky Way may be brimming with Earth-sized, possibly habitable planetsAstronomers announced this week that about 22 percent of the sun-like stars in the galaxy have an Earth-sized planet in their habitable zone, a find suggesting that odds are better than ever that Earth is as un-unique as astronomers hope it is.
'Godzilla' platypus: Twice as big as today's platypus'Godzilla' platypus, found in Australia, was at least one meter long, about twice the size of a modern day platypus. The so-called Godzilla platypus, is a new species, and is based on a single molar discovered in Queensland, Australia.
RoboRoach cyborg kit: Cruel or educational?The RoboRoach kit, due out this month, allows users to control the movements of a live cockroach through a smartphone application. But PETA says the kit is torture, while the start-up company behind the app emphasizes its hands-on educational value.
Astronauts to launch for ISS, seen live from Times SquareNASA has announced that it will broadcast the next launch to the International Space Station live on Times Square's enormous Toshiba screen.
India prepares for first Mars missionThe world's biggest democracy could once again prove itself technologically advanced if its $73 million mission to Mars is successful.
Solar eclipse: What's a 'hybrid' eclipse and how does it work?Solar eclipse watchers know that Sunday's 'hybrid' solar eclipse comes around only once in 159 years. A hybrid solar eclipse happens when one kind of eclipse morphs into another.
Solar eclipse Sunday: When and where to watchSolar eclipse at sunrise on Sunday. On the US East Coast, a partial solar eclipse will be visible for a few minutes after sunrise. A total solar eclipse will be visible in central Africa.
Beached whale: Internet mourns Oregon man who dynamited dead whale in 1970Beached whale: George Thomas Thornton, the well respected engineer whose 1970 decision to dynamite a 45-foot-long whale carcass led to caused an online sensation decades later, passed away on Sunday.
Scientists decode dog's wagging tailsA team of Italian researchers have found that dogs respond differently to different wags of other dogs' tails.
