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Why Mars rover will shake and shimmy for eight straight hoursThe Mars Curiosity rover will scoop up Martian sand, then shake 'at a nice tooth-rattling vibration level' for eight hours to purge the rover's testing system of Earth contaminants.
Why a clean Mars rover is a happy Mars roverThe Mars rover Curiosity is putting its dramatic explorations on hold, for tests and essential cleaning: After all, if it's going to accurately analyze Martian soil, it must shed its Earthly residue.
At edge of black hole, a star Albert Einstein would have lovedScientists have found a star orbiting very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. It could help scientists give Einstein's brilliance one of its sternest tests yet.
Duck-billed dinosaurs 'like walking paper mills'The plants these dinosaurs fed on were tough and covered with hard, tooth-gouging particles. Hadrosaurids chewed their meals with teeth that possessed flattened grinding surfaces much like those of horses and bison.
Star hurtling through space near humongous black hole could prove Einstein's theoryThe discovery offers scientists a unique chance within the decade to test Einstein's theory of relativity in an extreme environment.
On Sputnik anniversary, World Space Week launchesThe 13th annual World Space Week runs from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10 — both key dates in the history of space exploration.
How alleged 'arsenic munching' bacteria survives in toxic Calif. lakeThe bacteria, a member of the genus Halomonadaceae, live in California's Mono Lake, amidst concentrations of arsenic that would kill most other life forms.
New African dinosaur is like cross between bird, vampire, and porcupineUniversity of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno, who published the findings on Wednesday in the online scientific journal ZooKeys, said in an interview with Reuters he actually made the discovery of the small-bodied herbivore in 1983.
Startling discovery debunked: bacteria can't survive on arsenicA two-year old report suggested that one type of bacteria could survive by assimilating arsenic – a finding that held implications for the search for life in the cosmos. But new research contradicts those conclusions.
Scientists surprised to find pair of black holes keeping each other companyBlack holes are the densest objects in the universe, with the largest ones, found at the centers of galaxies, containing millions to billions times more mass than the sun.
- Tiny 'Dracula' dinosaur had bristles and fangs, ate veggies
The 200-million-year-old dinosaur 'was two-legged, probably fleet-footed, and had grasping hands,' said researcher Paul Sereno.
International space station veers to avoid space junkThe ISS will move to a new orbit Thursday to avoid a possible collision with a fragment of debris. Over 21,000 pieces of space junk larger than a softball are estimated to be circling the planet.
- Fraud in scientific research: It happens, and cases are on the rise
Of 2,000 retractions of published scientific papers since 1977, 866 were because of fraud, a new study finds. Another 201 were plagiarized. But it's hard to know if more scientists are cheating, or if detection is simply better.
Great Barrier Reef declining faster than ever, coral cover could be 5 percent in a decadeGlobally, reefs are being assailed by myriad threats, particularly rising sea temperatures, increased ocean acidity and more powerful storms, but the threat to the Great Barrier Reef is even more pronounced, a study published on Tuesday found.
Mars rover finds surprisingly pleasant weather during day, deadly cold at nightTemperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of the Martian days, or sols, since REMS was turned on, scientists said.
Fraud in scientific research papers growing at alarming rateA review of retractions in medical and biological peer-reviewed journals finds the percentage of studies that had to be withdrawn because of scientific misconduct has jumped several-fold since the mid-1970s.
'Fearless' Redbull-sponsored daredevil to plunge to Earth from edge of spaceNext Monday over New Mexico, he will attempt the highest, fastest free fall in history and try to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
Space boat could voyage on Saturn moon Titan's lakesTitan, the largest of the more than 60 natural satellites of Saturn, is covered in seas, lakes and rivers of methane, and hosts a thick atmosphere, making it one of the most Earth-like bodies in the solar system.
Oxygen-starved fish to shrink significantly due to global warmingHuman fish supplies from oceans could be at risk by 2050, according to a new study, as weights for fish may fall by 14-24 percent.
Polar bear scientist reprimanded for improper release of government documentsAn Interior Department official said emails released by Charles Monnett were cited by a federal appeals court in decisions to vacate approval by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of an oil and gas company's Arctic exploration plan.
