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Soyuz spacecraft ends mission with smooth landing
MOSCOW - A Russian Soyuz capsule landed on the Kazakh steppes on Sunday, safely delivering a trio of astronauts who helped to dock the first privately owned spacecraft during a six-month stint on the International Space Station. | Video
Rise in sea level can't be stopped: scientists
LONDON - Rising sea levels cannot be stopped over the next several hundred years, even if deep emissions cuts lower global average temperatures, but they can be slowed down, climate scientists said in a study on Sunday.
Cosmic discovery week ahead for science, perhaps
GENEVA - It has been fancifully dubbed the angel of creation and, to the particular scorn of physicists, the god particle.
Enjoy the long weekend, if only for second
LONDON - The world is about to get a well-earned long weekend but don't make big plans because it will only last an extra second.
China hails space mission's success as crew returns to Earth
BEIJING - China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday, ending a mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a manned docking test critical to its goal of building a space station by 2020.
Privately owned telescope to hunt for killer asteroids
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - A California space research group plans to build, launch and operate a privately funded space telescope to hunt for asteroids that may be on a collision course with Earth, project managers said on Thursday.
Saturn's largest moon likely has an underground ocean
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found strong evidence for an ocean of water beneath the frozen crust of Saturn's largest moon Titan, scientists said Thursday.
West's wildfires a preview of changed climate: scientists
- Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday.
Scientists develop spray-on battery
LONDON - Scientists in the United States have developed a paint that can store and deliver electrical power just like a battery.
"Blade Runner" still subject of scientists' debate
- While South African athlete Oscar Pistorius attempts to become the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympic Games, scientists are still arguing whether his artificial limbs give him a critical advantage or not.
Support for Obama healthcare law rises after ruling
WASHINGTON - Voter support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul has increased following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding it, although majorities still oppose it, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday showed.
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