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Watch NASA’s Moon Buggy Competition LIVE!
Today is the 20th Annual Lunar Buggy Race! Every year, hundreds of colleges and high schools submit to NASA PowerPoint presentations, designs, and blueprints for their human-po
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Scientists Say Life Is Possible on Jupiter’s Europa Moon
Scientists believe that the key to discovering extraterrestrial life could lie deep in the festering, underground oceans of Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa. New research suggests that if the salt water ocean beneath the surface of the frigid moon ever makes it's way to the surface, creating an intergalactic petri dish capable of producing a life-promoting environment.
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10 Biggest Asteroids to Hit Earth – How Does Recent Rock in Russia Compare? [VIDEO]
February 20, 2013 We've all seen the stunning video of the space rock that blasted in Russia recently. Is it anywhere near one of the biggest ever?
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Tri-Cities Doctor Accused of Fondling Breasts of Unconscious Cancer Patients
Earlier this month a Benton County Superior Court judge ordered Dr. Lloyd Olson to pay his former employer's attorney fees after Olson lost a suit he filed for back wages. It appears the judge sided against Olson because a technician at a local hospital testified he touched women inappropriately while they were knocked out before surgery.
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No Drones Over Seattle – City Cancels Program and Returns Unit to Supplier!
February 8, 2013 Citing a backlash from the community and questions over privacy, Seattle has scrubbed its surveillance program.
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Richland Plans for Kadlec Growth – Hospital Is City’s Largest Employer + No. 4 in Tri-Cities
$140 million went from Kadlec Health Systems to Tri-Cities families last year.
That's up from Kadlec's $30 million payroll just 11 years ago when it employed 740 people. Today it employs about 2,200 people -- the most in Richland's "business district" and the No. 4 largest private employer in the Tri-Cities. That's according to the City of Richland, which is doing everything it can to help Kadlec continue to grow.
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Star 1000x Larger Than the Sun Set to Collide With Interstellar Wall and Oh God What is an Interstellar Wall?!
Not only is the famed Betelgeuse star set to burn out the remainder of its astronomical life, but it is also on an immediate crash course with a ginormous interstellar wall. Thanks science, we were just saying earlier how we never wanted to sleep ever again!
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Prostate Cancer Treatment May Shrink Your Weenie
Frightened by the idea of an urban witch doctor with a 7-inch long finger giving you your annual, white-knuckle prostate exam? You should actually be more concerned about the possibility of your penis shriveling up like a California raisin.
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Astronauts Wanted for Mission to Mars – No Experience Necessary
If you've ever dreamed of embarking on a journey to space but never quite felt like you had the chops to hang with the NASA elite, now would be a good time to try to locate an Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator and a solid pair of moon boots: you just might qualify to go to Mars.
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Fertile Women Are More Competitive Against Attractive Women
Being good-looking may be beneficial to a woman’s career—unless her boss is also an attractive female, as new research finds that women at the peak of their fertility tend to hold a sharper competitive edge toward other women they find attractive.
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Scientists Given Jail Time for ‘Failing to Predict’ Italian Earthquake [POLL]
October 22, 2012 Think the trial lawyer ads on TV for medical lawsuits are insane? Now it's gone up a notch.
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New Gadget Shuts Down Rude Phone Calls!
The 2012 winner of the Ig Nobel prize -- an award for weird and humorous scientific discoveries, sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine -- was announced Thursday.
The award was awarded to Koji Tsukada and Kazutaka Kurihara of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. “Winn