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Mothballed NASA telescope may get new life as asteroid hunter

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- NASA is considering re-activating a mothballed space telescope to help find asteroids that could be on a collision course with Earth, according to a senior U.S. space agency official.

Texas jury rules ban on registering cloned horses violates law

DALLAS - A Texas jury has ruled that a horse association violated anti-monopoly laws by banning cloned animals from its prestigious registry, a decision that could encourage cloning and open the way for the animals to participate in lucrative horse races.

U.S., 31 Jul 2013

'Comet of the Century' already may have fizzled out

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Astronomers slated to meet this week to discuss observing plans for Comet ISON may not have much to talk about. The so-called "Comet of the Century" may already have fizzled out.

29 Jul 2013

NASA pushing to keep 'space taxi' competition going

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA is pressing ahead with a program to fly its astronauts on commercial spaceships despite budget uncertainties that threaten to undermine a heated competition for its business.

31 Jul 2013

SpaceX wins bid to launch Canadian radar satellites

- Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies was selected to launch a trio of Canadian radar satellites aboard a single Falcon 9 rocket, the company announced on Tuesday.

30 Jul 2013

Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY - A team of paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said on Monday. | Video

Mexico, Lifestyle 23 Jul 2013

Smaller, paler Earth unveiled in new NASA photo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - A robotic space probe nearly 900 million miles from Earth turned its gaze away from Saturn and its entourage of moons to take a picture of its home planet, NASA said on Monday.

22 Jul 2013

Return of long-absent bumblebee near Seattle stirs scientific buzz

OLYMPIA, Washington - A North American bumblebee species that all but vanished from about half of its natural range has re-emerged in Washington state, delighting scientists who voiced optimism the insect might eventually make a recovery in the Pacific Northwest.

19 Jul 2013

Rocket blasts off from Florida with military communications satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying a sophisticated communications satellite designed to provide voice and data services for U.S. military forces around the world.

U.S., 19 Jul 2013

Insight: Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit

NEW YORK - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, es

Lifestyle 18 Jul 2013
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House Republicans leery of 'Obamacare' defunding idea

WASHINGTON - A Tea Party-inspired plan to kill President Barack Obama's healthcare law by forcing a government shutdown unless funds to implement the law are denied has not gained traction among senior Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Wednesday.