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8 great heroes of human rights

Tue, Jun 18, 2013 11:07 AM
by Melissa Breyer
From Nelson Mandela to Mahatma Gandhi to Jimmy Carter, these tireless advocates have made the world a better place.

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'Extinct' frog resurfaces in Israel
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 11:46 AM by Melissa Breyer
New research has determined that the Hula painted frog is actually a 'living fossil.'
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NASA to launch sun-watching satellite this month

Wed, Jun 05, 2013 10:32 AM by Denise Chow, SPACE.com

The probe's orbit will grant it a nearly continuous looks at the sun's corona.
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Real life 'lizard king' named for Doors' frontman Morrison

Wed, Jun 05, 2013 10:05 AM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

The lizard fossils were first collected during expeditions in the 1970s, but they sat unanalyzed in a museum collection for more than 30 years.
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Naked continent? See Antarctica without ice

Wed, Jun 05, 2013 10:00 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

NASA's new map combined radar, sound waves and electromagnetic instruments to peer beneath Antarctica's ice.
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'Sesame Street' teams up with national parks to get kids outside
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 9:58 AM by Jenn Savedge
New videos from 'Sesame Street' and the National Park Service aim to get kids interested in the natural world.
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Graffiti on the rise in national parks
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 6:29 AM by Jenn Savedge
Social media may be to blame for the recent surge in vandalism in our nation's parks.
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Mongolia's Gobi bear clings to existence
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 2:10 PM by Russell McLendon
Mongolia, the host of this year's U.N. World Environment Day, is home to Earth's rarest bear. Conservationists hope 2013 will mark the beginning of its comeback.
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Underwater photo contest winners include seal, shrimp
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 12:28 PM by LiveScience
Winners from the 2013 Annual Underwater Photography Contest held by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science epitomize the beautiful diversity of the open oceans.
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Tonight's rocket launch will be visible from East Coast

Tue, Jun 04, 2013 12:20 PM by Joe Rao, SPACE.com

Scheduled to launch from the Wallops Flight Facility, the rocket carries instruments to study when the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe and how brightly they burned their nuclear fuel.
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Study: Increased carbon dioxide may lead to greener deserts
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 11:43 AM by John Platt
But researchers warn that CO2 fertilization could also result in other environmental shifts.
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Engineering students design Mars rover of the future

Tue, Jun 04, 2013 10:46 AM by Leslie Meredith, TechNewsDaily

Teams construct robots that compete in a series of challenges that reflect duties the rovers would perform on Mars.
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Ocean drilling expedition sets sail to probe glacier changes

Tue, Jun 04, 2013 10:10 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

Examining layers of offshore sediment can provide insight into the link between glaciers and climate change.
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Clue to Neil Armstrong's famous quote lies in Ohio accent

Tue, Jun 04, 2013 10:06 AM by Robert Z. Pearlman, SPACE.com

There's a bit of overlap when some Ohioians say 'for a', creating a 'frrr(uh)' sound.
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Conservationist shares home with 200 sloths
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 8:01 AM by Laura Moss
Monique Pool came to the rescue of the sloths when their habitat was marked for destruction — but she never expected to find so many.
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13 of the cutest tree-dwelling animals in the world
Mon, Jun 03, 2013 5:34 PM by Bryan Nelson
Why is it that so many tree-dwelling animals are so darned cute? Check out our baker's dozen of arboreal animals.
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