Scientists find large meteorite in Antarctica
International scientists say they've discovered an 18-kilo (40-pound) meteorite in eastern Antarctica, the largest found in that area in 25 years.
Polish cosmetics maker Inglot dies at 57
Wojciech Inglot, a Polish chemist and businessman who founded and ran a cosmetics company, Inglot, that grew into an international success with nearly ...
Diplomats: Iran starts upgrade of nuclear site
In a disheartening signal to world powers at upcoming Iran talks, Tehran has started installing high-tech machines at its main uranium enrichment site ...
NASA regains space station contact after outage
The International Space Station regained contact with NASA controllers in Houston after nearly three hours of accidental quiet, the space agency says.
Russian scientists recover meteor fragments
Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, and preliminary tests are turning up ...
Meteor-broken windows in Russian city being fixed
Authorities in a Russian city say more than half of the acres of windows smashed in the city by an exploding meteor's shock wave have been replaced.
Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had ...
Skyfall: Meteorites strike Earth every few months
A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out countless windows and injured more than a ...
Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth _ unlike meteor
An asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles (27,599 kilometers) and making the closest known flyby ...
Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, ...
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction
What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social ...
Russia, Kazakhstan may manage space base together
Russia may suspend its lease for some facilities at the Baikonur space complex in Kazakhstan, opening the way for its joint administration by the two ...
India, France review pending defense deal
India and France on Thursday reviewed progress in a multibillion-dollar deal to build French fighter jets for the Indian air force and a separate ...
Syria official warns of trafficking in antiquities
A Syrian government official warned Wednesday of rampant trafficking in antiquities from his country and appealed for U.N. help in halting the illicit ...
Guppies use ugly friends to seem more attractive
When it comes to mating, guppies treasure their ugly friends - because they look so good by comparison. An article published Wednesday by Britain's ...
Historians, scientists, artist win Israeli prize
American intellectual Leon Wieseltier, French philosopher Michel Serres and British historian Sir Geoffrey Lloyd are among the winners of this year's ...
Zimbabwe faces crayfish crisis in water ecosystem
Scientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food ...
New whooping cough strain in US raises questions
Researchers have discovered the first U.S. cases of whooping cough caused by a germ that may be resistant to the vaccine. Health officials are looking ...
UK's space age Antarctic base can slide across ice
British researchers have unveiled a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the frozen surface to beat the shifting ice and ...
Iceland investigating mass herring deaths
Researchers in Iceland are blaming low oxygen levels in a shallow fjord for the deaths of tens of thousands of tons of herring. Masses of dead herring ...
Experts find remains of England's King Richard III
He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy. On Monday, ...
Study suggests Neanderthals died out earlier
Theories about when the last Neanderthals walked the Earth may have to be revised, according to a study that suggests they became extinct in their ...
Supersonic skydiver reached 844 mph in record jump
Supersonic Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner was faster than he or anyone else thought during his record-setting jump last October from 24 miles (38 ...
Scientists to reveal result of Richard III hunt
Has Britain's lost king been found? Later Monday, scientists will announce the results of tests conducted to determine whether a battle-scarred ...
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