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Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
3 hours 7 mins ago
A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
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Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate
9 hours 31 mins ago
Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online _ stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
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Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang
9 hours 59 mins ago
Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
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Ukraine's `hot air' bedevils global climate deal
12 hours 28 mins ago
Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.
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Bangladeshi mom wants twins to stay in Australia
19 hours 1 min ago
The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.
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Report: Bangladeshi mom doesn't want twins back
1 day ago
The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.
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Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails
1 day ago
The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.
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Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue
1 day ago
The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets.
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