PANDA GIVES BIRTH TO FEMALE CUB AT NATIONAL ZOO
FILE – In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo Mei Xiang, a giant female panda, rests at the National Zoo in Washington. Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub at…
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ASTRONAUT RECOUNTS NEAR-DROWNING ON SPACEWALK
By MARCIA DUNN In this March 4, 2013 photo made available by NASA, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in…
SILICON VALLEY KEENLY AWAITS LATEST LEGO ROBOT KIT
By MARTHA MENDOZA In this Aug. 14, 2013, photo, children look at a computer presentation on how to assemble Lego parts during a Digital Media Academy workshop in Stanford, Calif.…
CIA ACKNOWLEDGES AREA 51 _ BUT NOT UFOS OR ALIENS
By HANNAH DREIER A U-2 spy plane is tested at an airstrip 90 miles north of Las Vegas that became known as Area 51 in this undated, archive photo provided…
2 RUSSIANS TURN CABLE GUYS IN RECORD SPACEWALK
By MARCIA DUNN In this image from video made available by NASA, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin approaches a hatch on the International Space Station, about 7 hours into a spacewalk with…
FEDS, FAMILY REACH DEAL ON — USE OF DNA INFORMATION
By MALCOLM RITTER This 1940s photo made available by the family shows Henrietta Lacks. In 1951, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancerous cells from Lacks without her knowledge or consent.…
BENEFIT OF MOBILE APPS FOR TODDLERS QUESTIONED
By ANNE FLAHERTY FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 file photo, Frankie Thevenot, 3, plays with an iPad in his bedroom at his home in Metairie, La. As…
SCIENTISTS TO SERVE LAB-MADE BURGER FROM COW CELLS
Mark Post, developer of the stem cell burger, poses before the first public tasting, in London, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. For hamburgers that cost more than $300,000 to produce, you…