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New evidence on why myths persist: research from Duke and Carnegie Mellon shows that the more intensely people believe something to be true, the more likely it will resurface in the future, even if they have learned it was false.

Lawsuit: Apple Stole 'iPad' Name

Apple’s iPad has been a runaway success by almost any measure … except for the name “iPad.” A Chinese company, Proview Technology, that says it registered the iPad name there in 2001, and has sued Apple to stop it from using “iPad” in the giant...

Drillers Reach Antarctic Lake Vostok

Russian scientists say they have successfully drilled down to Lake Vostok, a body of water two miles beneath the ice in Antarctica that may have been sealed for 20 million years.

Global Warming: 'Weather on Steroids'

What impact is climate change having on our weather? To help answer, a group of researchers has just released a new online guide for understanding the links between more extreme weather and a warming planet. They call the effect 'weather on steroids.'

Spider-Man? 'Cobwebs' in Nuclear Waste

At the Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina, where, among other things, spent fuel rods from nuclear power reactors are stored, workers last fall reported a white substance, similar to cobwebs left by spiders, in one of the pools of of water where the...

Antarctic Mystery: Drilling Lake Vostok

Two and a half miles beneath Antarctica‘s ice lies Lake Vostok, a mysterious body of water 160 miles long and 30 miles wide that is believed to have been sealed off from the rest of the world for 20 million years. Now, the Russians, who...

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Family Billed $11K for Streaming Movies

When the Gibsons of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, in Canada, returned home from a family vacation in Arizona, they found a $10,600 bill from their Internet provider – all because they had let their children stream movies on Netflix without realizing there would be roaming charges. “The kids were getting...

'Atlantis' Eliminated in Google Earth

Scientists say grid on Atlantic floor caused by ship sweeping back and forth.

Bears at Play, Key for Survival

Hungry wild polar bear prefers playing with a chained sled dog to eating it. It sounds like a paradox. How could play — defined as “apparently purposeless activity that’s fun to do and pleasurable” — be vital for grim survival in such an often random...

Facebook's Success: Real Names Only

Facebook, which filed for an IPO this week, says it has been a success largely because it requires people to use their real names online and thus be more civil to each other. No anonymous flaming allowed. Can it last?

Madelyn Wins Out in Facebook Poll to Name Baby

What’s in a name? A lot, according to the more-than-4,200 people who took the time to vote in Facebook poll to determine what Dave and Lindsey Meske of Crystal Lake, Ill., should name their newborn baby daughter. The Meskes set up the poll, which drew...

Watch: Skydiver Aims for the Edge of Space

Neil Baumgartner hopes to break record by falling 23 miles back to Earth.

Watch: Scientists Reach Subglacial Freshwater Lake

After two decades of drilling, Russian crews reach Antarctica's Lake Vostoc.

Watch: Deleted Facebook Photos Stay in Cache

Backup copies remain on CDN servers and can be seen with a direct link.

Watch: Lawmaker Wants Tax on Violent Video Games

Okla. State Rep. Will Fourkiller's tax would fund anti-obesity campaign.

Watch: Distant Planet Could Be Right for Water

Scientists spot planet in the "habitable zone" around its star.

Watch: Steve Jobs Spoof Hawks Taiwanese Tablet

Action Pad commercial shows Jobs' lookalike with angel's halo and wings.

Watch: Meteor Soars Over Texas Skies

Police dash-cam captured the bright light that was seen as far as Kansas.

Watch: Baltic Sea Discovery Leads to UFO Chatter

Disc-shaped object resembles Millennium Falcon from 'Star Wars.'

Watch: Facebook and the Unfriend Finder

Free software lets users know which people ditched them on Facebook.

Watch: Mysteries of the Northern Lights

David Muir gives a little insight into what creates those amazing auroras.

Watch: Facebook Prepares for IPO

The Internet giant is expected to file the required paperwork to go public.

Watch: Kilauea Volcano Erupts Again

Volcano in Hawaii is most active in the U.S.

Watch: Solar Storm's Northern Lights Show

Largest solar storm in nine years gives stargazers a treat in the skies.

Watch: Megaupload: Web Site Hit by Feds

Justice Department indicts two companies behind the file-sharing site.

Watch: SOPA Backlash Causes Web Blackouts

Google and other sites protest anti-piracy laws with new look.

Watch: Failed Russian Mars Probe Re-Enters

Analytical Graphics animation of Phobos-Grunt spacecraft falling from orbit.

Watch: CES in 60 Seconds: M-Edge Super Shell

Bill Weir puts protective iPad case to the test.

Watch: Artist Tells Proposal Tale Through Legos

Walter Thompson re-enacts love story with stop-motion.

Watch: CES in 60 Seconds: Samsung Super OLED Televisions

Samsung displays ultra thin TV sets with voice controls and a video camera.

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Watch: CES in 60 Seconds: Sony Xperia LTE Phone

A first look at Sony's upcoming 4g mobile device.

Watch: Quadrantid Meteors Shower the Sky

Stargazers see debris from extinct comet over the Northern Hemisphere.

Watch: Steve Jobs Action Figure Unveiled

Unauthorized Apple co-founder doll goes on sale in February.

Watch: TechBytes (02.08.12)

Google releases a mobile version of its Chrome browser.

Photos: A Rabbit Gets Acupuncture

A two-faced cat, an elephant who need an eye doctor, a Malayian sun bear with a ten-inch tongue, and other strange cases from the animal kingdom.

Photos: Knut's Half-Sibling Born at Zoo

Anori, Knut's half-sibling born at German Zoo

Water World: New 'Super-Earth' Found

Scientists report they have found an exoplanet -- a world orbiting a distant star, 22 light-years away -- that they call the best candidate yet to be the right temperature for liquid water and, perhaps, life. It is labeled GJ 667Cc, and it is located in the constellation Scorpio.

Photos: Stellar Nursery in Stunning Detail

A star nursery, the aurora as seen from the International Space Station in orbit, a storm on Saturn as big as Earth, a spectacular solar flare, and images of the cosmos from the Hubble Space Telescope.

First Meteor Shower of 2012 Dazzles

The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first major show of shooting stars in 2012, peaks in the hours before dawn on Wednesday. The best seeing should be after the moon sets around 3 a.m. Astronomers say you may see 60-200 shooting stars per hour if the weather is clear.

First Earth-Size Planets Found in Space

Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope say they have found two planets orbiting a distant star -- and say the planets are the first ever that are the size of Earth or smaller. That could be critical in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Suicidal Comet Lives!

Comet Lovejoy, plunging toward the sun as NASA spacecraft watched, was expected to be vaporized by the sun's heat. Instead it survived, missing the sun by less than 90,000 miles. It was observed this morning heading back into deep space.

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Photos: One Last Look Inside Space Shuttle

American space flight over 50 years, from the selection of the first NASA astronauts to the final flight of the space shuttle.

Photos: Anniversary of NASA's Worst Tragedies

Late January is always a dark time of year for NASA's astronaut program; the anniversaries of its three worst accidents all happen in the same week. The Apollo 1 astronauts died in a cockpit fire on Jan. 27, 1967. The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff Jan. 28, 1986. And the space shuttle Columbia broke up on return to earth Feb. 1, 2003.

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