Good environmental grades for most Tahoe ski resorts; criticism over climate change

Good environmental grades for most Tahoe ski runs

Details of White House Christmas decorations: from Blue Room to East Room to gingerbread house

Details of White House Christmas decorations

GOP grills Obama officials on climate e-mails; scientists say warming concerns still legit

Obama science officials defend warming research

Federal agency says prairie dogs not endangered despite losing most of their habitat

Federal agency says prairie dogs not endangered

Man accused of setting deadly 2003 California wildfire wants speedy trial

Man accused of deadly Calif. fire wants fast trial

Former Arizona school district worker accused of using school computers to seek space aliens

Space alien search costs AZ school worker his job

NIH approves first batches of embryonic stem cells for tax-funded research, promises more soon

President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama and wife
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Somali pirates hijack ship with $20M of oil, showing difficulty of protecting supertankers

Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US

Geneva Big Bang machine beats US lab record, sends proton beams over 1 trillion electron volts

Geneva Big Bang machine beats Chicago lab record

Ducks, Beavers have been at it for a century, with good, bad and ugly results

Civil War game spans more than a century

While this season’s Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State has been called the biggest game in the rivalry’s history, there have been plenty of significant — and just plain strange — Civil Wars in the past.

HEALTHBEAT: Cadavers still play an important role for student doctors learning anatomy

Doctors in training still learn from cadavers

HEALTHBEAT: Doctors-to-be still learn anatomy from cadavers but the intimate rite is evolving

Rare peek at how doctors-to-be learn from cadavers

Iraqi sands hid remains of missing Gulf War pilot Speicher; twists and turns stymied hunt

US President Bill Clinton

Rat pack: Scientists turn to long-living, hardy African rodents for insights in human health

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Hidden in the Iraqi sand: Series of twists and turns stymied long search for pilot’s remains

US President Bill Clinton
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Kids, take out your cell phones: Teachers turn students’ favorite pastime into class tool

Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons

Police question 1 of 3 teens last seen in Calif. home where charred human remains were found

Police question teen about remains outside CA home

Studies, health officials say cutting global warming pollution has health benefits

Protesters rally outside the White House
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Studies say cutting global warming gases also has health benefit of saving millions of lives

Studies: Fighting global warming reduces diseases

Thanksgiving just once a year? Researchers say regular gratitude promotes health, happiness

Research: Giving thanks brings health, happiness

CERN: Big Bang atom smasher starts operating as a proton accelerator

Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams

CERN: Big Bang atom smasher gets 1st proton collisions as beams stream in both directions

Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits

Obama says White House will host national science fair to honor nation’s young inventors

President Barack Obama
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Seattle Genetics receives $12 million in expansion of partnership with Astellas

Seattle Genetics gets $12 million in Astellas deal

Scientists: Beams of protons now streaming in both directions inside Geneva’s Big Bang machine

Protons
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Thousands of Dr. Sueuss-like creatures live in dark ocean depths, report finds

Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean

Report: Thousands of deep-sea dwellers found scavenging in the ocean’s pitch-black recesses

Study: Scavengers big and small dwell in deep sea

Scientists get Big Bang machine working again, now plan to explore the depths of matter

Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang

Scientists stunned by quick restart of European Big Bang machine after year of repairs

Quick restart of Big Bang machine stuns scientists

Beams of protons circulate in European Big Bang machine after more than a year of repairs

Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine

University of Nebraska regents vote not to further restrict embryonic stem-cell research rules

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