UK-based scientists win Nobel physics prize for ultrathin carbon 100 times stronger than steel

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon

Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

2 professors in UK win Nobel Prize in physics

Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards of Britain wins 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine

Nobel Prize given for test tube baby research

Get into the beet: Studies say beetroot juice could help athletes exercise longer

Beet it: To exercise longer, try beetroot juice

Study: Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing or extra DNA in their brains

Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA

Segway company owner dies in England after falling into river on the unique two-wheeler

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff

Britain’s new opposition chief ‘Red Ed’ Miliband offers easy charm, razor sharp intellect

UK opposition chief has new ideas and human touch

Rare copy of Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ expected to fetch millions at Sotheby’s UK auction

Sotheby’s to sell rare Audubon ‘Birds of America’

Need to bounce back from big workout? Experts say milk better than sports drinks for recovery

Milk does a body good, especially athletes

Scientists devise tests for gene doping; experts call it ‘major breakthrough’

WADA reports breakthrough in gene doping tests

British scientists develop gel that could speed healing of chronic wounds, ulcers and injuries

New gel could speed wound healing

LONDON — For three years, Connie McPherson had debilitating leg ulcers that were so painful she sometimes couldn’t sleep. Despite repeated surgery, antibiotics, steroids and other treatments, nothing helped.

British scandal over beef from cloned cow offspring points to changes in Europe food market

Cloned beef flap spreads alarm in Britain

LONDON — News that meat and milk from the offspring of cloned cattle — illegal to sell here without proper authorization — may have made their way into the U.K. food chain has set hands wringing in Britain, a country still sensitive from its experience with mad cow disease.

Crews remove Gulf relief well plug, another step toward getting ready to kill it

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

BP tries to reinvent self with American CEO; Hayward agrees but grouses, ‘Life isn’t fair’

BP hopes to turn page with new CEO, leaner company

Hayward made changes that boosted BP’s bottom line before oil spill exposed failures in safety

President Barack Obama hosts a press conference

Stonehenge’s sister? Archaeologists discover traces of ancient circle near famous stone site

Sister monument to Stonehenge may have been found

Archaeologists discover another ceremonial monument near UK’s world famous Stonehenge

Another ceremonial monument found near Stonehenge

BP reduces number of boats skimming oil in Gulf; captains concerned oil giant pulling out

BP reduces number of boats skimming oil in Gulf

Wide-eyed, forest-dwelling primate feared extinct for over 60 years photographed in Sri Lanka

Rare Sri Lankan primate gets 1st wide-eyed closeup

Scientists: In colonizing Europe, humans braved northern climes earlier than first thought

Early humans ventured farther north than thought

UK inquiry into climate e-mail scandal vindicates researchers, but finds lack of data openness

‘Climategate’ inquiry mostly vindicates scientists

Independent inquiry into climate e-mails leaked from British research center to release report

Leaked climate e-mail inquiry to release report

BP confirms that Bob Dudley will head new unit to clean up Gulf oil spill

BP puts Bob Dudley in key Gulf clean-up role

Bribery or aid? Japan pays developing countries that support its positions at whaling meetings

Japanese vote buying is the buzz of whaling meet

Archaeologists say they have found what may be gladiator graveyard in northern England

Gladiator graveyard discovered in northern England

Radiation plus hormones boosts prostate cancer survival; new breast cancer drug shows promise

Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survival

Put down that energy bar: Experts say to burn more fat, try working out on an empty stomach

To burn more fat, skip breakfast before workout

Isaac Newton’s famous apple tree breaking loose from gravity on shuttle Atlantis’ last flight

Newton’s apple tree bound for gravity-free orbit

Iceland’s volcanic ash dealing ’summer of uncertainty’ to European air travelers in its path

Iceland’s ash may keep choking Europe’s air travel

Britain’s New Tories: More women, more minorities _ and maybe _ more troublemakers?

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Game over for brain training games? Study says computer brain games don’t make you smarter

Study: Brain games don’t make you smarter

LONDON — People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests.

Britain’s Brown hosts Germany’s Merkel, both agree on need for new sanctions against Iran

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US skylines, landmarks go dark for ‘Earth Hour’ campaign to promote action on climate change

Earth Hour

Moscow readies to power down as global warming warning event Earth Hour rolls round to Europe

Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour

UK High Court orders review of Heathrow third runway, delaying government’s expansion plans

UK High Court orders review of Heathrow expansion

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