SCOTUS TAKES UP LETHAL INJECTION
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review Oklahoma’s method of execution by lethal injection, taking up a case brought…
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Doomsday Clock Set at 3 Minutes to Midnight
The world is “3 minutes” from doomsday. That’s the grim outlook from board members of The Bulletin of the Atomic…
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X-Rays Reveal Snippets From Papyrus Scrolls That Survived Mount Vesuvius
Buried by a volcano, the scorched papyri may yet yield their secrets. The charred scrolls of ancient Herculaneum may yet…
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NASA Spacecraft Closing In on Dwarf Planets Pluto and Ceres
It is small. It is round. It was once a planet, but is now cast off as too diminutive. In…
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Astronomers Catch Mysterious Radio Blast From the Distant Universe
Coming from far beyond the galaxy, an extremely energetic blast of radio waves has been snared by astronomers lying in…
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Mysterious Planet X May Really Lurk Undiscovered in Our Solar System
“Planet X” might actually exist — and so might “Planet Y.” At least two planets larger than Earth likely lurk…