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Milky Way teeming with 'billions' of planets: study

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- The Milky Way is home to far more planets than previously thought, boosting the odds that at least one of them may harbour life, according to a study released Wednesday. Not...

Hawking defies science to celebrate 70th birthday

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- When Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease aged just 21, he was given only a few years to live. But the British scientist marks his 70th birthday on Sunday,...

Scientists find answer to supernova riddle

One light year is the distance that light travels in 365 Earth days, about 9.46 trillion kilometres or 5.87 trillion miles. "We caught the supernova just 11 hours after it exploded, so soon that...

Goodwill rats help pals escape: study

WASHINGTON- Lab rats have feelings, too. Given a choice between munching on a tasty chocolate treat or helping a fellow rat escape from a restraint, test rodents often preferred to liberate a pal...

'Curiosity' rover launches for Mars

It carries a robotic arm, a drill, and a set of 10 science instruments including two color video cameras. Sensors will enable it to report back on the Martian weather and the levels of radiation...

Contested 'faster-than-light' experiment yields same results

On September 23, the European team issued a massive challenge to fundamental physics by saying they had measured particles called neutrinos which travelled around six kilometres (3.75 miles) per...

Scientists take fresh look at 'faster-than-light' experiment

PARIS- Scientists who threw down the gauntlet to physics by reporting particles that broke the Universe's speed limit said on Friday they were revisiting their contested experiment. "The new test...

Table salt used to boost digital storage: scientists

SINGAPORE- Scientists in Singapore said Friday they have discovered a process that can expand the data storage capacity of computer hard disks six-fold using a common kitchen ingredient -- table...

Nobel Prize committee had the wrong number: US winner

WASHINGTON- American physicist Saul Perlmutter said the Nobel Prize Committee must have had the wrong number because he did not hear the news from them Tuesday that he was a winner of the 2011 prize...

Success or failure, for Einstein it's all relative

But soon after this shadow fell across Einstein's reputation, another experiment came along which has validated -- magnificently and on a cosmological scale -- another of his landmark ideas....
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