AP - NASA will try to launch Discovery to the international space station next week, less than a month after the last shuttle mission.
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US media and entertainment giant Time Warner and YouTube announced an agreement Wednesday to show clips from news reports, television shows and movies on the popular video-sharing site.
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Is there nothing a smartphone can't help you do better?
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U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported Wednesday. The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.
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If you are wilting under the summer heat, consider this: your child may one day think of summer 2009 as "back in the cool old days." To illustrate expected increases in extreme summer heat, scientists at Climate Central have analyzed climate change projections made with global climate models.
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(AP) -- No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country.
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SPACE.com - NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Discovery next week after settling outlying concerns with the foam insulation covering the spacecraft's external fuel tank.
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