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5 Tips: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:03
Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen.

Spectacular New Images Showcase Saturn's Rings

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:33
New pictures of Saturn released Tuesday reveal the ringed planet in all its splendor.

Sick of Main Street, Going Green and Year-End Roundups

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 10:34
Many of us would now like to look ahead to what we hope will be better times.

What Science Says about Enlightened Sex

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 07:57
Another year, another batch of boring resolutions. So why not resolve to have better sex?

Report: Columbia Astronauts Killed in Seconds

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 07:31
The tragic loss of the shuttle Columbia killed its astronaut crew in seconds, NASA says.

New Columbia Accident Report to Help Astronaut Safety

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 07:28
Lessons learned from NASA's Columbia accident will help boost astronaut safety.

Future of Commercial Spaceflight Uncertain, But Promising

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Wed, 01/06/2010 - 07:28
The future of commercial spaceflight is uncertain, but holds promise in 2009.

5 Predictions for 2008 That (Thankfully) Failed

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 14:44
There are many self-described psychics who claim to see the future. How'd they do?

World's Largest Dinosaur Fossil Field Claimed

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 12:56
A field of dinosaur bones found earlier this year in China may be the largest in the world.

How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 09:04
Treecycling: It's time to recycle your Christmas tree.

Ancient Fossil Suggests Origin of Cheetahs

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 08:29
Today's cheetahs likely originated in the Old World.

Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Puzzles Scientists

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 07:47
A swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park are the most intense in years.

Amazing Mars: Discoveries in 2008

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 07:17
Phoenix, MRO, and rovers studied Mars' surface looking for signs of water and potential habitability.

Top 5 Historical Discoveries of 2008

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 07:10
This year got historians and archaeologists all hot under the elbow patches.

Smiles Are Innate, Not Learned

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 11:34
Blind individuals produce similar facial expressions as people with sight.

2008 a Devastating Year for Natural Disasters

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 11:18
Insurance group ranks this year third for human and financial losses from natural disasters.

Top 10 Most Literate U.S. Cities

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 09:18
Bookworms and others in cities in the Midwest and West have beaten out Yankee types to reach the very top of a researcher’s list of the most literate American cities.

New Hope for U.S. Science Education

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 08:50
More than 200,000 new science teachers needed in next decade.

Top 5 Incredible Science Discoveries of 2008

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 07:49
Dinosaurs, the brain, gorillas, electrons and arctic ice make the list of this year's top 5 science stories.

Exercise Improves Kids' Academics

LiveScience.com - Top Stories - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 07:06
Aerobic exercise improves a student's fitness level and test scores, too.
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