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Watch: One-armed boy hits Little League home run
Tommy Morrissey recently proved that you don't need two arms to hit a Little League long ball.
Watch: Heat's Dwyane Wade impresses son with circus shot
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade is making the stretch run of his NBA career a personal highlight reel, with his latest showing including a circus shot.
NASA study reproduces origins of life on ocean floor
Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of the new study offer clues...
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers withdraws troops from U.S.-Mexico border
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order Monday to withdraw the Wisconsin National Guard from the U.S.-Mexico border.
NASA Selects Mission to Study Space Weather from Space Station
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NASA Study Reproduces Origins of Life on Ocean Floor
A team of scientists has re-created some of the first steps of life in the lab, testing whether life could emerge on other ocean worlds.
New NASA mission could find more than 1,000 planets
A NASA telescope that will give humans the largest, deepest, clearest picture of the universe since the Hubble Space Telescope could find as many as 1,400 new planets outside Earth's...
Super Typhoon Wutip's 25 mile-wide eye seen by NASA-NOAA satellite
Tropical Cyclone Wutip has strengthened into a powerful super typhoon and NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite snapped a visible image of the storm that revealed a clear eye.
Laser drill leads to world record in plasma acceleration
Scientists have set a new world record for plasma accelerators: In a plasma tube only 20 centimeters long, the team has accelerated electrons to an energy of 7.8 billion electron...
New NASA mission could find more than 1,000 planets
A NASA telescope that will give humans the largest, deepest, clearest picture of the universe since the Hubble Space Telescope could find as many as 1,400 new planets outside Earth's...
NASA engineers are investigating Curiosity probe's computer reset
Curiosity is taking a hiatus from its scientific mission, according to the rover's most recent Twitter update.
Old stars live longer than we thought
The type of stars we refer to, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, officially up to now the objects which have suffered the greatest loss of mass. But...
Colorado Rockies sign skipper Bud Black to three-year extension
The Colorado Rockies have signed manager Bud Black to a three-year contract extension.
Dodgers meet with Bryce Harper, interested in short-term deal
The Los Angeles Dodgers are interested in free agent star Bryce Harper and have contacted his representatives about a short-term signing.
How scientists are piecing together the history of the moon
In the solar system’s early days, a first Earth is thought to have been pulverised by a planet that scientists call Theia. We don’t know what it was made of...
Lilly Singh: 'I'm fully embracing' my bisexuality
Lilly Singh, aka IISuperwomanII, thanked fans for their support after coming out as bisexual on Twitter and Instagram.
Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year
The Soviet Union launched the Cosmos 482 Venus probe on March 31, 1972. But the failed Venus craft is crashing back to Earth soon.
Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?
Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.
Storm cuts power to 600K in Northeast, grounds hundreds of flights
Strong winds cut power to more than 600,000 homes and businesses from Michigan to New York, utility officials said Monday.
Donald Trump talks China, border wall, Kim Jong Un summit before leaving for Vietnam
President Donald Trump left Monday for Vietnam to meet in a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to discuss denuclearization.
Watch: Ryan Reynolds teases 'Detective Pikachu' trailer with comedic video
Ryan Reynolds teased on Twitter that a new trailer for "Detective Pikachu" is arriving on Tuesday alongside a comedic video of himself.
New York Yankees sign OF Aaron Hicks to $70M extension
The New York Yankees and outfielder Aaron Hicks have agreed to a seven-year contract extension.
Stellar wind of old stars reveals existence of a partner
Red giants are old stars that eject gaseous material and solid particles through a stellar wind. Some red giants appeared to lose an exceptionally large amount of mass this way....
How scientists are piecing together the history of the moon
In the solar system's early days, a first Earth is thought to have been pulverised by a planet that scientists call Theia. We don't know what it was made of...
Watch: Arkansas softball star Danielle Gibson hits home run cycle
Arkansas sophomore Danielle Gibson hit every form of home run, accomplishing a rare long-ball cycle in a 15-3 win against SIEU.
Winter storm cuts power to 600K in Northeast, grounds hundreds of flights
Powerful winds have cut power to more than 600,000 homes and businesses from Michigan to New York, utility officials said Monday.
Virgin Galactic: Scots-born pilot rockets into space
Scotsman Dave Mackay piloted Virgin Galactic's rocket plane to 90km above California's Mojave Desert.
UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September
The United Arab Emirates has announced the date the first astronaut from the Gulf Arab nation will go into space.