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This week: Wolves cloned, mice given "human" vision, world's oldest perfume found, France releases UFO files, and more.

July 31, 2007
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Since they (probably) can't use the Force, NASA scientists turned to a space telescope to reveal that planets not unlike Luke Skywalker's home world could form around binary stars.

March 30, 2007
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A new NASA image colors our the gas giant in a surprising new light (namely purple), depicting gargantuan auroras ignited by volcanic particles.

March 30, 2007
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For the second time in 11 years, a brightly colored galaxy is garnering worldwide attention for housing a brilliant supernova.

March 29, 2007
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Using a technique adapted from oil and gas exploration, researchers have made the best estimate to date of the temperature of the core-mantle boundary.

March 29, 2007

Scientists have created two clones of an endangered gray wolf, raising the question of whether cloning could be the conservation tool of the future.

March 29, 2007
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A bizarre, six-sided cloud formation that extends deep into the atmosphere could be a key to solving the mystery of how fast the gas giant is spinning.

March 28, 2007
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A space rock the size of three football fields may have slammed into California more than 35 million years ago, leaving a crater more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) wide.

March 27, 2007
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A scanner that can detect weapons without revealing a person's intimate body parts or identity could replace more invasive x-ray technology, an expert says.

March 27, 2007
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One of the largest poisonous cane toads ever recorded was captured yesterday in a nighttime "raid" as part of a nationwide campaign to eradicate the toxic pests.

March 27, 2007
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The unique ability of marmoset embryos to exchange practically any type of cell - including reproductive cells - may explain the animals' strange child care system.

March 26, 2007
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It'd yield calamari the size of tractor tires, but that's not why scientists might use a giant microwave machine to defrost this recently caught sea monster.

March 23, 2007
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Scientists are working on a new nanotech material that may be light enough and sturdy enough to protect deep-space astronauts from deadly interstellar radiation.

March 23, 2007
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A few rodents are seeing red (and other colors) for the first time, thanks to a genetic experiment that gave them enhanced color vision.

March 22, 2007
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A 3.8-billion-year-old rock formation provides much earlier evidence for plate tectonics on Earth—and may even help explain the origin of life.

March 22, 2007

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