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Part of a growing trend, a Danish family of seven has installed its own wind turbine to produce all the electricity the family needs while reducing its carbon footprint. Video.

November 4, 2009
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Want to meet a Martian or spark lunar conflict? Two former NASA specialists give tips for making the most of Google's 3-D space offerings—and offer hints for finding some little-known gems.Video

November 3, 2009
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Researchers may have found a way to induce molting in blue crabs, which could increase the availability of soft-shell crabs, considered a delicacy. Video.

October 30, 2009
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NASA this morning launched a prototype of its first new rocket in nearly 30 years. The Ares I-X is a precursor of the rocket that could launch humans back to the moon and carry the space shuttle's replacement spacecraft, Orion.

October 28, 2009
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Wild dromedary camels, brought to Australia in the mid-19th century to help explore and develop the outback, were left to breed and survive on their own. Now they number a million in the wild and have become pests, officials say. Video.

October 26, 2009
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In the wilds of northern Minnesota, bear expert Lynn Rogers teaches participants at a "wild encounters" camp about bear language, manners, and lifestyle—all while getting up close and personal with wild black bears. Video.

October 22, 2009
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A new robot sweats, moans, and exhibits symptoms of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Unveiled Thursday in Japan, the robot is to help train health care workers. Video.

October 22, 2009
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Team Germany was the winner in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon, which had 20 entries in a contest to create the best solar-powered house. Video.

October 21, 2009
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Police in Australia say a blood-engorged leech, through DNA testing, led them to a man responsible for the robbery eight years ago of a 71-year-old woman.Video

October 20, 2009
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Without having been trained to do so, chimps in a Japanese study helped their fellow apes access elusive juice. The researchers say this adds to evidence that chimps are more similar to humans than previously thought. Video

October 19, 2009
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Australia's iconic, island-like Uluru, or Ayers Rock, may soon be off limits to climbers, mainly because Aborigines see the desert sandstone formation as sacred. Video.

October 16, 2009
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Data released this week by researchers who spent three months this spring measuring ice on the Arctic Ocean suggests that the North Pole could be largely open sea in summer within a decade—and ice free by 2029.

October 15, 2009
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For the first time, spacecraft have observed eruptions on the sun from multiple angles for hours on end—a feat made possible by NASA's twin STEREO craft. Video.

October 14, 2009
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Quick! What should you do if a venomous snake slithers into your workplace? A two-day course in Australia has the answers. Video.

October 13, 2009
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NASA's "moon bombing" Friday morning was successful, but the LCROSS impact proved anticlimatic to many skywatchers.

October 09, 2009

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