Weird News

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Dexterous enough to grasp a heavy can of food or a raw egg, the unique, air-powered machine may someday be used in prosthetics or other scientific research. With video.

May 5, 2009
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After a factory had found a 40-million-year-old whale fossil in a limestone kitchen counter, researchers investigated the stone's fossil-packed quarry, which could shed light on the origins of African wildlife. Video.

May 4, 2009
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Evolving faster than any other new rabies virus on record, the bat-centered strain has mutated to become contagious among skunks and now foxes, experts believe--prompting fears that the virus may begin spreading rapidly.

May 4, 2009
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The fossils, which contain the only known extinct seahorse species, shed light on the mystery of how the poor swimmers were able to disperse across the globe, scientists say.

May 4, 2009
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Around the country, sting operations using animal decoys are saving wildlife from being illegally killed or captured for the pet trade.

May 1, 2009
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A rare collection of more than 2,000 species of Chinese fungi, sent to Cornell University for safekeeping after the outbreak of World War II, will soon be on its way back to its native land.

April 30, 2009
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Swine flu started sweeping the globe, a unique Roman artifact was unearthed, and a baby gorilla was found in an animal trafficker's suitcase, as seen in this week's selection of the best news pictures.

April 30, 2009
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His tastes may be sooo ten years ago, but the Backstreet Boys' smallest fan has helped scientists make an all-new discovery: Birds can dance. With videos.

April 30, 2009
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A South Korean research team claims to have cloned beagles with an implanted fluorescent gene. Some researchers say the technique could be applied to treatment of human diseases. Video.

April 29, 2009
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A four-story replica of a NASA rocket thundered high into the sky Saturday, breaking records and bringing fame to the Ohio auto-body specialist who built the beast. With video.

April 27, 2009
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Like zombies, spiders in a lab twitched back to life hours after "drowning." The spiders, it seems, enter comas to survive for hours underwater.

April 24, 2009
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See a bouncing baby marsupial, a Maya fire sport, ants with radio "backpacks," and more in the week's best news photos.

April 23, 2009
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A 94-year-old Australian woman may be the oldest person known to survive the bite of a male Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest spiders. Video.

April 23, 2009
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Less clumsy on land than its modern relatives, the flipperless "missing link" is the first hard evidence of land origins for seals, sea lions, and walruses.

April 22, 2009
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In 1970, the same year as "Bell Bottom Blues" hit the charts, bell-bottomed greens thronged the first Earth Day events, where they learned, chanted, sweeped—and even littered.

April 21, 2009

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