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Molecules generated that can halt metastasis of colon cancer
Researches have managed to halt the progress of colon cancer and its metastasis in the liver in an experimental model with mice.
February 18, 2013
2008 milk scandal: A new twist in China’s toxic tale
Microbes might have helped melamine to poison milk in China in 2008, causing some 300,000 children and infants to become sick, and six deaths.
February 18, 2013
Video: The life of flowers
Watch flowers bloom in this popular timelapse video by Vorobyoff Productions.
February 18, 2013
Moon and Jupiter in skies throughout world last night
The star Aldebaran, Jupiter, and the first-quarter moon formed a triangle in Sunday night's sky, as captured by Duke Marsh in Albany, Indiana.
February 18, 2013
Best photos and video of asteroid 2012 DA14 during its February 15 flyby
The asteroid appeared from Earth to be moving quickly in front of the stars as it passed safely within the moon's distance from Earth on Friday, February 15.
February 17, 2013
What happened in Russia on Friday, February 15?
As yet, no meteorite fragment has been collected from the February 15, 2013 violent airburst explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
February 16, 2013
Asteroid 2012 DA14 as it passed over Europe
Mohamed Laaifat Photographies in Normandy, France captured this image of asteroid 2012 DA14 as it swept over Europe on February 15, 2013.
February 16, 2013
California scientists propose system to vaporize asteroids that threaten Earth
Two California scientists are unveiling their proposal for a system that could eliminate an asteroid threat.
February 15, 2013
How many asteroids in near-Earth space in mid-February, 2013?
Objects within 0.3 AU of the Earth - or within about a third of Earth's distance fromt the sun - in mid-February 2013. From Armagh Observatory.
February 15, 2013
Meteorite strikes Russia. Hundreds hurt.
Amateur video broadcast on Russian television show an object speeding across the sky. There was loud boom and an intense flash. Fragments of the meteorite has been located in central Russia.
February 15, 2013
