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8:12 AM EST
12/29/2011 Officials warns debris from Japanese tsunami could soon reach U.S.Federal officials are warning that debris from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of Japan nine months ago could soon reach the United States. Debris that washed away when the tsunami storm surge receded includes boats, pieces of smashed buildings, appliances and plastic, metal and rubber objects.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Science And Technology, Science, Human Interest, Curiosity

2:11 PM EST
12/9/2011 Lunar eclipse SaturdaySkywatchers on the Pacific coast will be able to catch a glimpse of the last total lunar eclipse until 2014 on Saturday.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Science

3:38 PM EDT
10/13/2011 Robot performs liver transplant surgery in IndiaIndian doctors have performed the country’s first liver transplant operation using a robot.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Science, Health, Medical Service, Human Interest, Curiosity

9:18 PM EDT
9/22/2011 Physicists find sub-atomic particles travel faster than lightScientists have found in an experiment that a beam of neutrinos travel faster than light threatening to invalidate Albert Einstein’s theory that nothing in the universe can travel faster than light.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Science, Human Interest, Curiosity

3:01 PM EDT
9/21/2011 Pakistan polio outbreak spreads to ChinaA polio outbreak in Pakistan has spread to China, killing one person and infecting nine others, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Virus Diseases, Science And Technology, Science

11:40 AM EDT
9/21/2011 Life found in Dead SeaGerman and Israeli scientists researching deep freshwater springs on the floor of the large but rapidly shrinking salty sea have found new forms of life hanging around the seabed.

Source:TML Topics:Science And Technology, Natural Science, Geology, Science

4:25 AM EDT
9/16/2011 Astronomers discover new planet with two sunsIn what is believed to be the first confirmed alien world of its kind, U.S. space agency has announced that NASA’s Kepler telescope has discovered a planet, which orbits around two suns.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Science

7:59 PM EDT
9/15/2011 Conjoined twins see each other for first time after surgery separated themA conjoined twin in Memphis saw each other for the first time since they were born eight months ago after surgeons successfully separated them last month.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Conditions, Human Interest, Curiosity, Science And Technology, Science

3:15 PM EDT
9/5/2011 Jesus' Facebook fans are the most activeThe most engaged Facebook page is Jesus Daily. To date, the Facebook page has 8.4 million "likes."

Source:AHN Topics:Religion And Belief, Belief (faith), Science And Technology, Science

3:35 PM EDT
8/24/2011 Magnitude 7 quake jolts Peru, BrazilAn earthquake with a magnitude of 7 struck eastern Peru near the border with Brazil on Wednesday.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Science And Technology, Science