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'Cloak of Invisibility' Takes a Step Forward

'Cloak of Invisibility' Takes a Step Forward

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harry Potter would be pleased, science is slowly catching up with him.

Did Internet Hacker Disable 100 Cars?

Did Internet Hacker Disable 100 Cars?

(AP) --  A man fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles sold at his old workplace, police said Wednesday.

Somebody's Watching You at Work

Somebody's Watching You at Work

(USA TODAY) - Firms have become sharp-eyed, keenly eared watchdogs as they try to squeeze every penny's worth of their employees' salaries and to ensure they have the most professional and lawsuit-proof workplaces.

FBI Using Social Networks to Solve Crimes

FBI Using Social Networks to Solve Crimes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Popular social-networking sites have attracted millions of users -- and the feds.

Medieval Tomes Slated for Digitization

Medieval Tomes Slated for Digitization

Undated (AP) -- Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.

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Google Adds Bike Lane With Latest Mapping Feature

Google Adds Bike Lane With Latest Mapping Feature

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.

Archaeologists Discover Artifacts in Darlington

Archaeologists Discover Artifacts in Darlington

Darlington, SC (WLTX) - Archaeologists with the University of South Carolina and The Department of Natural Resources have discovered aproximately 200,000 Native American artifacts at the Johannes Kolb Site in Darlington.

Fossils of Snake Eating Dino Eggs Found in India

Fossils of Snake Eating Dino Eggs Found in India

BANGKOK (AP) -- The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday.

Scientists Misread Data on Global Warming Controversy

Scientists Misread Data on Global Warming Controversy

USA TODAY -- "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you," then, with apologies to Kipling, you might not be a climate scientist.

New Weather Satellite Launches Into Orbit

New Weather Satellite Launches Into Orbit

Cape Canaveral, FL (Florida Today) - A powerful Delta IV rocket hauled a national weather satellite into orbit Thursday after a spectacular nighttime launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Experts Still Agree: Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs

Experts Still Agree: Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs

(AP) -- An all-star panel of researchers says it was the crash of a giant asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.

How Cybercriminals Invade Social Networks, Companies

How Cybercriminals Invade Social Networks, Companies

SAN FRANCISCO (USA TODAY) - "Hey Alice, look at the pics I took of us last weekend at the picnic. Bob"

Best Science on TV: Comedy Central's Stewart, Colbert?

Best Science on TV: Comedy Central's Stewart, Colbert?

New York (USA TODAY) -- Looking for science? Headed for Animal Planet or the Science Channel?

EPA Honors SC Agencies for Keeping Air Clean

EPA Honors SC Agencies for Keeping Air Clean

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Top officials of the federal Environmental Protection Agency are honoring South Carolina agencies for using stimulus money to help keep the air clean.

Big Quake Coming for US?

Big Quake Coming for US?

(CBS News) -- With major seismic events in Haiti and Chile occurring so close together, and relatively close to the United States, is another major earthquake due to strike our country?

48-Mile-Long Iceberg Calves Off Antarctica

48-Mile-Long Iceberg Calves Off Antarctica

(AP) An iceberg about the size of Luxembourg that struck a glacier off Antarctica and dislodged another massive block of ice could lower the levels of oxygen in the world's oceans, Australian and French scientists said Friday.

Lexington's Ducks Unlimited Make Top 100

Lexington's Ducks Unlimited Make Top 100

Columbia (WLTX) -- Lexington County's Ducks Unlimited chapter was awards one of the top 100 in the nation.

Study: Promiscuity Maybe Not So Bad After All

Study: Promiscuity Maybe Not So Bad After All

(CBS News) -- Good news for fans of polyandry, which is the practice of females mating with multiple males in species from mammals to insects: You may hold in your hands - or loins, maybe - the key for the survival of humanity.

Study: Fewer, Fiercer Tropical Cyclones in Our Future

Study: Fewer, Fiercer Tropical Cyclones in Our Future

(USA TODAY) - Although global warming could cause the number of tropical cyclones to decrease around the world by the end of the century, the storms that do form probably will be more intense, a study in the journal Nature Geoscience finds.

New Species of Dinosaur Found in Utah

New Species of Dinosaur Found in Utah

(AP) -- Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod - long-necked plant-eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land.

New (Genetic) Front in War on Mosquitoes

New (Genetic) Front in War on Mosquitoes

No Flight, No Bite: Genetic Researchers Say Wingless Female Mosquitoes Could Curb Fatal Fever

Could Electronics Be What's Causing Runaway Cars?

Could Electronics Be What's Causing Runaway Cars?

(USA TODAY)  Allegations of unintended acceleration by Toyota models that are not part of the recall and by cars from other automakers have revived debate over whether electromagnetic interference is the cause of such incidents.

Top NOAA Officials Discuss Budget in SC

Top NOAA Officials Discuss Budget in SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A top official of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will outline the proposed budget for the agency during a visit to South Carolina.

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