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Mean Girls: Women Evolved to Be Catty?

The rumor spreading, shunning and backstabbing of "mean girls" may be a relatively accurate picture of women's social interactions, one researcher says.

7 Signs Your Child Is an iPad Addict

Withdrawal symptoms and cravings may seem like the province of hard-drug addiction, but increasingly, psychologists are noticing these same signs of addiction in people who use devices ranging from smartphones to tablets.

Healthy Kids Still at Risk for Flu Deaths, Study Finds

Over the last decade, many children who tragically died from flu were previously healthy kids, without chronic medical conditions, a new study finds.

Incredible Technology: How to Find Dangerous Asteroids

Searching for potentially Earth-destroying asteroids today isn't easy.

Extraterrestrial Etiquette: How Should Humanity Interact with Alien Life?

Humanity should start thinking about how to interact with alien species long before coming into contact with extraterrestrial life, experts say.

Comet ISON Photo Contest for Amateur Astronomers Launched by National Science Foundation

The much-anticipated Comet ISON is now within sight of amateur astronomers as it plunges toward the sun. And the National Science Foundation (NSF) is appealing to the public for pictures of the icy wanderer, which could put on one of the brightest comet shows in years.

Hotspot? Not! Antarctic Volcanoes' Surprising Source

The mystery of how an Antarctic underwater volcano chain formed may have finally been solved.

'Bishop of Bling': Catholics Aren't Alone in Struggle with Wealth

The Vatican has suspended a German bishop over the cost of his home renovation, highlighting religious — and very human — ambivalence over wealth.

Active Sun Fires Off 3rd Huge Solar Flare in 3 Days (Video)

The sun has just unleashed another major solar flare, the third of its kind in three days, scientists say.

Debut Test Flight Looms for Orion, NASA's Next Manned Spaceship

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — NASA is gearing up for the inaugural flight of its next manned spacecraft, which is now less than a year away.

The Scientist Who Helped Save New York's Subway from Sandy

The water just kept flowing. It streamed through the streets of lower Manhattan, pouring into subway entrances, cascading into ventilation grates and pooling inside tunnels.

Australia's Oldest Bird Footprints Discovered

Two thin-toed footprints pressed into a sandy riverbank more than 100 million years ago are Australia's oldest known bird tracks, researchers say.

Suzanne Somers' Health Advice May Be Dangerously Wrong

Things are going great for Suzanne Somers. She has a new book out, sure to be a best-seller, as it has been promoted on countless morning talk shows.

12 Worst Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Revealed

An environmental health advocacy organization has released a list of what it says are the 12 worst hormone-disrupting chemicals.

Pediatricians Issue New Media Guidelines for Kids

Children should be limited to less than two hours of entertainment-based screen time per day, and shouldn't have TVs or Internet access in their bedrooms, according to new guidelines from pediatricians.

Wow! Stargazer Snaps Amazing Photos of Comet ISON

The promising Comet ISON is steadily making its way closer to the sun and one avid amateur astronomer has snapped a series of spectacular photos of icy wanderer in action.

Women May Be Better Than Men ... At Multitasking

Anecdotal evidence has long supported the hypothesis that the fair sex is also the "do-a-bunch-of-things-at-the-same-time" sex. And now a study out of the U.K. helps to support the idea women are better at multitasking than men.

Yellowstone's Killer Hazard: Earthquakes, Not Eruptions

DENVER — A supervolcano blasting Yellowstone National Park to smithereens may capture the imagination, but the region's real risk comes from earthquakes, researchers reported here Sunday (Oct. 27) at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting.

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