December 2010
Dec 26 - Gene codes cracked for strawberries, chocolate Dec 23 - Neanderthals had eastern cousins: Study Dec 22 - Aquarium-raised whale thriving in the wild Dec 20 - Scientists try to scare fearless woman Dec 16 - Virgin Galactic joins fray to fly NASA astronauts Dec 16 - Scientists identify murdered French king Dec 15 - Scientists explain squirrel promiscuity Dec 14 - Voyager spacecraft exiting solar system Dec 13 - 2,400-year-old pot of soup discovered in tomb Dec 13 - Scientists discover way to breed motherless rats Dec 8 - Private firm puts space capsule in orbit Dec 8 - 'Terrible hairy fly' found in Kenya Dec 7 - Turn eyes to the sky for upcoming lunar eclipse Dec 6 - New method delays Christmas tree needle loss Dec 4 - SpaceX tests rocket ahead of Tuesday launch Dec 2 - New germ redefines 'life as we know it' Dec 2 - Website hosts space transcripts Dec 2 - Britain's first gunfight site revealed Dec 1 - Mercury makes birds gay: study
November 2010
Nov 26 - Russia-U.S. space crew return home Nov 24 - Robot still walks after 45 years in storage Nov 18 - Cosmic 'cannibalism' brings new planet to Milky Way Nov 18 - Experts find bacteria that help pests change color Nov 18 - Artifacts unearthed below Supreme Court of Canada Nov 18 - Professor to install camera into back of head Nov 18 - CERN makes and traps antimatter Nov 16 - Probe brings asteroid particles to Earth Nov 16 - Astronomers find newborn black hole Nov 15 - 16th century astronomer's body exhumed Nov 13 - Researchers study ancient dino embryos Nov 11 - The science behind how cats drink Nov 11 - Sterile mosquitoes use sex to kill Nov 9 - Teens don't think scientists are cool: survey Nov 7 - Researchers make blood from human skin Nov 4 - Weed could be used as biofuel: Researchers Nov 4 - NASA to send humanoid robot to the moon Nov 4 - Physicists developing invisibility cloak Nov 3 - Electronic chip lets blind man see Nov 2 - Scientists grow giant dragonflies Nov 2 - Exercise prevents colds: study
October 2010
Oct 30 - Scientists grow human livers in lab Oct 29 - Possible one-way Mars mission in the works Oct 29 - Famed archaeologist dies in accident Oct 27 - Monroe or Cash? How the brain chooses Oct 26 - Space station shifts orbit to dodge space junk Oct 21 - Moon crash kicks up ice, silver, mercury: NASA Oct 21 - Military laser fails two shootdown tests in row Oct 20 - Astronomers find oldest galaxy ever seen Oct 19 - Dead Sea scrolls going online Oct 19 - Suzuki targets 'dirty dozen' toxic ingredients Oct 16 - T-Rex may have been a cannibal Oct 14 - Underwater robot probes Antarctic Oct 14 - Seven Albertans buy $200,000 space flight Oct 13 - Researchers hoping to recreate the Big Bang Oct 6 - First dinosaurs walked on little cat feet Oct 6 - Three share 2010 chemistry Nobel Prize Oct 6 - 200 new species in Papua New Guinea Oct 5 - New language discovered in remote India Oct 5 - Giant penguin fossil gives evolutionary clues Oct 5 - Duo wins physics Nobel for super-thin carbon Oct 4 - Fertility scientist wins Nobel for medicine Oct 2 - 5 foot tall ancient penguin discovered Oct 2 - NASA lays off 1,100 workers Oct 1 - Hearing in outer space finally possible Oct 1 - Whale snot, bat sex win IgNobel spoof prizes Oct 1 - Can scientists find missing species?
September 2010
Sep 30 - Plans unveiled for first space hotel Sep 30 - Astronomers spot Earth-like planet Sep 29 - Stonehenge an ancient tourist destination? Sep 29 - Doc busts out life-saver bra