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Journalist Charles Choi talks about work being done to make robots self-aware. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web pages related to this episode include " Automaton, Know Thyself: Robots Become Self-Aware " and "New Challenges for Evolution Education" [More]

By Cassandra Willyard Potent chemotherapy drugs such as Taxol (paclitaxel) prompt cancer cells to self-destruct -- but some tumours stubbornly survive the treatment. Two studies have now independently pinpointed a gene that lies behind at least part of this resistance

By Declan Butler Eleven Italian researchers who were evacuated from Libya in a C-130 Hercules military aircraft on Saturday are thought to have been among the last foreign archaeologists in the country. [More]

Movie star Mickey Rooney, now 90 years old, is campaigning to shine a light on elder abuse, of which he says he is a victim. As Nancy Cordes reports, it took years before Rooney had the courage to come forward about it.

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Veteran Hollywood star Mickey Rooney testified on Capitol Hill to shine a spotlight on elder abuse. Rooney shared his experience as a victim. Ines Ferre reports.

Fashion insiders predict Givenchy designer Ricardo Tisci and Alber Elbaz of Lanvin are potential candidates to take over

Fashion insiders predict Givenchy designer Ricardo Tisci and Alber Elbaz of Lanvin are potential candidates to take over

Lee Westwood has seen lots of sand this year, and not just in bunkers.

PGT: Golf legend Jack Nicklaus, winner of a record 18 majors, says he's not ready to write off Tiger Woods yet.

PGT: Nicklaus wants to see the game grow, and the Golden Bear knows the future of the game is in the hands of Tiger Woods, and his successor.

Black holes are some of the heaviest objects in the universe. Electrons are some of the lightest. Now physicists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown how charged black holes can be used to model the behavior of interacting electrons in unconventional superconductors.

Singer has been in the news often lately - this time the news is good

Singer has been in the news often lately - this time the news is good

Mike Davis is taking over as executive director of the U.S. Golf Association without having to give up part of his old job that he loved the most — setting up golf courses for the U.S. Open.