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In 2010, a new U.S. Air Force test vehicle, the X-37B, took flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

A collection of delicate stone tools discovered on California's Channel Islands indicates that early humans in the Americas were hunting local waterfowl some 11,200 to 12,200 years ago. [More]

If you had $1 billion to spend on just one project, what would it be? Here's how an astrobiologist, a broadcaster, a skeptic and a Nobel laureate, amongst others, would spend the money. Filmed at the 2010 Science Foo Camp in California, this is the last of four videos in this series.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Flexible solar cells now power communications equipment used by U.S. Marines fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, enabling them to shed 315 kilograms worth of batteries while on foot patrol. But an F-16 fighter jet flying over Miramar training base in California burns 105 liters of jet fuel a minute with its afterburners engaged whereas the C-17 cargo consumes 11,350 liters an hour

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Leland Stanford Junior Universotu v. Roche, a case that will clarify a 1980 law that governs the ownership of patents held by universities that rely on federal research funds. The case refers back to 1988, when Mark Holodniy, then a Stanford-employed researcher, developed technology that would ultimately lead to one of the first AIDS tests

College professors offer little notice on buying class textbooks, so typically, students have little choice but to buy the books on campus. "[University bookstores] are good at making it easy and being right there," says Richard Mondello, a junior computer science major at Tufts University. "What they're not good at is giving students good prices." In Mondello's first semester at Tufts University in 2008, he spent $190 on a single physics textbook at the campus bookstore

Royal Caribbean and Azamara Club Cruises are the latest cruise lines to modify their itineraries after nearly two weeks of violent protests and riots aimed at the Egyptian government.

Australian authorities say the California-based company behind the wildly popular Power Balance wristbands and pendants has no business claiming that they can improve balance, strength and flexibility.

Santa has conspired with a love-struck California man by lending a knee for a surprise marriage proposal.