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This year has been a painful one for fans of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, the perennial contender that has fallen to 0–10 on the season . Perhaps Hoosiers can take some small comfort in the thought of a world where star quarterback Peyton Manning is healthy rather than hobbled and the Colts are undefeated rather than winless. If the cosmological concept of the multiverse is correct , such a world could exist right now.

More than 10 million people have watched a YouTube video of an iPhone being pulverized in a blender. It's actually a commercial for Blendtec -- a company most viewers had probably never heard of. But with the viral clip, Blendtec let social networking spread its name and message rather than paying for a mass advertising campaign.

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Male nursery web spiders often woo potential lady-friends with gifts wrapped in silk. Mating may ensue, during which a female unspools the present, expecting to find a tasty treat

If FDA approved, would be first anti-cavity drug approved since fluoride 60 years ago

People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according to new research released on Monday.

By Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine The largest and most high-profile chimpanzee research centre in the United States has acknowledged to Nature that 137 infant chimpanzees have been born to federally owned animals under its care since 2000, despite a government moratorium on such births. [More]

With a lot of help from Flipper, scientists have a better shot at understanding phenomena like black holes and supernovae.

Maybe you take all the right steps — all 17 of them, even — to care for your skin.

A new network of observatories aims to take ecological science to the continental scale in the next 30 years. The National Science Foundation–sponsored network, called the National Ecological Observatory Network , or NEON, will link 20 field stations selected to provide data from 20 distinct U.S. biomes as well as 40 portable stations that can be moved from site to site

By Ivan Semeniuk of Nature magazine The most fractious and combative US Congress in recent memory is getting on with approving a 2012 budget--although perhaps only so that it can move more swiftly to the next battlefield. [More]

Laws to smoke out tobacco users increasingly popular, but American Lung Association data show some states bucking trend

Chimp attack victim can chew food and has sense of smell months after receiving face transplant

American Academy of Pediatrics reviewed 60 years of acupuncture studies, found mostly mild side effects

* Amount of CO2 rose by 2.3 ppm to 389 ppm in 2010 * Fossil fuel use, agriculture main drivers [More]