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May 16, 2013

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds.

May 16, 2013

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.

May 16, 2013

The 'frog pregnancy test' may have spread a fungus that's decimating amphibian populations.

May 16, 2013

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has extended a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands for another two years, a move greeted by environmentalists with praise and skepticism.

May 15, 2013

The telescope has discovered more than 132 potentially habitable planets since being launched in 2009.

May 15, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting telescope is broken.

May 15, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before — to see the new "Star Trek" film.

May 15, 2013

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A tiny new camera developed at an Illinois university is giving researchers a bug's eye view.

May 15, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal review says federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall. But the warnings themselves were confusing.

May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

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