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Hackers Post Anti-Latino Messages on Highway

7 hours 13 minutes ago |AOL News

MiamiNBC.com

(May 26) – Hackers took control of two highway signs in Florida, flashing the apparently anti-immigrant messages "No Latinos" and "No Tacos" to passing motorists. The signs flashed the message ...

Nothing Secret About Atlantis' Last Flight

7 hours 34 minutes ago |AOL News

NASA

(May 26) -- The space shuttle Atlantis' final mission ended this morning amid much fanfare -- a far cry from its first mission in October 1985, which was treated as a military secret. Because the shu ...

Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely in Florida in Space Finale

10 hours 5 minutes ago |AOL News

Terry Renna, AP

(May 26) -- The space shuttle Atlantis has completed what could be its last voyage home, landing safely back in Florida this morning after a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlant ...

Testosterone Turns on Distrust in Women, Study Says

1 day 6 hours ago |AOL News

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(May 25) -- A boost in testosterone can turn women into cynical, suspicious skeptics, according to a new study. It's a finding that could help scientists understand how the brain has adapted to spur ...

NASA's Phoenix Lander KO'd by Martian Winter

1 day 23 hours ago |AOL News

JPL-Caltach / NASA

(May 24) -- The latest mission to the surface of Mars undertaken by a NASA spacecraft has come to a cold and abrupt end, the agency reported today. After making a final, unsuccessful series of attem ...

Air Force Sets Sights on New 'Blinding' Laser

2 days 2 hours ago |AOL News

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(May 24) -- Air Force scientists say they have developed a laser that can act like a powerful stop sign by temporarily blinding drivers. Called "driver defeat," the green laser device gives off what ...

NASA Telescope Captures Photo of Heart and Soul of Universe

2 days 4 hours ago |Space.com

NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA

MIAMI (May 24) -- Two massive, bubbling clouds of star-making factories were captured in a stunning photo by a NASA space telescope that is surveying the entire sky in infrared light. The huge mosaic ...

9/11 Aftermath: More Male Babies Miscarried

2 days 6 hours ago |AOL News

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(May 24) -- The 9/11 attacks have had myriad long-term consequences for Americans across the country. But the aftermath of the 2001 tragedy took a surprising toll on pregnant women -- by causing them ...

Frustration Grows Along With Gulf Oil Spill

2 days 12 hours ago |AP

Gerald Herbert, AP

BARATARIA BAY, La. (May 24) -- The executive in charge of fighting a Gulf of Mexico oil spill acknowledged Monday everyone is frustrated at BP's failure to plug the ocean gusher more than a month int ...

Frustration Mounts as Oil Seeps Into Gulf Wetlands

3 days 10 hours ago |AP

ROBERT, La. (May 23) -- Anger grew along the Gulf Coast as an ooze of oil washed into delicate coastal wetlands in Louisiana, with many wondering how to clean up the monthlong mess - especially now t ...

Atlantis Astronauts Take Kids' Questions From Space

3 days 22 hours ago |AP

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (May 22) -- Atlantis' six astronauts got a little down time up in orbit Saturday on the eve of their departure from the International Space Station. The shuttle crewmen wrapped u ...

Summer Is About to Spring in Much of US

4 days 6 hours ago |AOL News

Thibault Camus, AP

(May 22) -- Memorial Day is often considered the unofficial beginning of summer, and a developing weather pattern is going to give a large portion of the country its first dose of summer weather -- o ...