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Week in weird science: Zombie ants and time travel

Adam Clark Estes

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 26, 2005 file picture, crowds watch as Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery and seven astronauts blasted into orbit Tuesday on America's first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2-year shutdown devoted to making the shuttle less risky and NASA more safety-conscious. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) (AP)

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Peter Finocchiaro

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Peter Finocchiaro

PLATOON, Charlie Sheen, 1986

LAPD finds stalker, but no guns, at Sober Lodge

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson

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Village of Columbus, New Mexico as seen from Pancho Villa State Park

Mayor in New Mexico arrested on drug charges

Associated Press

In this March 4, 20011 photo, Elizabeth Marston practices soccer at a school in Bountiful, Utah. Bradley Marston bought a genetic test online a year ago for his daughter Elizabeth, then 9, that showed she has an advantageous gene form for sports_ results her father hopes will help her get into elite sports programs or win a sports scholarship to college. (AP Photo/George Frey) (AP)

Could gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?

How to remember everything

Claire Lambrecht

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A woman sits outside a nursing home in old Merritt Island, Florida.

92 percent of nursing homes employ convicts

Marian Wang - ProPublica

In this Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 photo Thomas Horbach, chief of surgery at Stadtkrankenhaus Schwabach, who led one of the trials, is seen in his office in the hospital in Schwabach, near Nuremberg, Germany, Horbach implanted a stomach pacemaker that helps regulate the amount of food users take in. Patrick Hetzner, a 20-year-old Munich mailman, has knocked off more than 10 kilos (22 pounds) from his earlier weight of 104 kilos (229 pounds). (AP Photo/Carolin Deutsch) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro

Heavy snow is blown by high winds along Highway 13 near Burnsville, Minn. Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Heavy snow and high winds southern Minnesota caused scores of accidents, grounded hundreds of flights and forced some businesses to close early. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT (AP)

Harsh winter linked to global climate change

Peter Finocchiaro

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New technology knows when, where your eyes look

Hummingbirds are the new spies

Footage captured by hidden cameras of the Java rhino in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park

Rare Indonesian Javan rhino caught on tape

Associated Press

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This photo released by Gwinnett Sheriff's Department on Friday, Feb. 18, 201 shows murder suspect Ivan Gonzalez. Gwinnett County authorities say three children died in a fire that appears to have been caused by chemicals used to make methamphetamine. Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith says police are seeking 26-year-old Ivan Gonzalez, who has been charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of the children. (AP Photo/Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department) (AP)

Lauran Neergaard

X-ray of Li Fu's head

Doctors remove knife from man's head after 4 years

Scientists discover potential cure for baldness

Adam Clark Estes

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