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Monday, March 11, 2013 

Saturday, December 22, 2012  A new business is testing whether it can sell a product that looks and tastes like chicken but has no chicken in it.

Monday, February 27, 2012  NASA's 20-year focus on Mars looking fuzzier as space agency changes course, axes flights

Monday, February 20, 2012  Newly identified compounds might have therapeutic value in the treatment of strep and similar infections that affect an estimated 700 million people around the world each year.

Thursday, June 09, 2011  Not even summer yet: Heat grips half the country; scientists say sign of things to come

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  New study finds three times as many stars as scientists previously calculated: 300 sextillion

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  The University of Missouri’s School of Medicine has a new Neuroscience Center.

Monday, March 01, 2010  Some scientists defend tsunami predictions after giant waves failed to materialize

Tuesday, November 17, 2009  Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists stuck in the ice around Antarctica

Wednesday, February 11, 2009  Scientists wary about orbital debris field after Russian and American satellites collide