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Petunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest. Indeed, carnivorous behavior may be far more widespread in plants than commonly thought — if we take a closer look, botanists said.

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    Scientist Suggests Carnivorous Petunias, Potatoes Among Us

    Petunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest. Indeed, carnivorous behavior may be far more widespread in plants than commonly thought — if we

    U.N. Weather Agency at Climate Conference Says This Is Warmest Decade on Record

    This decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the

    Virgin Galactic Prepares to Unveil Space Liner

    Virgin Galactic readies for Monday's unveiling of SpaceShipTwo — the first-class space tourist's wonder machine at the core of the space tourism firm's suborbital fleet.

    New NASA Telescope to Scan for Undiscovered Galaxies, Stars

    NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger

    Iran Cuts Internet Access One Day Before Student Protests Scheduled

    Iranian authorities have slowed Internet connections to a crawl or choked them off completely before expected student protests Monday to deny the opposition a vital means of

    Scientists, Lawyers Mull Effects of Home Robots

    Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a

    Discovery Brings Dinosaurs Roaring to Life

    65 million years after they ruled the planet, dinosaurs are back

    Holiday Shopping Guide: Stocking Stuffers

    You’ve bought the big gift, the clothing gift, and maybe even the cute gift. But something’s missing from the pile of presents. Fret not, there’s still time to buy a stocking

    NASA Perplexed Over Ares Rocket's Parachute Failure

    NASA is still perplexed over the parachute failure that damaged its new Ares I-X test rocket during its October test launch, but otherwise the debut flight went well, mission

    David vs. Goliath: Colleges Battle Over Prosthetic Knee Invention

    There's nothing like a 'best of the year' list for stirring up controversy. This time one of the most prolific list makers in publishing has inadvertently kicked up an academic

    Looted Ancient Artifacts Returning to Italy from NYC

    An ancient plaster wall painting and banquet vase that were stolen from Italy and turned up in New York are headed back to their home country.

    Arizona School Employee Loses Job Searching for Aliens

    A former school district employee is accused of using school computers in an experiment to find space aliens, costing the worker his job and the district more than $1 million.

    Russian Satellite Debris Zooms by Space Station

    A tiny piece of a defunct Russian satellite zipped by the International Space Station Tuesday, but was far enough away that outpost's two-man crew did not have to strap into their

    Google Wants to Stream TV, for a Fee

    YouTube, which is already trying out the movie rental business, wants to get into TV too

    Google Wants to Stream TV, for a Fee

    YouTube, which is already trying out the movie rental business, wants to get into TV too

    Fossilized Bacteria May Point to Life on Mars

    NASA scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists on Mars

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