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One of the first steps taken on the moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969.

Did Neil Armstrong mislead the world about his 'one small step' line?

December 31, 2012, at 2:08 PM

The famed quote wasn't quite so spontaneous after all, at least according to the late astronaut's brother

President Obama is left-handed, part of a 10 percent minority whose proportion has remained relatively constant for 5,000 years.

6 really weird things we learned about humankind this year

December 31, 2012, at 9:45 AM

2012's highlights include the reason only 10 percent of us are left-handed, and why our species might be getting dumber

This year, DNA researchers proved that Jurassic Park-style cloning of dinosaurs is conclusively impossible.

The 11 most fascinating scientific discoveries of 2012

December 27, 2012, at 11:25 AM

Dashed Jurassic Park dreams, ancient frozen life, and the God particle all make this year's list

Africa's Olduvai Gorge: The birthplace of humankind?

Did a rapidly changing climate make early humans smarter?

December 26, 2012, at 1:30 PM

A new study points out that a constantly shifting environment may have forced us to get smart or die trying

In the event that asteroids were barreling toward Earth, we'd need to "find them before they find us," says one expert.

How we'd really deal with an Armageddon-sized asteroid

December 21, 2012, at 11:03 AM

Hint: We probably wouldn't nuke it

NASA's next-generation spacesuit: Inspired by Buzz Lightyear?

December 20, 2012, at 3:45 PM

The space agency reveals a prototype for its first new suit in 20 years. And it looks awfully familiar...

Compared to other species, we humans are a relatively violent group of mammals.

Did the human hand evolve for fighting?

December 20, 2012, at 10:50 AM

Apes don't throw punches. And now scientists think our ability to form an effectively clenched fist is no accident

NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this photo of Saturn while it was in the planet's shadow.

What the dark side of Saturn looks like

December 19, 2012, at 5:12 PM

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the gas giant from an unusual angle, making for one haunting photograph

New research explores the hypothesis that like Neo, we might be living in The Matrix.

Are we secretly living inside a computer program?

December 17, 2012, at 2:44 PM

University of Washington researchers are conducting experiments to determine if we're really just stuck inside the equivalent of The Matrix

The path Dr. Hayes took to reach her facial approximation of the "Hobbit."

Meet the 'Hobbit': An ancient human relative whose face was mapped by a computer

December 11, 2012, at 3:35 PM

Scientists reconstruct the face of a protohuman using an 18,000-year-old skull — and name her after a fictional character

The cover of 1964 edition of Milton Rokeach's The Three Christs of Ypsilanti.

4 bizarre experiments that should never be repeated

December 10, 2012, at 11:13 AM

Using "mind-control" on a raging bull, manipulating schizophrenics, and other ill-conceived studies

"It always amazes me how city lights in the United States just suddenly stop west of the central time zone," says Phil Plait at Slate.

WATCH: Eerie video of Earth's glowing cities — from space

December 6, 2012, at 11:15 AM

Behold: "Black Marble"

Three generations of Mars rovers, including an early version of Curiosity (right).

Next up for NASA: Another rover on Mars by 2020

December 5, 2012, at 12:27 PM

The space agency plans to follow up Curiosity with a shiny new space lab within the next decade

A mosaic of Mercury's North Polar Region

Forget Mars: Why Mercury's ice-covered poles may be more important

November 30, 2012, at 12:19 PM

The hot little planet's north pole is covered in enough ice to bury Washington, D.C., under two and a half miles of frozen water

The small flattened galaxy (center) has a black hole equivalent to 17 billion suns.

Spotted: The largest black hole ever seen

November 28, 2012, at 4:55 PM

250 million light years away is a black hole with 17 billion times the mass of our own sun

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