Screenshot showing Olympus Mons in 3-D using the World Wide Telescope.
Men and women who earn much larger salaries than their partner are more likely to cheat, a new study finds, although women are half as likely to be unfaithful. (Credit: iStockphoto)
As part of a training exercise, the members of a sniper team man a 7.62mm Springfield Armory M21 Sniping rifle (left) and sights through the scope of a 7.62mm M24 Sniper rifle (right). Photo courtesy Department of Defense Defense Visual Information Center
Artist's impression of the Mily Way rising over the ELT in Chile. Credit: ESO
The Ares I-X Rollout NASA's prototype heavy-lift rocket, the Ares I-X, on the launchpad in October 2009. 
Although it will be some time before the new germanium-based fabric has the same stopping power as this bulletproof vest, scientists are now exploring the possibility of using it to harness solar power. iStockphoto
Magnetic resonance images of human brain during different functions appear on top. Similar evolving patterns have been generated on the molecular monolayer one after another (bottom). A snapshot of the evolving pattern for a particular brain function is captured using Scanning Tunneling Microscope at 0.68 V tip bias (scale bar is 6 nm). The input pattern to mimic particular brain function is distinct, and the dynamics of pattern evolution is also typical for a particular brain operation. (Credit: Anirban Bandyopadhyay)
The chimpanzee Pansy, the morning after she died.
HUNTER Edward M. Marcotte and colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin have found hundreds of genes involved in human disorders. Ben Sklar for The New York Times
Photo: Power ring: This three-megawatt wind turbine uses permanent magnets and a design that makes it significantly lighter than a conventional geared turbine. Credit: Siemens 
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Can genetic engineering make wine even better?
Night Vision Once the domain of military and police, a cheap thin-film approach to night vision could give cell phones, eyeglasses, and car windshields the ability to see in the dark. 
A microscopic view of the fungus, known as Cryptococcus gattii
Smoking is among one of the four behaviors that can dramatically lower life expectancy.
In space, objects tend to conform to one of five shapes: (clockwise from left) spheres, dust, potatoes, halos and disks. Credit: Lineweaver, Norman and Chopra
UGA research scientist Vladimir Samarkin and his colleagues measured the production of nitrous oxide, an important greenhouse gas, at Don Juan Pond in Antarctica and discovered at the site a previously unreported chemical mechanism for the production of this important greenhouse gas. The discovery could help space scientists understand the meaning of similar brine pools on Mars. (Credit: The University of Georgia)
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False alarm? Satellite images have revealed there may never have been a doomsday volcanic ash cloud over the UK (file picture)
Rapid climate change may leave polar bears high and dry
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Asimo Mind Control The power ... feels good Honda 
A new study looks at the effect that mirthful laughter and distress have on modulating the key hormones that control appetite. (Credit: iStockphoto/Wouter Van Caspel)
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted from the explosion and collapse of an oil rig can be seen in this image from NASA's Aqua satellite. Credit: MODIS Rapid Response Team
Father of the man: researchers believe that a man's fertility as an adult may be largely laid down in the few months before and after his birth. JENNIFER JACQUEMART / REX FEATURES
Evidence? This Jurassic ammonite discovered in Svalbard, Norway reveals the sudden drop in temperature which may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, scientists believe.
Modelling the neuron as little more than a simple on/off switch is a big mistake (Image: Dan Webber)
Gizmodo editor Jason Chen in a video embedded in his April 19 post titled "This is Apple's next iPhone." (Credit: Gizmodo.com/Screenshot by CNET)Police have seized computers and servers belonging to an editor of Gizmodo in an investigation that appears to stem from the gadget blog's purchase of a lost Apple iPhone prototype.
Deputies from the San Mateo County Sheriff's office obtained a warrant on Friday and searched Jason Chen's Fremont, Calif., home later that evening, Gizmodo acknowledged on Monday.
Smelling Threats from a Distance Using people's unique scents to identify them before they get too close to troops could save soldiers' lives. 
Hawking has depicted what kinds of alien could be out there
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The research showed that humans prefer a simple choice of two options,
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The Northern Lights are seen through a valley leading away from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano Photo: REUTERS
Droplet of a gold-silicon liquid alloy on a silicon (111) surface. Pentagonal clusters formed at the interface exhibit a denser structure compared to solid gold and prevent the liquid from crystallization at temperatures as low as 300 Kelvin below the solidification temperature. (Credit: Graphics by M. Collignon)
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Andrew Weaver with the IPCC's 2007 report on which he was a lead author.
