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Discovery Communications Inc. said Tuesday that its net income for the third quarter fell 29 percent as an increase in operating costs offset a slight uptick in revenue for the owner of cable networks.
Kennecott Utah Copper says it has discovered a huge deposit of molybdenum (ma-LIB-DE'-nem) beneath its Bingham Canyon Mine.
A discovery in a Liverpool library has revealed that Paul McCartney's talent for writing was winning him prizes when he was just 10 — though for an essay about the queen, rather than a hit song.
Ten days after descending from space to a California landing, the space shuttle Discovery made yet another landing on Monday — this time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Flor
Florida deep-sea explorers said Friday that they will work with the British government to salvage artifacts from centuries-old shipwreck of a heavily armed vessel, and the company may continue to make money under the agreement.
A University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel has discovered a 2,300-year-old gemstone carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great.
Independent oil and gas producer Continental Resources Inc. on Thursday reported a significant discovery in the Lodgepole mounds in Dickinson, Stark County, N.D.
Nearly seven miles below the Gulf of Mexico, oil company BP has tapped into a vast pool of crude after digging the deepest oil well in the world. The Tiber Prospect is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing half as much crude in a day as Alaska's famous North Slope oil field.
NASA said a suspect fuel valve on the space shuttle Discovery functioned correctly during tests on Wednesday, meaning there's still a chance for liftoff this week.
Oil company Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday an exploration well being drilled encountered more than 250 net feet of oil pay in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Discovery Channel says it's re-airing "Cronkite Remembers," an eight-part look at the 20th century through the eyes of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite.
Cable television pioneer John Malone will pay a $1.4 million penalty, after authorities said on Tuesday that he did not follow government rules on reporting major stock purchases over a three-year period.
Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign delegations visiting Egypt, antiquities authorities announced Tuesday.
Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing — for the first time since it was sealed in antiquity — a perfectly preserved mummy.
A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, archaeologists said Monday.
Deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago.
A count of elephant dung revealed a surprisingly large endangered elephant population — more than 600 — in Malaysia's biggest national park, researchers said Thursday.
United Kingdom-based Circle Oil says it has struck oil at one of its appraisal wells near the Gulf of Suez Basin.
Former "Nightline" host Ted Koppel and his documentary team are taking a buyout from the Discovery Channel six months before the end of their contracts.
It's a forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift but sure hand. The single manuscript page, long hidden in a provincial French library, has been verified as the work of Mozart, the apparent underpinnings for a Mass he never composed.
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez says the Discovery Channel has changed plans and will not do a documentary about the jail after a judge blocked filming.
Three children picking up trash along a river in Hudson for community service work found much more than garbage. Charlie Thompson, 11, Maddie Roth, 10, and Demetri Roth, 8, came across a hand grenade, picked it up and headed home to show off their discovery.
Fossil hunters say they have discovered bones of two massive meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa. In the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and co-author Stephen Brusatte named one Kryptops palaios, or "old hidden face," because of a horny covering over its face.
Eighty-four spoon-billed sandpipers have been discovered in a coastal stretch of Myanmar, offering hope for saving the endangered birds, a conservation group said Thursday.
Your Kids Can't Say No to Candy? Blame It on Their Brains - Yahoo! NewsChildren's inability to ignore candy is what also makes them great at discovery and learning per psychological studies and papers...
Novice metal detector man discovers 'stunning' treasure hoardA Iron Age treasure hoard has been unearthed by a safari park keeper using a metal detector for the first time. David Booth was stunned when he found several 2000-year-old gold neckbands in a field in Stirlingshire. He had driven to the site and parked his car.
The End of 'Oprah' as We Know Her: Daytime Diva Giving Up Syndie Talk Show & Moving It To Her Cable Network In 2011One of the biggest questions in the TV biz has been when, and even if, Oprah Winfrey would give up her daytime syndicated talk show to focus on OWN, her long delayed Oprah Winfrey Network in 70 million homes that was supposed to launch in place of the Discovery Health Channel as …
WirelessTech Taking a Toll on Earth Science and AstronomyNearly lost amidst the breathless anticipation of all things wireless...is the potential impact these gadgets may have on scientific instruments that likewise need access to the electromagnetic spectrum.
Geanne Rosenberg: Protections for journalists shouldn't just apply to the ones collecting paychecksIn a widely reported controversy, Illinois prosecutors responded to a Protess-led, university-based journalistic investigation of a 31-year-old murder conviction with subpoenas seeking "virtually every conceivable record" relating to the school's newsgathering activities, i …
Scientists announce planet bountyAstronomers find 32 new planets outside our Solar System, taking the number of known "exoplanets" to more than 400.
Scientists discover a vegetarian spider, upending a longstanding assumptionFor years, scientists were confident the world's 40,000 spider species shared a common trait: All were meat-eaters. Now, Brandeis University senior lecturer Eric Olson and Villanova University researcher Christopher Meehan have found a vegetarian spider.
The History Of Shark WeekShark Week! An exciting time in America, and an exciting time all around the world – but have you ever asked yourself how Shark Week began? As you and your loved ones celebrate Shark Week in your local parks, city centers, mosques, hobo jungles and shopping malls, and as you en …
When did you look into my soul? How did you know how to get there? I hadn't realized the door was wide open. I really am transparent, aren't I? I think I'll remove my mask now ....just for you though, you already know me so well.
Biological Clocks Discovery Overturns Long-held TheoryUnderstanding how the human biological clock works is an essential step toward correcting sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag.
Tunnel links continents, uncovers ancient history - CNN.Once when I was in Beirut,I went to a Archaeological Dig in Biblos that was at least 6000 years old. It fired in me a curiosity of ancient cultures. They are buried at our feet ,unseen,ignored calling to us. If we lestin maybe they will share their secrets of their demise.
Cluster of dinosaur eggs found in India65 million-years-old eggs were under ash from volcanic eruptions. CHENNAI, India - Geologists have found a cluster of fossilized dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old, in a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Algae And Pollen Grains Provide Evidence Of Remarkably Warm Period In Antarctica's History"An understanding of this event, in the context of timing and magnitude of the change, has important implications for how the climate system operates and what the potential future response in a warmer global climate might be," said Harwood.
Dolmen with wheel petroglyphs found near VillupuramA big dolmen with four petroglyphs that portray men with tridents and a wheel with spokes has been found at Kollur, near Tirukoilur, 35 km from Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. This is the second time that a dolmen with petroglyphs has been found in Tamil Nadu.
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapseWhy did an ancient Mayan people just seemingly walk away from this site? They abandoned pyramids, palaces, corn grinders, tools, plantations, and homes for no reason that the scientific team has been able to discern.
4,000-year-old arrowhead found in Burren, Ireland excavationDirector of the dig, Graham Hull said yesterday that the team of archaeologists "were whooping and jumping up and down at the discovery of a stone arrowhead".
Alien-like Creature Found In Panama (Video)(Warning: Graphic) It looks a bit like a portly ET, and officials have no idea what a creature found in Panama is.
Shuttle Discovery Lands In California To Complete ISS Supply MissionKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Forced to stay in orbit an extra day because of foul weather in Florida, space shuttle Discovery made a picture-perfect landing at NASA's backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California this evening to cap off an equally successful space sta …
Revolutionary discovery means world may not run out of crudeA team of scientists based at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have made a "revolutionary" discovery about how hydrocarbon is formed, learning that animal and plant fossils are not necessary to form crude oil. The discovery, the scientists say, means that the world wi …
Mystery Explained: Glow in Night Sky Was Astronaut Urine (Photo)The beautiful trail in the sky looked like a mysterious celestial event. In reality, it was urine.
Scientists discover new coral species in Galapagos watersScientists have discovered three new coral species - and one that was thought to be extinct - in an extensive survey of reefs around the Galapagos Islands, raising hopes that reefs may be more resilient to rising sea temperatures than previously thought.
Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New GuineaA lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.
Extending space station key to Mars: NASA scientistGetting humans to Mars will require medical research on the International Space Station through at least 2020, said the program's lead scientist, presenting a time frame five years beyond NASA's current budget forecast.
NOC announced on 25/08/2009 that Tatneft Libyan Branch being the second party with NOC in an EPSA agreement, reports that it has drilled A1-82/04 New Field Wildcat well to a total depth of 8.605 ft. The well is in Ghadames Basin located approximately 345 Km south of Tripoli.
Shuttle Discovery Celebtrates 25th Anniversary With Spectacular Night Launch (With Video) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Racing to orbit atop a manmade Sun through the midnight skies above Florida last night, space shuttle Discovery finally blasted off on a mission to deliver new science equipment and a now-famous treadmill to the International Space Station …
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