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PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created, for the first time, images of the heart's muscular layer and the link between it and the way the heart contracts.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. geologist is warning the Earth might soon undergo rapid and unpredictable climate changes that could negatively affect many species.

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. archeologists say starch grains found preserved on human teeth in Peru suggest ancient Peruvians ate cultivated crops, including squash and beans.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of approximately 36,388 pounds of DeNunzio-brand Polish kielbasa due to a labeling error.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says space shuttle Endeavour is being readied to make its cross-country trip back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has, most likely -- after a month of fruitless attempts -- reached the end of communications with its Phoenix Mars Lander.

BOSTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A study of blacks living in a Boston-area community found those born in the United States were more likely to have asthma than those born elsewhere.

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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers say they have discovered a key molecular partnership that coordinates body rhythms and metabolism.

BOGOR, Indonesia, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An Indonesian forestry research group says large areas of Earth's forests could succumb to climate change, resulting in disaster for forest-dependent people.

STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've found distinct groups of proteins that each control one of four simple activities involved in cells' collective migration.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found a way to keep the body's T cells in prime shape for fighting infection and cancer.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will honor Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, as winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency is trying to find an effective way to monitor pilots' brain activity to help stop mishaps caused by stress, fatigue or distraction.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a computer program to help predict when icebergs will calve from ice sheets.