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Study suggests wind, not water, formed martian mountain
PRINCETON, N.J., May 6 (UPI) -- A martian mountain scientists suspect preserves evidence of a massive lake might actually have been formed by wind, not water, U.S. scientists say.
ILMENAU, Germany, May 6 (UPI) -- Officials say they are still trying to determine the cause of a fish kill that left 25 tons of dead carp floating on a lake in Eastern Germany.
BRUSSELS, May 6 (UPI) -- The European Commission made a preliminary antitrust finding against Motorola Mobility, saying it may have bullied rivals by abusing the power of its patents.
OTTAWA, May 6 (UPI) -- The Canadian government said it was investing more than $80 million in renewable energy projects to show it's serious about diversification, a minister said.
Obama to press economic agenda on day trips
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- President Obama plans some day trips to remind Americans the economy still tops his agenda alongside immigration reform and other issues, the White House said.
Boston Marathon bombing unhappiest day, Christmas happiest day
BURLINGTON, Vt., May 5 (UPI) -- The day of the Boston Marathon bombing was the saddest for the United States in the last five years, a team of scientists says.
NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- Cicadas are starting to pop out of the ground on the U.S. East Coast, with bug watchers expecting a major outbreak that will produce loud buzzing this summer.
Recent events highlight risks from orbiting space junk
Empty space. In discussions of things astronomical, the term pops up so often it's gone beyond cliche.
BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia, May 4 (UPI) -- Port security workers in Indonesia said they seized about 2,000 turtle eggs and were trying to determine who shipped them.
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Cellular is the latest cellphone company to carry the Apple smartphone, and analysts say two other major providers may soon offer the iPhone as well.
PHOENIX, May 4 (UPI) -- A Swiss-made solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix Saturday, completing the first leg of its trip across the United States, its designer said.
U.S. agrees to propose protected habitats for endangered sea turtles
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Conservationists say U.S. officials have agreed to identify suitable nesting and migratory habitat for endangered loggerhead sea turtles within two months.
HANOI, Vietnam, May 3 (UPI) -- Vietnam says French investment is helping it prepare to launch its first remote sensing satellite into orbit from the Kourou launch center in Guyana.
GREENBELT, Md., May 3 (UPI) -- NASA says a study it led suggests global warming will drive changes in global rainfall patterns, with increased risks of both extreme rainfall and drought.
Hubble captures dramatic image of gas left over from supernova
GREENBELT, Md., May 3 (UPI) -- NASA says the Hubble telescope has captured a sharp image of the wispy red remains of a star similar to our sun that exploded as a supernova 150,000 years ago.
Air Force's experimental scramjet aircraft hits Mach 5.1 -- 3,880 mph
OXNARD, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program saw the scramjet aircraft reach Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Air Force said Friday.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- The United States had more than 326 million wireless subscriber accounts in 2012, meaning the country had more accounts than people, an industry group says.
Baboons in U.S. study show human-like abilities with numbers
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 3 (UPI) -- Ape and human shared traits -- opposable thumbs, expressive faces, social systems -- are joined by the ability to understand numbers, U.S. researchers say.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- Internet search giant Google says it's changed the tagline on the front page of its Palestinian edition from "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine."
Fossil from northwestern China is new species of meat-eating dinosaur
WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- A fossil uncovered in northwestern China has been identified as a new species of small bipedal theropod dinosaur, probably carnivorous, researchers said.
HAMILTON, Ontario, May 3 (UPI) -- Canadian authorities say a single invasive Asian carp was caught in the Grand River in Ontario close to Lake Erie, but the fish was determined to be sterile.
Department of Defense looking to allow Apple, Samsung devices
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- BlackBerry may lose favor with a big customer -- the U.S. Defense Department -- as department officials say they're considering Apple and Samsung alternatives.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. government study stops short of agreeing with Europe that pesticides are a prime suspect in the worldwide disappearance of honeybees, officials said.
BEIJING, May 3 (UPI) -- China says it is working to unify differing sets of bottled water quality standards in the wake of a public outcry for supervision of the industry.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 3 (UPI) -- A rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal logging by landless people who have invaded the area, leaders of local indigenous peoples say.
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Beyonce arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo