MOSCOW, May 3 (UPI) -- A Russian researcher says stones he found in 1988 may be fragments of the largest celestial body to hit the Earth in recorded history.
MEXICO CITY, May 3 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama says he wants to push past stereotypes that created misunderstandings between the United States and Mexico and "recognize new realities."
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Potential advances in missile technology might give North Korea the ability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear weapon, the U.S. Defense Department said.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- A global effort is needed to combat cybercrime as it evolves to include state and non-state actors, a European commissioner told U.S. delegates.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 3 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the United Arab Emirates produced a deal allowing Japan to sell nuclear power technologies, officials said.
CARDIFF, Wales, May 3 (UPI) -- A tidal energy project off the west coast of Wales has received $2.9 million in European Union funding, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said this week.
SAN DIEGO, May 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a sea horse's tail inspired a flexible robotic arm that could have medical, rescue and bomb detection and detonation uses.
NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. conservation group is urging the government of Madagascar to take action to combat the smuggling of two of the island's endangered tortoise species.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. developer for the Google Glass wearable computer says he's written an app called Winky that will let users snap photos by just blinking an eye.
DAVIS, Calif., May 2 (UPI) -- Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill sickened an important fish species in the Gulf of Mexico for at least a year after the disaster, researchers say.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 2 (UPI) -- Researchers say the large number of carnivore fossils found in a Spanish cave suggest it had a "killer" entrance that trapped animals intentionally entering it.
PASADENA, Calif., May 2 (UPI) -- NASA says the Opportunity rover on Mars is back under Earth control after having been in standby mode while Mars passed behind the sun, blocking communications.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- NASA says an asteroid that will be explored by one of its spacecraft has a new name -- Bennu -- thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina.
PRINCETON, N.J., May 2 (UPI) -- Off-the-shelf 3D printing technology has created a functional ear that can "hear" frequencies beyond the range of normal human hearing, U.S. researchers say.
LEICESTER, England, May 2 (UPI) -- Examination of the skeleton of King Richard III of England, found buried in Leicester, suggests he was killed "by advanced military weapons," researchers said.
EAST LANSING, Mich., May 2 (UPI) -- A meteorite found on Earth but formed on Mars more than a billion years ago could reveal if the Red Planet was ever able to sustain life, a U.S. scientist says.
NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- Thefts of cellphones are on the rise, but police officials and others say the industry is doing little to help recover the phones or render them useless.
LAS VEGAS, May 1 (UPI) -- Nevada has become the first U.S. state to allow people to play poker online for money legally, as long as they are at least 21 and a resident of the state.
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI) -- Researchers at IBM say their stop-motion animation film, the world's smallest, uses individual atoms to tell of a boy named Atom and his friend, an atom.
GREENBELT, Md., May 1 (UPI) -- NASA says it is inviting the public to submit names and personal messages for a DVD to be carried on a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.
REDMOND, Wash., May 1 (UPI) -- Mozilla says it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a British company it alleges sells spyware disguised as its Firefox browser to governments.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 (UPI) -- Windows 8 is advancing in the desktop operating system market but has yet to match the milestone Windows 7 had reached at the same stage, a tracking firm says.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 1 (UPI) -- As people become used to computers and smartphones, they may be more inclined to accept more "smart" objects in the home and workplace, U.S. researchers report.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- The harsh winter of 1609 in Virginia's Jamestown Colony forced residents to do the unthinkable, researchers say, as evidence shows they resorted to cannibalism.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say DNA research suggests cancer treatment will increasingly focus on its genetic fingerprint rather than on the organ where it originated.
Sarah Jessica Parker arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
