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King Tut mummy on display for first time

The linen wrapped mummy of King Tut was put on public display for the first time on Sunday -- 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb and mummy were discovered in Luxor

San Diego panda going to China

Mei Sheng, a male panda born four years ago at the San Diego Zoo, is going to China to join that country's breeding program.

Study: Climate a security challenge

Climate change could be one of the greatest national security challenges ever faced by U.S. policy makers, according to a new joint study by two U.S. think tanks.

Bloomberg pushes carbon tax

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a national "pollution pricing" plan Friday that would tax companies directly for the greenhouse gases they release.

Magma pushing up ground in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park, once the site of a giant volcano, has begun swelling up, possibly because molten rock is accumulating beneath the surface, scientists report.

CNN Future Summit forum

Wind turbines are becoming an increasingly important piece in the energy puzzle, contributing a growing percentage to our overall energy needs. Critics argue that wind farms are an inefficient blo

Symington: I saw a UFO in the Arizona sky

Former Arizona Governor Fife Symington will be moderating a November 12 event at the National Press Club where he will discuss the Phoenix Lights incident. He says he will be joined by 14 former high-

U.N. chief sees Antarctic meltdown

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Antarctica on Friday to see firsthand the impact of climate change and the melting of glaciers.

Experts promote the global warming diet

America's obesity epidemic and global warming might not seem to have much in common. But public health experts suggest people can attack them both by cutting calories and carbon dioxide at the same

Ancients knew chocolate was good

Residents of Central America were enjoying chocolate drinks more than 3,000 years ago, a half millennium earlier than previously thought, new research shows.

Researcher sets saltwater on fire

Stem cells cloned from monkey eggs

Environmentalists: Loggerhead turtles need more protection

Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of the turtles

Dinosaur sucked up food like a vacuum

Perhaps it was one of those eureka moments, when the scientists realized they had discovered a new dinosaur with mouth parts designed to vacuum up food.

Wal-Mart releases green report

CNN Future Summit forum

In recent months, environmental campaigners have been focusing their ire on the once guiltless plastic bag, publicly declaring it the nemesis of all that is green and good. It has also become a powe

Map shows top CO2 producers in the world

There's growing worry about global warming, but how much of it is the work of that power plant just outside town? And if Congress limits heat-trapping greenhouse gases, will it affect utility and el

Vegetable oil fuels bicycle tour vans

Oiled birds become research subjects

Roman grotto linked to mythical founder

Scientist finds fossilized claw of man-sized sea scorpion

This was a bug you couldn't swat and definitely couldn't step on.

LEDs will light up Rockefeller Christmas tree

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going "greener" -- with energy-saving lights replacing old-fashioned bulbs on the towering evergreen this year.

Toilet conference eyes revolution

Growers tag 'green' Christmas trees

Picking a Christmas tree is typically a matter of taste. Is the shape right? Is it too tall? Too short?

Loss of Andes glaciers threatens water supply

Twice a day, Elena Quispe draws water from a spigot on the dusty fringe of this city, fills three grimy plastic containers and pushes them in a rickety wheelbarrow to the adobe home she shares with

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