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Pictures: Human-Sacrifice Chamber Discovered in Peru »
Built for the "presentation," in which prisoners' cuts filled cups with blood, an ancient chamber has emerged in Peru with burials intact.
Peru - South America - Human sacrifice - Blood - Recreation
China Oil Spill Photos: Fire, Crude, and an Inky Cleanup »
Fire, crude, and an inky cleanup mark the great China oil spill of 2010?a drop in the barrel compared to the Gulf of Mexico spill.
Oil spill - Gulf of Mexico - Environment - Energy - Business
Pictures: Huge Jets Shoot From Dam During China Floods »
China's massive Three Gorges Dam is being pushed to its limits by heavy monsoon rains that have sent water gushing through spill gates.
Three Gorges Dam - Flood - Dam - Water - China
Jumbo Squid Flash, Flail in First Ever Squid-cam Video »
Filmed away from humans for the first time, jumbo squid light up during an expedition that also found them to have superstrong bites.
Squid - Proxying and Filtering - Cooking - Home - Fish and Seafood
Space Photos This Week: Mars Bull's Eye, Sooty Stars »
Radar of a rocky desert, a Martian bull's eye, and "cool" mirrors feature among the week's best space pictures.
Mars - Space - Technology - Solar System - Astronomy
Alligator "Feeding Frenzy" Video Shows Teamwork »
In a new viral video a fisher boats through hundreds of hyped-up alligators. Despite their snapping, the gators show true teamwork, experts say.
Alligator - Business - Fish - Arts - Stephen C. Foster State Park
Critical Alaska Habitat Spared From Oil and Natural Gas Development »
The Obama administration?s first lease sale in the 87-year-old petroleum reserve on the North Slope leaves sanctuary for caribou and geese.
Petroleum - Business - Energy - Oil and Gas - Alaska North Slope
Global Warming "Undeniable," U.S. Government Report Says »
The past decade was the hottest on record, a government report says?part of an "unmistakable upward trend."
Global warming - Climate change - Environment - Federal government of the United States - Opposing Views
Sniff-Controlled Keyboards, Wheelchairs Invented »
A new sniff-driven controller is helping paralyzed people get moving again?and allowed a "locked in" patient to write letters, a new study says.
Weizmann Institute of Science - Disability - Soft palate - Business - Products and Services
Pictures: New Flying-Car Design Revealed »
The first flying car with a shot at making it to market got a new look Monday, as seen in pictures of the craft as a car, a plane?and something in-between.
Flying car - Recreation - Autos - Terrafugia - Enthusiasts
PHOTOS: Plastic-Bottle Catamaran Crosses Pacific »
Sailing a plastic bottle ship across the Pacific spotlighted the serious problem of plastic trash at sea?and showed that solutions are possible by simply thinking smarter.
Pacific Ocean - Plastic - Plastiki - David Mayer de Rothschild - Recycling
Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved? »
Recent finds may help reveal who wrote the seminal scrolls. For starters, they may hail from the purported home of the Ark of the Covenant.
Dead Sea - Ark of the Covenant - Dead Sea scrolls - Middle East - Israel
Plastic Bottle Catamaran Completes Epic Pacific Crossing »
The Plastiki?David de Rothschild?s recycled-bottle sailboat?safely reached Sydney harbor this week, marking the end of a unique 8,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean - Plastiki - David Mayer de Rothschild - Australia - Recycling
Pictures: Creeping Lava Consumes Home »
As lava from the Kilauea volcano crept closer to his Hawaiian home, resident Gary Sleik felt three years of anxiety go up in smoke.
Volcano - Hawaii - K?lauea - Lava - Kilauea
Photos: "Spectacular" Deep-Sea Species Found off Canada »
New pictures reveal a potentially new?and arguably adorable?purple octopus and other rare species found this month off Canada's east coast.
Species - Canada - Fish - Biology - Flora and Fauna
