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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.