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Extreme Scientific Imaging: Best of 2011 Named

32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life—Oldest Yet

The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has beaten the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years, a new study says.

Pictures: New Amphibians Without Arms or Legs Discovered

New Scars Found on Moon, Hint at Relatively Recent Activity

Long trenches spotted on lunar highlands suggest that the Moon has been recently active, geologically speaking.

Uganda's Power Drive Stills the Headwaters of the Nile

Uganda, where 90 percent of the people lack electricity, taps deeper into waterpower, by eliminating cascading rapids on the Victoria Nile.

Pictures: See and Hear Last Speakers of Dying Languages

Why Some Poison Frogs Taste Bittersweet When Licked

It's a discovery perhaps only a frog-licking scientist could make: Toxic frogs secrete sugars and bile acids in addition to their poisons.

Space Pictures This Week: Rocket Launch, Saturn "Snowman"

Echoes of Monster Star's "Great Eruption" Found—A First

For the first time, astronomers have glimpsed reflections of light from a "supernova impostor"—the 19th-century eruption of Eta Carinae.

Pictures: Miniature Chameleons Discovered—Fit on Match Tip

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