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OBEs
You've heard of people having out of body experiences, but are they real? Or just a trick of the mind?

Creating Life
Experts predict that in three to 10 years, scientists will be able to create what is known as "wet" artificial life — that is, an actual functioning cell, complete with its genetic system, fashioned from previously nonliving chemical components.

A Void in Space
Astronomers were recently shocked to discover an empty region in space while examining data from a sky survey carried out by the Very Large Array radio telescope, part of the National Radio Astronomy Laboratory.

The Bionic Hand
The i-Limb Hand is as amazing as anything George Lucas could have dreamed up. U.K.-based Touch Bionics recently unveiled the device, which the company touts as the first prosthesis that “looks and acts like a real human hand.”

Global Warming and Landmarks
Climate scientists are predicting that in a century or so, rising sea levels caused by global warming will inundate scores of U.S. landmarks.

Asian Space Race
Fifty years after the anniversary of Sputnik, another space race is developing, but this time it's between the Asian nations of China, Japan and India.

Sputnik
On the evening of Oct. 4 1957, Americans, already fearful of the Soviet Union, were shocked by reports that Soviet scientists had used a rocket to launch the first artificial satellite into orbit.