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Robot Finds Melting Ice on Mars

Remember that mystery white substance that the Phoenix Lander uncovered beneath Martian soil with its robot arms? Scientists were speculating that it might be salt or it might be ice. Now, a few days later, it's looking very much like ice. Why? It's melting, as you can see in these pictures. More »

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Super-Fast Evolution Means Capricans Would be Hideous, Not Hot.

Brace yourselves, Battlestar fans: in real life Starbuck would probably be ugly as sin. Think more like a Ferengi, less like a supermodel. So would anyone else from the 12 Colonies, most likely. That's the implication of a new study of evolution here on Earth, which shows that natural selection can work at break-neck speeds. More »

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Aliens Left Us A Nasty Surprise On The Moon

A Space: 1999-ish shuttle lands on an under-construction moonbase, where scientists have just found a secret hatch containing... something alien, in this trailer from Moon, a new game coming soon for the Nintendo DS from Renegade Kid, the developer that created Dementium. Exploring the long-buried alien lunar stronghold could be fun, if the rest of the game's graphics hold up to this preview. Click through for a trailer for another forthcoming game release, Lost Planet: Colonies. More »

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Refugees from the Halo Wars

The massive juggernaut of gaming that is the Halo trilogy has a strategy game prequel coming out this year, and while there hasn't been much news about it since last summer's E3, the developers have quietly been putting up new concept art over the past few months. This newest piece shows what seems to be a mass exodus from one of the human colonies before all hell breaks loose. We've got even more concept art that fills in the Halo backstory. More »