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A vast fleet of dozens of ghostly abandoned Navy and merchant ships have been corroding in Suisun Bay since decades.

An astonishing 1060 new species have been identified in New Guinea, including 580 invertebrates, 134 amphibians, 71 varieties of fish and 2 birds among others.

On Monday (Day 29), Casey Anthony trial resumed with Chief Judge Belvin Perry confirming that Casey is competent to stand for trial even as a private investigator revealed that a psychic had directed him to the spot where Caylee's remains would later be found.

Human civilization may come in contact with the extraterrestrial civilizations within the next two decades, according to a top Russian astronomer.

News reports of the discovery of a hitherto ‘uncontacted’ primitive tribe deep inside Amazon rainforest in Brazil have fanned a lively discussion on the Internet revolving around the impact of technology on human life.

In its first ruling in a video game case, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a California law that would have banned the sale or rental of violent video games to kids.

Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Hermann Guede all appeared in court in Perugia, Italy on Monday for the seventh hearing of their appeal for the murder of British student Meredith Kerchner.

TV network G4 will resume airing Ryan Dunn's show Proving Ground. It will begin on July 19 with a special tribute episode that features Dunn's memorable moments on G4 and interviews with his closest friends and colleagues.

While Casey Anthony's first-degree murder Trial stirs up a national sensation in the U.S., the murder trial of Meredith Kercher has gained international attention due to its controversies around the validity of the convictions and the conduct of the police investigation and prosecution. Taking center stage is Amanda Knox, Kercher's roommate.

The floodwaters, which reached a nearly record-breaking level of 1,561.7 feet above sea level, have been slowly receding, and the opening of three recovery centers in North Dakota were announced on Monday. Two centers will open in Minot, and one in Bismarck. Residents can register for disaster assistance online or by phone as well.

The Casey Anthony trial resumed Monday, after Judge Belvin Perry announced that three, court-ordered psychologists determined Anthony to be mentally competent to remain on trial.

Anthropologists have differed over whether to let primitive tribes live in peace, untouched by modern technological advancements, including those in the medical field, or to amalgamate them into modern life gradually. This anthropological dichotomy will perhaps never be resolved. An enormous number of readers posted comments on the IB Times story on the uncontacted tribal people deep inside the Brazilian rainforest.

An asteroid measuring 16 to 36 feet will fly by Earth on Monday, with possible viewing opportunities for a lucky few.

NASA will launch an unmanned spacecraft in 2016, aiming at collecting a sample from the asteroid 1999 RQ36, the public enemy No.1 that can also give clues to the origin of life on earth.

Judge chastises interviewer: You're not supposed to beat your own chest

A new uncontacted Amazon tribe in Brazil was discovered and recently confirmed by National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) of Brazil, a government body overseeing indigenous peoples.

TSA pat-down security checks at US airports has flared up yet another passenger, after her 95 years old mother was asked to remove her adult diaper at Northwest Florida Regional Airport.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), which is known for designing nuclear weapons, was shut down Monday due to raging Las Conchas wildfire.

Dubbed 'Tokyo's Levitating Girl,' she has photographed herself suspended midair -- on city pavements, in restaurants and deserted fields, all over the Japanese capital.

NASA said Asteroid 2011 MD, a hunk of rock estimated to be anywhere from 16 to 35 feet wide, is going to fly by Earth today at a distance of 7,500 miles above the surface of the planet.

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has defended a recent pat-down act on a 95-year old cancer patient, Lena Reppert, who was forced to remove her diaper as part of security check.

Scientists from U.S. and UK have found that West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, the biggest in the region, is melting 50 percent faster than it was in 1994, increasing global sea levels at an alarming rate.

World's first serial hybrid electric aircraft was unveiled at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget 2011. The DA36 E-Star aircraft is developed and designed by EADS and Siemens, with the goal of reducing noise and emissions by 25%.

Thousands of houses got swallowed up by the flooding of Souris River, while the rapidly rising waters forced emergency evacuation of residents of Minot, North Dakota, on Sunday.

A series of mystifying flying objects were seen in London skies on Friday, bringing the same unanswered question to the fore - Do UFOs really exist?

At her first military engagement as the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton honored Irish guards who served in Afghanistan, on Saturday.

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in San Francisco came out of the closet this weekend to celebrate the largest gathering of LGBT people and allies in the United States - San Francisco Pride 2011.

Fellow 'Jackass' co-star Johnny Knoxville reminisced about the death of his friend Ryan Dunn on Sunday, opening up for the first time since Dunn's memorial last week.

Following Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, District Columbia and Iowa, New York State has become the sixth U.S. State to allow full marriage rights to same sex couples by law.