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Our planet's lopsided moon may have swallowed up its smaller sibling after a collision, which may have resulted in its asymmetric terrain, scientists propose. Erik Asphaug, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his colleague Martin Jutzi recently wrote an article about the creation of the moon, which is published in the journal Nature.

Competition is brewing in the small but booming market for flash memory used in corporate data centers, and analysts foresee a wave of consolidation as larger players move in.

The California Earthquake Authority plans to take part in more catastrophe bond deals every four to six months after successfully closing its first one this week, the agency said on Tuesday.

The pop star's latest album has produced five number one hits.

Silicon Valley?s fuel cell maker Bloom Energy continues to add customers looking to power part of their data center operations with distributed, cleaner power in California. On Thursday, the U.S. division of Japanese telecom giant NTT, NTT America, said it will install five Bloom fuel cells at one of its data center facilities in San Jose, Calif.

New research shows that vampire bats, who solely feast on the blood of mammals, have evolved heat sensors in their face in order to detect blood with precision, a mystery left undiscovered until now.

Silicon Valley?s fuel cell maker Bloom Energy continues to add customers looking to power part of their data center operations with distributed, cleaner power in California. On Thursday, the U.S. division of Japanese telecom giant NTT, NTT America, said it will install five Bloom fuel cells at one of its data center facilities in San Jose, Calif.

Experts are baffled by the declines in violent crimes in the U.S.

Violent crime in the United States has been falling across the board for at least the past five or six years.

Redmond O'Neal, the son of actors Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, was arrested again on Tuesday after police said they found heroin and marijuana inside his car.

Tom Sherak has been re-elected to a third term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AMPAS announced on Tuesday night following a meeting of its Board of Governors.

BrightSource Energy Inc on Tuesday said it was now able to store the energy its solar thermal power plants produce, allowing them to function during after the sun sets.

At one time K-Swiss was known as a conservative white tennis shoemaker, but that all changed when it hired fictional athlete Kenny Powers as its spokesman.

A Los Angeles man who may have served time in jail for setting fire to restaurants and bars in Japan while stationed there as a U.S. Marine is suspected in a spree of arson attacks in California, authorities said on Tuesday.

Earth once might have had two moons, according to researchers.

Google adds a top FTC lawyer to its internal team

A second moon orbited the Earth but a slow-motion collision with its bigger sister left our planet with one, scientists say. Astronomers believe that this collision, which lasted several hours, can explain the moon's asymmetry.

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State parks, recreational areas and reserves around the United States are closing their doors as severe budget cuts leave little room for operational costs.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella poisoning that spread across 26 states linked to ground turkey, as a new strain of salmonella highly resistant to the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin surfaces, scientists say.

Apple may plan to merger chips and software for future apps, analyst says.