ROME (AP) — A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth.

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GENEVA (AP) — The European Organization for Nuclear Research says it expects to restart the world's largest atom smasher by this weekend after more than a year of repairs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the Mars rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year. The risky operation is expected to last several months.

EDITOR'S NOTE _ This is one of an occasional series of stories leading up to next month's climate conference in Copenhagen, reporting on the impact, future and responses to climate change.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — As global warming makes wildfires more likely, scientists are trying to learn how bad the smoke is for the health of people who live downwind.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska probably will see most of its surface permafrost vanish by the end of this century, but researchers believe vast areas of frozen soil will remain deeper underground even as air temperatures increase.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It turns out there's lots of water on the moon — at least near the lunar south pole.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A noted Montana paleontologist's theory could wipe scores of dinosaur species from the Earth's history and modern text books.

LONDON (AP) — British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm.

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

NEW YORK (AP) — Death doesn't erase the online footprints that people leave in life and Facebook won't either, though it will make some changes.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Scientists searching for Yellowstone National Park's lesser-known life forms — beyond its famed bison, bears and wolves — found more than 1,200 species, including several never known before to exist in the park.

CHICAGO (AP) — An international group of scientists has decoded the DNA of the domestic pig, research that may one day prove useful in finding new treatments for both pigs and people, and perhaps aid in efforts for a new swine flu vaccine for...

NEW YORK (AP) — Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline said Monday their experimental lupus treatment passed another key goal on its path to potentially becoming the first new drug for the disease in decades.

SEATTLE (AP) — Personal computers are changing — and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rocket flew halfway through a simulated lunar landing mission in the Mojave Desert on Thursday before a fire thwarted the attempt to win a $1 million prize.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that faith and science are both necessary for the full understanding of mankind and its place in the universe.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is planning extensive research to support its claim to a broad swath of energy-rich territory beneath the Arctic Sea, a top official of the nation's icebreaker fleet said Friday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive.

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House.