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Science News, 2011

Major science news stories, from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to the Chilean miners trapped undergrounds

by Catherine McNiff

Two scientists checking equipment in the central tube of the Large Hadron Collider. Photo by Antonio Saba courtesy of CERN Related Links 2011 Year in Review 2011 News of the Nation 2011 News of the World 2011 Current Events

Research finds that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light, turning Einstein's theory of relativity on its head

Gamers design new proteins that have disease-defying capabilities

Giant waves leave a path of destruction and create a nuclear crisis on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion

The final voyage of the space shuttle Atlantis marked the end of NASA's space shuttle program

Tornadoes Ravaged Parts of the Southeast U.S. in April and May 2011

The planet-hunting space telescope has found 1,235 planet candidates

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