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PHOTO: The sun sets behind a barn and windmill on Sunday, May 20, 2012, southwest of Ellis, Kans, during a partial solar eclipse.

Annular Eclipse Makes 'Ring of Fire'

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PHOTO: "Perpetual Ocean" is a computer-aided view of the world's ocean currents, compiled by NASA with data from several Earth-observing satellites.

NASA Time-Lapse of Sea Currents

PHOTO: The Quadrantid meteor shower as captured by a photographer in Suffolk, England, is shown.

Lyrid Meteor Shower of 2012

PHOTO: Well-preserved carcass of a Siberian mammoth, more than 10,000 years old, found with fur and bones, and evidence that human hunters may have cut it open.

Mammoth 'Butchered' by Ancient Man

PHOTO: Cary and Michael Huang, 14-year-old twin brothers from Moraga, California, created an interactive animation called "Scale of the Universe 2." Cary, right, says he did the research and wrote the text; Michael turned it into Flash animation.

Scale of the Universe

PHOTO: German scientists are helping decode the genome of the 5,300-year-old Tyrolean iceman, found in 1991 in the Alps close to the border between Austria and Italy.

Ancient 'Iceman' Had Modern Ailments

PHOTO: A plant regenerated from Pleistocene Age fruit tissue is seen in this undated photo, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Soil Cryology Laboratory, Moscow.

Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years

PHOTO: Artist's conception of the planet GJ667Cc, believed to be a super-Earth capable of having liquid water.

Water World: New 'Super-Earth' Found

PHOTO: The Quadrantid meteor shower as captured by a photographer in Suffolk, England, is shown.

First Meteor Shower of 2012 Dazzles

PHOTO: NASA's Kepler mission announces that it's found two planets circling another star, the first ever that are Earth's size or smaller.

First Earth-Size Planets Found in Space

TIPS AND APPS

PHOTO: Draw Something has become an incredibly popular Android and iPhone app.

'Draw Something' Tips and Tricks

PHOTO: Pinterest, a digital pin-board service, has a number of different uses.

Pinterest: 5 Ways to Use the Social Site

PHOTO: WIndows 8 Apps: A Look at The Beautiful Applications

Can Windows 8's Apps Beat the iPad's?

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PHOTO: The 4Moms Origami is the most high-tech stroller ever made with power-folding
capabilities.

Origami Stroller: Most High-Tech Ever?

The 4Moms Origami is the most high-tech stroller ever made. Is it worth $850?

PHOTO: The Amazon Kindle Touch pictured left, Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch pictured right.

Nook vs. Kindle: Which Reigns King?

The top e-readers face off. Which one is worth your $99?

PHOTO: Some of the best iPhone accessories are seen here, such as the Photojojo, the JOBY GorillaMobile tripod and the iFlash.

Best iPhone Camera Accessories

Your iPhone can be an even better camera with these lenses and other accessories

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