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Nearly five million Migratory birds from Canada are now winging their way south across North America, and many of them could be in for a nasty shock when they reach the oily marshes and beaches along the Gulf Coast.

Two asteroids swooping past Earth Wednesday may have caught the attention of the public, but events like these are not actually rare, NASA scientists say.

Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: NASA's Opportunity rover sends back a 3-D postcard as it passes the halfway point in its 12-mile journey to Endeavour Crater.

Original Recipe Google isn't afraid to auto-fill the tough question about Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. New Google Instant is another story.

Google's legal chief called for pressure on governments that censor the Internet, such as China and Turkey, arguing that their blocking access to websites not only violates human rights but unfairly restrains U.S. trade.

Google introduced "Instant" search Wednesday with results given to users as they type the letters of words — not even the words themselves.

Scientists say a large new carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Spain sported a very unusual pointed humplike structure on its back, muscular legs and evidence for some of the world's first feathers.

The wispy arms of a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way can be seen in striking detail in a new image from the European Southern Observatory.

From Spartans to Spiderman this is your month in video games for September. Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck reports. (MSNBC)

Leslie Kean, author of "UFOs:  Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record," says that criticism of her book is misplaced — and that a systematic study of unidentified flying objects is sorely needed.