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WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The biggest and brightest full moon of the year will light up the night sky over North America this weekend, NASA astronomers said. - United Press International - 26 Reads

CORVALLIS, Ore., May 1 (UPI) -- No creature is safe from fleas, not even dinosaurs that had to endure the bites of giant flea-like insects 165 million years ago, a U.S. zoologist says. - United Press International - 6 Reads

NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 14 (UPI) -- Americans agree the United States needs a national clean energy standard and are willing to pay more to make it happen, a survey indicates. - United Press International - 17 Reads

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 7 (UPI) -- Dinosaurs may have caused climate change through their flatulence, releasing enough methane to warm the climate millions of years ago, British researchers say. - United Press International - 25 Reads

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- Features of one of the world's most famous fossils may partly explain the evolution of larger brains in modern humans and our ancestors, U.S. researchers say. - United Press International - 6 Reads

MUNICH, Germany, May 16 (UPI) -- European astronomers say they've captured the deepest, most detailed images ever of a massive elliptical galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its heart. - United Press International - 1 Reads

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) announced today that Frank Karbe, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the upcoming Deutsche Bank Securities 37th Annual Health Care Conference at 4:50 p.m. EDT / 1:50 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Boston. During the presentation, Mr. Karbe will discuss the company’s development program and plans for cabozantinib, and review the most recent publicly available data for - BusinessWire - 127 Reads

MELBOURNE, May 11 (UPI) -- Australian conservationists say they hope the release of hundreds of frog eggs laid at the Melbourne Zoo can help revive a threatened species. - United Press International - 25 Reads

HONOLULU, May 17 (UPI) -- Whales can "adjust" their super-sensitive hearing, used to hunt and navigate, and can turn it down when they anticipate loud noises, U.S. researchers say. - United Press International - 1 Reads

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 21 (UPI) -- A gold earring in a collection of ancient jewelry unearthed in northern Israel suggests the hoard could have Egyptian origins, archaeologists say. - United Press International - 19 Reads