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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

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

MADRID, April 30 (UPI) -- Writings by Arab historians offer a chronology of climatic events in the Middle East from 816 to 1009, when cold waves and snow were normal, researchers say. - United Press International - 25 Reads