AP Top Science News New telescope to be in South Africa, AustraliaMay 25, 20128:18 PM ET PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced.   Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadowMay 24, 201212:49 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004.  Is China poor? Key question at climate talksMay 25, 20128:15 PM ET BONN, Germany (AP) — Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.   Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceXMay 23, 20125:49 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race.  
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