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	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Sapphire: Space-Inspired Jewelry Sparkles in Exhibit NEW YORK — From twinkling stars and graceful comets to glowing rockets, space has been a popular subject for jewelers throughout history. Now an exhibition draws together choice examples of space-themed jewelry from before the space race to today. Read More » Asteroid Miners to Use 3D Printing for Space Telescopes 3D printing could help the asteroid-mining industry get off the ground. Read More »
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	Retired Research Chimps Get Second Chance at Life Plans announced this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to retire most of its 360 research chimpanzees introduces the question of where these chimps will go. The answer has yet to be determined. Read More » Researchers See Through Walls With 'Wi-Vi' Want X­ray vision like the man of steel? A technology that lets you see behind walls could soon be built in to your cell phone. Read More » Nanoparticles Help Scientists Tell Left From Right Have trouble telling left from right? Believe it not, so do molecular scientists. But a new method that amplifies the difference between right-handed and left-handed molecules could make things easier for scientists and lead to the development of new nanomaterials, optical sensors and pharmaceutical drugs. Read More » Weekend Stargazing: Celestial Scorpion Reigns in Night Sky There's a giant scorpion hovering overhead, but have no fear. This creepy crawler is actually the constellation Scorpius. It's all sparkle and no sting. Read More » Building PayPal Galactic for Off-World Payments Will Take Years MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Developing a cosmic cash system to meet the needs of future space tourists and interplanetary settlers is a complicated task that will take several years to complete, leaders of the new project say. Read More » Video Catches Exotic Bird Laying Eggs Secret cameras captured rare footage of a southern cassowary laying eggs at the Edinburgh Zoo for the first time in 27 years. Read More » Ob-Gyn Shortage Is Going to Get Worse (Op-Ed) Read More » NASA picks Florida agency to take over shuttle landing strip By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA has selected Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, to take over operations, maintenance and development of the space shuttle's idled landing site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials said on Friday. Terms of the agreement, which have not yet been finalized, were not disclosed, but Space Florida has made no secret about its desire to take over facilities no longer needed by NASA to develop a multi-user commercial spaceport, somewhat akin to an airport or seaport. ... Read More » 'White House Down': What It Takes to Protect the President Hollywood seems to have the ingredients needed for a blockbuster disaster movie down to a science: lots of explosions, action-packed fight sequences and nefarious criminals laying siege to the government, a city or the world. Read More » Why Women Are More Likely to Be Bisexual Women may be more "hetero-flexible," or be primarily attracted to men with some same sex attraction, because same-sex behavior allowed women to raise their children with other women, a new study has proposed. Read More » NASA Space Shuttle Runway Gets New Life as Commercial Spaceport CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The famous seaside space shuttle runway here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center may have a second life soon as a launch and landing spot for a whole new type of space mission: tourist flights. Read More » Social Lemurs Have More 'Street Smarts,' Study Finds Lemurs that come from big tribes and live in large groups exhibit more "social smarts" than those that live with only a few companions, finds a new study that suggests the size of a primate's social network could influence its social intelligence. Read More » Chilean Mummies Reveal Ancient Nicotine Habit The hair of mummies from the town of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile reveals the people in the region had a nicotine habit spanning from at least 100 B.C. to A.D. 1450. Read More » Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on Public Display in Florida CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis, the final orbiter among NASA's winged fleet to fly in space, launched on its new mission Saturday (June 29) as the centerpiece of a $100 million tourist attraction in Florida. Read More » Leading light in science, Italy's 'lady of the stars' Hack dies By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ... Read More » Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit Opens with Support from Souvenirs CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It would not be a proper Florida theme park attraction if you didn't exit through the gift shop. Read More » Leading light in science, Italy's "lady of the stars" Hack dies By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ... Read More »
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	Editorial Board Read More » Emerging role for astroglial networks in information processing: from synapse to behavior Ulrike Pannasch, Nathalie Rouach. • Astrocytes are organized in extensive and plastic gap-junction mediated networks. • We evaluate their role in synaptic activity, neuronal circuit dynamics and behav.... Read More » Neurons and circuits for odor processing in the piriform cortex John M. Bekkers, Norimitsu Suzuki. • The piriform cortex (PC) is critical for olfactory processing in mammals. • The PC is increasingly studied as a model circuit for cortical sensory processing. •.... Read More » Steady or changing? Long-term monitoring of neuronal population activity Henry Lütcke, David J. Margolis, Fritjof Helmchen. • We review in vivo chronic extracellular recording and two-photon calcium-imaging studies that address the question of the stability of neuronal population activi.... Read More » Metabolic signaling by lactate in the brain L. Felipe Barros. • Synaptic activity is accompanied by a transient rise in brain tissue lactate concentration. • The rise in lactate is explained by acute stimulation of glycolysis in.... Read More » Autophagy in axonal and dendritic degeneration Yi Yang, Michael Coleman, Lihui Zhang, Xiaoxiang Zheng, Zhenyu Yue. • Neuritic degeneration is a pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases. • Autophagy regulates protein and organelle homeostasis in axons and dendrites.<.... Read More » Development of human embryonic stem cell therapies for age-related macular degeneration Amanda-Jayne F. Carr, Matthew J.K. Smart, Conor M. Ramsden, Michael B. Powner, Lyndon da Cruz, Peter J. Coffey. • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in older adults. Recent research for treating AMD has focused on replacing the retinal pigmen.... Read More »
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	NASA telescope to probe long-standing solar mystery By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A small NASA telescope was poised for launch on Thursday on a mission to determine how the sun heats its atmosphere to millions of degrees, sending off rivers of particles that define the boundaries of the solar system. The study is far from academic. Solar activity directly impacts Earth's climate and the space environment beyond the planet's atmosphere. Solar storms can knock out power grids, disrupt radio signals and interfere with communications, navigation and other satellites in orbit. ... Read More » Microbes Make Cozy Homes in Ocean's Garbage For about four decades, it's been known that plastic is collecting in the open ocean. Now, scientists have found this debris harbors unique communities of microbes, and the tiny residents of this so-called plastisphere may help break down the marine garbage. Read More » NASA probe finds new zone at doorstep to interstellar space By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Reports last summer than NASA's long-lived Voyager 1 space probe had finally left the solar system turned out to be a bit premature, scientists said on Thursday. Rather, the spacecraft, which was launched in 1977 for a five-year mission to study Jupiter and Saturn, has found itself in a previously unknown region between the outermost part of the solar system and interstellar space. ... Read More » Obama's Sensible Climate Plan: Boost Economy, Slash Emissions (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » We Must Speak Out for Science (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Surveillance Cams Get Party Hats for Orwell's Birthday Famed author George Orwell was born on June 25, 1903, and two Dutch artists decided that the best way to celebrate his birthday was with party hats — on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras. Read More » Omega-3 in Fish May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk A large review of studies concludes that women who consume more omega-3 fatty acids by eating fish were at a lower risk of having breast cancer. Read More » NASA telescope to probe long-standing solar mystery By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A small NASA telescope was launched into orbit on Thursday on a mission to determine how the sun heats its atmosphere to millions of degrees, sending off rivers of particles that define the boundaries of the solar system. The study is far from academic. Solar activity directly impacts Earth's climate and the space environment beyond the planet's atmosphere. Solar storms can knock out power grids, disrupt radio signals and interfere with communications, navigation and other satellites in orbit. ... Read More » NASA Launches Sun-Watching Telescope to Probe Solar Secrets NASA's newest solar observatory launched into space late Thursday (June 27), beginning a two-year quest to probe some of the sun's biggest mysteries. Read More » 3 Things Making Workers More Productive Workers say technology is not the only reason they are more productive. Read More » How Worker Vacations Put Employers at Risk Bosses may want to be careful what they wish for when it comes to expecting employees to work through their vacations. New research has found that workers are risking their companies' security when they work while on vacation. Read More » Scientists Search Lunar Landscape for Lost Moon Probes The moon is the final resting ground for scads of landed and crashed spacecraft, many of which have been pinpointed recently by sleuthing scientists. Read More » Mars Life Search Hindered by Planetary Protection Concerns, Scientists Say Current policies designed to safeguard Mars against biological contamination from Earth are hampering exploration of the Red Planet and should be relaxed, some scientists say. Read More » Could Quantum Brain Effects Explain Consciousness? NEW YORK — The idea that consciousness arises from quantum mechanical phenomena in the brain is intriguing, yet lacks evidence, scientists say. Read More » Cave Art Reveals Ancient View of Cosmos Some of the oldest art in the United States maps humanity's place in the cosmos, as aligned with an ancient religion. Read More » Eating Insects Will Help Feed Hungry World, UN Says NEW YORK — The problem is familiar: How to feed a growing world population. Now, a few people have offered a solution that may sound strange, at least to Western ears: Eat insects. Read More » Beach Benefits: Oceanside Living Is Good for Health WASHINGTON — The age-old wisdom that being near the seaside is good for your health may be true, studies suggest. Read More » Diving Marine Animals Guzzle Oxygen from Ocean Marine animals swim to astonishing depths each day, diving for food and hiding from predators. These movements may seem miniscule against the enormity of the ocean, but combined on a global scale, they actually alter the ocean's oxygen levels, new research shows. Read More » How Earth Heals Itself After an Earthquake For the first time, scientists have watched the Earth heal itself after an earthquake. Read More » Climate Change May Radically Transform Desert Bacteria Climate change may transform the community of microbes that forms the crucial top layer of soil, known as a biocrust, in deserts throughout the United States, new research suggests. Read More » Woman's 'Foot Orgasm' Is First Known Case A 55-year-old woman in the Netherlands visited the doctor with an unusual complaint: She experienced unwanted orgasms that started in her foot, according to a new report of her case. Read More » Japan to Launch Talking Robot Into Space A small talking robot built in Japan is about to take one giant leap into space. Read More » Space Race TV Pilot Being Penned by 'Star Trek' Screenwriter The story of how the space race between the United States and former Soviet Union was born out of the Cold War may be retold as a new television series now being developed by a newly-launched production company and a "Star Trek" screenwriter. Read More » The Road to Mars Is Paved in Lunar Rock (Op-Ed) Paul D. Spudis is a planetary geology and remote sensing expert at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. This article was adapted from his post "Risky Business: ISRU and the Critical Path to Mars"on his Spudis Lunar Resources blog. He contributed this article to SPACE.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Is Cursive Writing Dead? A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. Read More » Traces of Wartime Famine Unearthed in Jerusalem Archaeologists may have discovered evidence of a dire famine that gripped Jerusalem during a Roman siege nearly 2,000 years ago. Read More » Imported Tortoises Could Replace Madagascar's Extinct Ones Two millennia ago, millions of giant tortoises roamed Madagascar, an island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa that is rich in species found nowhere else on Earth. Those tortoises kept Madagascar's unique ecosystem in check by munching on low-lying foliage, trampling vegetation and dispersing large seeds from native trees like the baobab. Read More » T. Rex Skeleton Headed for Smithsonian The Smithsonian is finally set to welcome a into its hallowed halls. Read More »
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