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	3-D Printing Could Revolutionize U.S. Navy All aboard the 3D printing battleship! The U.S. Navy could soon use these these popular tech tools to shake up traditional supply chains and revolutionize maritime strategy. Read More » T. Rex's Smaller Cousin Ate Like a Falcon, Study Finds A smaller cousin of the , called may have fed on its prey in a fashion similar to modern-day falcons, a new study finds. Read More » Weird Pirate Ant Comes With an 'Eye Patch' Scientists have discovered a strangely patterned new insect in the Philippines, dubbing it the pirate ant because of a dark stripe over its eyes that makes it look like it's wearing an eye patch. Read More » How Plants May Help Offset Global Warming Could plants help to slow the march of global warming? Read More » Javelin-Hurling Scientists Measure Antarctic Glacier Melt How quickly are glaciers in Antarctica melting? Researchers are launching javelin-shaped devices out of airplanes to help answer that question and find out what's going on in some of the frozen continent's most inaccessible places. Read More » Save Our Science: How to Inspire a New Generation of Scientists Save Our Science: How to Inspire a New Generation of Scientists Read More » Why Penguins Quit Flying Humans spent centuries conspiring to fly, so it might be hard to imagine that any creature would give up the skill, and yet penguins waddle among us. A new study helps confirm that these seabirds traded flight to become better swimmers. Read More » Antidepressants May Help With Heart Disease For some patients with heart disease, taking antidepressants may reduce the risk of heart problems brought on by mental stress, a new study suggests. Read More » Could a Drug Prevent Brain Aging? Sharply reducing calorie intake, by as much as 40 percent, could slow aging in cells and may even prolong life span, studies have suggested. Now, researchers say they have found a way to mimic the beneficial effects of calorie restriction on the brain with a drug. Read More » Deadly Moore Tornado Tops the Scale at EF-5 Complete and utter destruction in some parts of Moore, Okla., in the wake of yesterday's deadly tornado confirms the twister was a rare EF-5 — the top of the tornado rating scale, the National Weather Service announced today (May 21). Read More » Rare Sight: See Bright Saturn Near Moon on Wednesday On occasion I'll get an e-mail from someone who says they've just received a telescope as gift and while they've enjoyed looking at the moon and the planet Jupiter or Venus with it, they really would love to get a view of Saturn.  Read More » NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer NASA has doled out a research grant to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars. Read More » Genomics Reveals Great Famine Culprit Genome analysis of stored potato leaf samples identified exactly what strain of blight ravaged potatoes in the Irish Famine. Sophie Bushwick reports. Read More » Like Father Like Son: Mice Follow Dad's Example When it comes to parenting, mice follow their fathers' examples. Male mice with neglectful dads grow up to be less nurturing to their own babies, new research finds. Read More » Study: Stress Isn't Hot Stress makes its mark on the female face, according to a new study that finds men judge women with high levels of a stress hormone less attractive. Read More » Big Meteor Explosion on Moon Shows Lunar Exploration Risks The dramatic meteorite strike that blasted out a big crater on the moon two months ago shows just how perilous manned lunar exploration can be. Read More » First Trailer for Sci-Fi Thriller 'Europa Report' Unveiled (Video) The first trailer for the new science fiction film "Europa Report" has launched onto the Internet and just might be the most realistic — and harrowing — depiction of space travel on the big screen in years. Read More » Malls Attract Shoppers Looking for an 'Experience' Shopping at the mall is a social experience. According to a recent survey of more than 3,400 adults ages 18 and up, 81 percent of Americans shop with someone else. The inaugural survey, designed to understand why people come to the mall, was released by Glimcher Retail Trust. Read More » Normal or Not? When Grief and Depression Mingle The profound sadness that stems from grief can look a lot like the sadness depression brings. The similarity can create a dilemma for mental health professionals: When should someone experiencing the loss of a loved one be diagnosed as depressed? Read More » Can Any Buildings Survive Tornados? How do you protect yourself from a tornado that reaches 2 miles wide with wind gusts above 200 miles per hour? Read More » Did an Abandoned 'Ghost Ship' Disappear? After months of drifting across the North Atlantic, a luckless, abandoned cruise ship spotted drifting off the coast of Ireland may have finally sunk beneath the waves. Read More » How Evolution May Help Build Better Robots NEW YORK — In the real world, animals have evolved the ability to get from point A to B by galloping, crawling and jumping. Now, robots in the virtual world have accomplished something similar. Read More » Russian Space Ark Returns Animal Astronauts to Earth, Some Mice & Gerbils Die A Russian space capsule carrying lizards, mice, gerbils, fish and other creatures has safely returned to Earth, but not all of its animal passengers survived the month-long spaceflight, according to news reports. Read More » Moon or Asteroid? Congress Debates Best Pit Stop to Mars NASA's plan to lasso an asteroid for astronauts as a deep-space dry run for a future mission to Mars has some members of Congress wondering if the space agency would be better off setting its sights on the moon instead. Read More » Could Science Hatch the Perfect Fake Egg? SAN MATEO, Calif. — Fake eggs made from plant materials could one day replace chicken eggs, one researcher says. Read More » High-Tech Shopping: Meet the Future of Retail Browsing through a store's clothing selection, trying things on and dealing with a salesperson is so last-century. Now tons of people do a bulk of their shopping, if not all of it, from the comfort of their own home, clicking away at what they like and sending back what doesn't fit. According to a 2012 Forrester report, 58 percent of the U.S. population will be online shoppers by 2016. But that doesn't mean the mall needs to become a ghost town. Read More » Scientists Make World's Smallest Movie An ensemble cast of carbon atoms stars in the world's smallest stop-motion movie created by researchers at IBM. Read More » Mars Meteorite May Fetch $160,000 At Auction A meteorite that originated on Mars is expected to fetch at least $160,000 when it hits the auction block June 2 as part of a collection of rare geological specimens. Read More » Fungus Among Us! Body's Microbes Mapped A new map of the fungal species lurking on human skin reveals the most diverse communities can be found on — you guessed it — the bottom of the feet. Read More » Baby Neanderthal Breast-Fed for 7 Months A baby Neanderthal who lived in what is now Belgium about 100,000 years ago started eating solid food at 7 months old, revealing a new aspect of the evolution of breast-feeding. Read More » Moon Crash Scene Investigation Tonight: See Telescope Views of Meteorite Impact The lunar crash site from an meteorite strike on the moon is taking center stage in cosmic crime scene investigation and you can see the space rock impact zone online in a free webcast tonight tonight (May 22). Read More » Rare View of Ancient Galaxy Crash Revealed Astronomers have caught two big ancient galaxies in the act of colliding, shedding new light on the role such megamergers played in galactic evolution during the universe's youth. Read More »
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