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	Sea Lampreys Have Hot Sex Male sea lampreys need to be pretty hot to attract females — thermally hot, that is. Read More » How Bomb Tests Could Date Elephant Ivory Bomb tests generations ago could indirectly help fight illegal poaching of African elephants, new research shows. Read More » Oldest Grave Flowers Unearthed in Israel The oldest example of grave flowers has been discovered in Israel. Read More » How 3D Printing Can Build New Bone Damaged bones could be fixed with a new technique that involves 3D printing a tissue using living stem cells. Read More » Infertility May Be Linked to Taste Genes Genes involved in tasting sweet and savory flavors on the tongue also play a key role in properly working sperm, new research in animals finds. Read More » How Older Couples Handle Conflict: Just Avoid It When older couples argue, they're more likely to handle the conflict by changing the subject, a new study finds. Read More » Meteor Shower and Dancing Planets to Grace July Night Sky Summer planets, constellations and a late-month meteor shower should combine to make July a skywatching treat, weather permitting. Read More » Chemistry and physics: one needs the other Chemistry and physics: one needs the other Read More » Unmanned Russian rocket crashes after launch in Kazakhstan ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Russian media reported. There were no reported injuries. State-run Rossiya-24 television showed footage of the Proton-M booster rocket veering off course seconds after lift-off. It fell apart in flames in the air and crashed in a big ball of fire near the launch pad. ... Read More » Russian Rocket Explodes and Crashes In Failed Launch A Russian rocket exploded in a massive fireball late Monday (July 1), destroying three navigation satellites after a failed launch that appeared to veer out of control shortly after liftoff and crash back to Earth. Read More » Marijuana Science: Why Pot Heads Are Slackers The stereotype of pot smokers as lackadaisical loafers is supported by new research: People who smoke marijuana regularly over long periods of time tend to produce less of a chemical in the brain that is linked to motivation, a new study finds. Read More » Farmers Discover Rare Meteorite in Minnesota Corn Field For 40 years, University of Minnesota professor Calvin Alexander has been contacted by people who think they've found meteorites. They call, write, and come in to the lab of the curator of meteorites with rocks they think, or hope, are from outer space. Over four decades, Alexander has seen about 5,000 "meteorwrongs" that turn out to be regular Earth rocks. Until now. Read More » What Caused Ancient Upheaval to Australian Landscape? Between about 45,000 and 50,000 years ago, Australia experienced three radical changes. The continent was once home to a menagerie of giant creatures, or megafauna, such as marsupial versions of lions, rhino-size wombats, giant kangaroos and flightless birds, but about 90 percent of that megafauna disappeared during this time. A major, relatively brief shift in plant life — from grasses to trees — occurred during this period as well. And last but not least, humans colonized Australia during this period. Read More » 60 Billion Alien Planets Could Support Life, Study Suggests Though only about dozen potentially habitable exoplanets have been detected so far, scientists say the universe should be teeming with alien worlds that could support life. The Milky Way alone may host 60 billion such planets around faint red dwarf stars, a new estimate suggests. Read More » Saber-Toothed Predator Had an 'Embarrassing' Bite More than 3 million years ago, a strange pouched predator stalked South America with fangs bigger than those of the fearsome saber-toothed cat. Read More » Dig Begins at Richard III's Final Resting Place A fresh excavation began Monday (July 1) at the site of Richard III's resting place. Read More » Eating Healthy Fats During Pregnancy May Reduce Baby's Autism Risk Women who eat certain types of "healthy fat" during pregnancy may reduce their risk of having a child with autism, a new study suggests. Read More » Dolphins Get Free Ride from Gray Whale Scientists taking stock of cetaceans off California's coast captured an amazing sight from the air: a pod of dolphins enjoying a free ride from a migrating gray whale. Read More » Russian Rocket Crash Details Revealed A Russian rocket crash yesterday (July 1) was likely caused by an emergency shutdown of the booster's engines 17 seconds into the flight, according to news reports. Read More » What's the Worst Meal in the US? The worst restaurant meal in America is not a burger and fries, but fried fish and dough, one advocacy group says. Read More » Science of Summer: How Do Fireworks Work? About halfway between the comparatively sedate Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays, you can't miss the pyrotechnical gloriousness that is Fourth of July. Come nightfall, thousands of fireworks displays will boom brightly across the country, celebrating America's birthday. Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Engineer the Climate Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience explores how technology drives scientific exploration and discovery. Read More » Galapagos Tortoise 'Lonesome George' to Be Preserved The world-famous Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George, the last known specimen of his kind, will be preserved by a team of taxidermists in New York, the American Museum of Natural History announced this week. Read More » How Clean Air Act Made Atlanta Rains Rebound Anti-pollution measures enacted in the United States in 1970 likely led to a rebound in rainfall over the city of Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s, new research shows. Read More » Why Is it So Hot in the Southwest? It hasn't been this hot in the Southwest in June for 110 years. Read More » 2 Pluto Moons Get New Names (Sorry 'Star Trek' Fans) It's official! Two tiny moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto finally have new names: Styx and Kerberos. Read More » 200-Year-Old Fish Caught Off Alaska In 1813, President James Madison occupied the White House, Americans occupied Fort George in Canada (a result of the War of 1812) and a rockfish was born somewhere in the North Pacific. Read More » Painkiller Overdose Deaths Increase 400% in Women The percentage of U.S. women overdosing on prescription painkillers has increased sharply in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More » Americans Give Up Searching for 'Dream' Jobs More than half of U.S. employees are looking for a professional change, new research shows. Read More » Combined Heat-Energy Power System Can Cut Emissions (Op-Ed) , contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More »
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