 Failure to Diagnose Is No. 1 Reason for Suing Doctors The most common reason patients give for suing their doctors is a delay or failure to diagnose a disease, such as cancer, a new study finds. Read More » Two Distant Spacecraft Set to Take Photos of Earth Friday  | In a cosmic coincidence, two NASA spacecraft in orbit around distant planets in the solar system are expected to take photos of Earth tomorrow (July 19).
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| Read More » Spacesuit Water Leak Highlights Spacewalk Dangers  | A mysterious water leak that forced NASA to abort a spacewalk on Tuesday (July 16) shows just how perilous it can be to venture outside the protective confines of the International Space Station.
| Read More » Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say  | Mars is not a nice place to live: The Red Planet is cold and dry, and its thin atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide.
| Read More » What Bosses Can and Can't See On Your Smartphone The NSA isn't the only one that has Americans nervous about their privacy. Many employees worry that accessing company data on their smartphones and tablets means their employers can see their personal data. The good news is that those fears are somewhat overblown. Read More » Physicists unveil results helping explain universe GENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world's top lab for particle physics say they've witnessed an extremely rare event that adds certainty to how they think the universe began. Read More » 10 Jobs Employers Can't Fill The great skills gap mystery continues. Despite millions of workers still looking for jobs, there are a wide variety of positions employers just can't seem to fill, new research shows. Read More » Futuristic British Space Plane Engine to Get Flight Test in 2020  | Flight tests of an engine for the giant space plane Skylon are expected by 2020.
| Read More » How Long-Forgotten Seawall Fended Off Sandy  | A buried and forgotten seawall built in 1882 may have significantly weakened Hurricane Sandy's grip on one New Jersey town, new research shows.
| Read More » Return of long-absent bumblebee near Seattle stirs scientific buzz  | By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A North American bumblebee species that all but vanished from about half of its natural range has re-emerged in Washington state, delighting scientists who voiced optimism the insect might eventually make a recovery in the Pacific Northwest. Entomologists and bee enthusiasts in recent weeks have photographed several specimens of the long-absent western bumblebee - known to scientists as Bombus occidentalis - buzzing among flower blossoms in a suburban park north of Seattle. ...
| Read More » Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Spark Bitter Debate in Congress  | House lawmakers debated NASA's 2014 budget today (July 18) during a meeting that saw stark partisan divisions over proposed funding cuts for the agency's science and space exploration programs.
| Read More » Big Full Moon Myths Debunked: The Truth About June's 'Supermoon'  | July's full moon may not technically be "super," but it is still a sight to see.
| Read More » Rocket blasts off from Florida with military communications satellite By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying a sophisticated communications satellite designed to provide voice and data services for U.S. military forces around the world. The 206-foot (63-meter) tall rocket, built and operated by United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, lifted off at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) from a seaside launch pad just south of the Kennedy Space Center. Perched on top of the booster was the second satellite in the U.S. ... Read More » GPS Could Track Hurricanes' Winds?  | The way radio signals from GPS satellites bounce around during storms can now help scientists deduce wind speeds in hurricanes, insights that could help better predict the severity of the storms and where they might be headed.
| Read More » Wave at Saturn Today: How to Watch Live  | A distant spacecraft charged with studying the Saturn system will turn its cameras to Earth today (July 19), and you can get in on Earth's photo session in person or online.
| Read More » The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom Part 1  | The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom Part 1
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| Read More » US Navy Launches Next-Generation Tactical Satellite  | The United States Navy successfully launched a huge communications satellite today (July 19), adding the second piece to a constellation that should provide a big boost to American troops.
| Read More » Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories  | Physicists have measured an extremely rare particle decay inside the world's largest atom smasher — a discovery that bolsters the leading model of particle physics and leaves little room for undiscovered particles beyond this theory.
| Read More » Italian Spacewalker Felt Like a 'Goldfish' During Aborted Spacewalk  | European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt like a "goldfish in a fishbowl" when water leaked into his spacesuit during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday (July 16).
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