 Hooked! Male Fish Lure Females With Genital Claws  | When male guppies fail to win over females with their good looks and dance moves, they turn to another, more aggressive set of tools: claws on the tips of their genitalia.
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| Read More » NASA Mishap Panel to Investigate Aborted Spacewalk  | NASA has created an expert panel to investigate what went wrong during a July 16 spacewalk that had to be cut short when water began filling the spacesuit helmet of one astronaut in a scary malfunction.
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| Read More » Coming Soon: SpaceX Rocket Launches from Texas Spaceport? Since the Gemini 4 mission blasted off in June 1965, most of NASA's orbital flights have been controlled from facilities in Texas. But no payloads have ever successfully rocketed to orbit from that state. Read More » NASA Will Test Parachute for New Spaceship Wednesday: Watch It Live  | NASA's next manned spaceship, the Orion capsule, will be dropped over Arizona Wednesday (July 24) for a parachute test that will be broadcast live in a Google+ Hangout. SPACE.com's Clara Moskowitz will be one of a few reporters participating as Hangout guests to ask questions during the event.
| Read More » Royal Baby Scams Could Lead to Royal Headaches Whenever there's a big news story, scammers and cyberthieves are quick to take advantage of Internet users' curiosity in order to plant malware on their computers and steal sensitive personal information. Read More » Science of Summer: How Do Ocean Waves Form? One of summer's greatest pleasures for the lucky beachgoer is listening to the rhythmic lapping of ocean waves. A number of factors power this trance-inducing phenomenon, but the most important generator of local wave activity is actually the wind. Read More » Mars Rover Curiosity Takes Longest Red Planet Drive Yet  | NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is really starting to stretch its legs on the Red Planet.
| Read More » Odd Craving Causes Woman's Serious Heart Problem A woman who devoured a 1-pound box of baking soda a day — before and during her pregnancy — developed serious muscle and heart conditions, according to a report of her case. Read More » Sex Addiction: Brain Waves Cast Doubt on Disorder  | In the recently updated version of its hugely influential mental health handbook, the DSM-5, the American Psychiatric Association included new disorders like binge eating and hoarding, but left out sex addiction.
| Read More » Less Ice Equals More Seal Strandings on US Coast  | Harp seals mate and rear their young on the sea ice off the east coast of Canada in the spring and move north as the weather warms. But increasing numbers of seals are ending up stranded along the U.S. East Coast, as far south as the Carolinas, far away from where they should be at this time of year.
| Read More » NASA Drones Will Watch Hurricanes from Birth  | Starting next month, NASA will remotely pilot two high-flying aircraft into the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane nursery to track tropical cyclones from birth.
| Read More » Mussel Strength: How Mussels Cling to Surfaces When mussels dangle from marine surfaces, they hold on by a cluster of fine threads. These filaments may appear flimsy, but they can actually withstand powerful impacts from currents or crashing waves. Now, researchers are unraveling the secret of these thin, bungeelike cords in order to develop more effective glues and other synthetic biomedical materials. Read More » The Pain of Love: Shark Ray Dies from Mating Injuries Love hurts. For proof, look no further than the animal kingdom. Read More » Melting Permafrost Found in Antarctica's Dry Valleys  | Antarctica's Dry Valleys are home to the oldest ice on Earth. The first signs of the massive thaw disturbing the Arctic's frozen ground have now appeared in one of these valleys, melting a glacier buried since the last Ice Age.
| Read More » Getting a Head: How Worms Regenerate Lost Tissue  | The mystery of why some animals can regenerate body parts while others cannot has long puzzled scientists, but three new studies have brought the issue to a head.
| Read More » Fast and Furious: Violent Short-Lived Stars Stunt Galaxy Growth  | New observations by a powerful telescope in Chile have revealed clues into why some galaxies experience a frenetic period of rapid star birth, only to see those stellar newborns starve future generations of stars.
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