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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Policing New York: From Broken Windows to Stop-and-Frisk NEW YORK — The dramatic drop in crime in New York City over the past two decades has been hailed as a police success story. But some people question what that success really means. Read More » Hubble Telescope Finds Source of Cosmic Stream Near Milky Way (Photos) For decades, scientists were at a loss to explain the source of the so-called Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas discovered in the early 1970s that extends nearly halfway around the Milky Way. Read More » Monarch Butterfly's Birthplaces Pinpointed The migration routes of the iconic monarch butterfly across the North American continent have been mapped in unprecedented detail. New research shows that it may take as many as five generations for monarchs to make it north out of Mexico, venturing as far as southern Canada, before returning and flying back south of the border for the winter. Read More » Teens Quit Pot If Their Friends Are Smoke-Free NEW YORK — Whether teen marijuana users end up quitting the drug depends largely on who their friends are, a new study suggests. Read More » Why Moms Join Facebook NEW YORK — Women of the baby boomer generation often say they started using Facebook because family members — in particular their daughters — convinced them to join the social networking site, a new study suggests. Read More » Trove of Pristine Shipwrecks May Be Buried Around Antarctica The oceans surrounding Antarctica may be littered with buried shipwrecks in pristine condition, new research suggests. Read More » Alien Planet Eclipse Seen In X-Ray Light: A Cosmic First A hot alien planet that's as big as Jupiter and cobalt blue in color has been spotted crossing in front of its parent star in the X-ray spectrum — a first for scientists. Read More » Mars Food Scientists End 4-Month Mock Space Mission In Hawaii Six scientists emerged from a space habitat on Hawaii's Big Island Tuesday (Aug. 13), ending a four-month simulated mission designed to study how best to feed astronauts during the long trip to Mars. Read More » Oldest Rock Art in North America Revealed On the west side of Nevada's dried-up Winnemucca Lake, there are several limestone boulders with deep, ancient carvings; some resemble trees and leaves, whereas others are more abstract designs that look like ovals or diamonds in a chain. Read More » Why Some Remember Dreams, Others Don't People who tend to remember their dreams also respond more strongly than others to hearing their name when they're awake, new research suggests. Read More » US Infertility Rates Drop Over Last 3 Decades Infertility rates among U.S. women have fallen, but more women who eventually do get pregnant are having problems conceiving or carrying a child to term, a new report suggests. Read More » Viral Videos May Harm Cute, Threatened Animals In early 2009, a man in St. Petersburg, Russia, uploaded a video onto YouTube in which his pet pygmy slow loris — a small, threatened Asian primate — gets tickled. The video quickly went viral, garnering millions of views and thousands of comments. But such videos of "cute" exotic species may be fueling the illegal pet trade of the animals, pushing them nearer to extinction, new research suggests. Read More » Small Volcanic Floods Packed Biggest Punch in Iceland The volcanic eruptions in Iceland that disrupted travel in 2010 generated floods that now reveal a paradox: Small deluges of water after eruptions may actually change the volcanic island's landscape more than larger ones do, researchers say. And these findings could also apply to the ruddy landscape of Mars. Read More » 6 Ways Entrepreneur Elon Musk Is Changing the World The super-fast "Hyperloop" travel concept is just the latest in a series of big, bold dreams by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Read More » Your Jetpack Is Ready – Almost The gang on the television program "Lost in Space" had them. The action heroes of "Thunderbirds" had them, too, as did "The Rocketeer" and cartoon figure Jonny Quest. Read More » Starship Congress Warps Into Dallas This Week: How to Watch Online Scientists from around the world will descend on Dallas, Tex., Thursday (Aug. 15) for a summit aimed at understanding the major challenges to launching humanity on interstellar voyages across the universe. Read More » NASA Maps Dangerous Asteroids That May Threaten Earth (Photos) If you've seen films like "Armageddon," you know the potential threat asteroids can be for Earth. To meet that threat, NASA has built a map like no other: a plot of every dangerous asteroid that could potentially endanger our planet … at least the ones we know about. Read More » Gene study uncovers origins of many common cancers By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers in Britain have set out the first comprehensive map of mutational processes behind the development of tumors - work that should in future lead to better ways to treat and prevent a wide range of cancers. In a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, researchers who analyzed more than 7,000 genomes, or genetic codes, of common forms of cancer uncovered 21 so-called "signatures" of processes that mutate DNA. ... Read More » West Antarctica Warmed Quickly ... 20,000 Years Ago The modern meltdown of the Antarctic Ice Sheet mirrors the frozen continent's big thaw after the last ice age ended 20,000 years ago, a new study finds. Read More »
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