 Willpower Is All in Your Head, Study Suggests Willpower may be plentiful — as long as you believe it is. Read More » The Surprising Way People Judge Music When it comes to music, the eyes may be more important than the ears. Read More » Indoor Tanning By White Teens Girls Common, Report Finds Indoor tanning is common among white teenage girls, especially older teens, according to a new report from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More » Gay Conversion Therapy: What You Should Know On Monday (Aug. 19), New Jersey became the second state, after California, to sign a ban on therapy that claims to convert gay people into heterosexual. The California law is held up in federal courts on first amendment grounds. Read More » 30% of White Teens Girls Use Indoor Tanning Indoor tanning is common among white teenage girls, especially older teens, according to a new report from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More » Oldest 'Bog Body' Found with Skin Intact  | Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,000-year-old man preserved in an Irish peat bog, marking the oldest European body ever found with skin still intact.
| Read More » New Nova In the Night Sky: A Star Explosion Explained  | Stargazers are thrilled over the surprise appearance of a star explosion, known as a nova, in the night sky last week, but there is more to this cosmic event than meets the eye.
| Read More » Private Space Plane Passes Runway Tests  | A privately built space plane successfully completed a series of key tests earlier this month, as part of an ongoing effort to judge the winged vehicle's ability to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station one day.
| Read More » 500th Eruption! Why Japan's Sakurajima Volcano Is So Active  | Sakurajima volcano in Japan marked its 500th eruption of the year with an impressive pyrotechnic display on Sunday (Aug. 18) at 4:31 p.m. local time.
| Read More » Far Out: Ancient Egyptian Jewelry Came from Outer Space  | Ancient Egyptian beads found in a 5,000-year-old tomb were made from iron meteorites that fell to Earth from space, according to a new study. The beads, which are the oldest known iron artifacts in the world, were crafted roughly 2,000 years before Egypt's Iron Age.
| Read More » Explore the World's Coral Reefs with Google Street View  | With a mouse click, viewers anywhere can be transported to the serene underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef.
| Read More » Thalmic Labs' MYO Wristband Aimed at Disrupting Wearable Tech  | If you haven't already heard about wearable technology, it won't be long before you do. Devices like Google Glass and Jawbone are already nearly household names, but soon, a new gesture control armband, called MYO, will be in the ranks of recognizable wearable tech brands.
| Read More » The 10 Hottest Jobs in IT Right Now Workers looking for jobs in the information-technology field may have the upper hand, as demand for IT workers far outweighs the supply of available workers, new research suggests. Read More » 'Duck Dynasty' Sneakers Get Limited Crowdfunded Run  | It was only a matter of time before "Duck Dynasty's" notably untrendy stars got into the fashion game. A new line of running shoes inspired by the popular A&E reality show will feature — what else — camo-patterned sneakers.
| Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Live on Mars  | Editor's Note: In this weekly series, SPACE.com explores how technology drives space exploration and discovery.If humanity hopes to establish a lasting presence on Mars, it will have to learn to live off the land.
| Read More » Boom! Calif. Building's Destruction Reveals Earthquake Risk  | On Saturday morning (Aug. 17), a tiny artificial earthquake raced through California's East Bay, a densely populated area of valleys and hills across the bay from San Francisco. Triggered by a building implosion at California State University, East Bay, in Hayward, the seismic waves were recorded by more than 500 seismometers set out in backyards and businesses by volunteers the week before the building's collapse.
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| Read More » The Quantified Sex Life: Apps Track Data in the Bedroom  | As the so-called quantified self movement gains footing, there's no shortage of gadgets and apps to help people track their latest physical coups, from their fastest mile to the "biggest air" they've achieved on a snowboard.
| Read More » Longest-Living Bat Holds Clues to Longevity The longest-living bat species may owe its exceptional life span, at least in part, to its genes, a new study suggests. Read More » Blue Moon Rises Tonight: 5 Amazing Facts  | When the full moon rises tonight (Aug. 20), it will technically be a Blue Moon, but not for the reason you might think.
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| Read More » Science & Culture: Is Brain Project the Apollo of Our Time?  | This spring, President Obama announced what could be this generation's defining national science effort — an ambitious mission to map the human brain. In its size and scope, the project could claim a place in human culture on par with previous landmarks, like the moon landings and the Human Genome Project, experts say.
| Read More » 10 Years After Record Blackout, is U.S. Any Better Prepared? (Op-Ed) Mike Jacobs is a senior energy analyst for the Climate & Energy program of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). This artcile is adapted from a post that originally appeared on the UCS blog, The Equation. Jacobs Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Ecosystems on the Move: Why Climate Change Is So Complicated (Op-Ed)  | Lisa Moore, a scientist with Environmental Defense Fund, contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights??
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| Read More » Looming Helium Shortage Raises Alarms The world is facing a critical helium shortage, which threatens much more than the party-balloon industry. Read More » Blood Test May Predict Risk of Suicide It can be difficult to tell when a person is contemplating suicide -- people may be reluctant to speak about it. But now, researchers say they may have a new tool that reveals suicidal thoughts with a blood test. Read More » Comet Makes Suicidal Plunge Into Sun (Video)  | A small comet dove headlong toward the sun this week in a cosmic death-dive captured on camera by a spacecraft — an opening act of sorts for the highly anticipated close solar approach of another comet, Comet ISON, in a few months' time.
| Read More » Mysterious Dolphin Die-Off Puzzles Scientists  | Something is causing a massive die-off of dolphins along the East Coast of the United States, and scientists are struggling to find the cause.
| Read More » 'Magic Mushrooms' Not Linked to Mental Health Problems: Study Using psychedelic drugs, such as LSD and "magic mushrooms," does not appear to increase the risk of developing mental health problems, a new study suggests. Read More » | 
