|  Why Stress Makes It Harder to Control Emotions Experiencing mild stress in everyday life may interfere with people's ability to use strategies to control their emotions, a new study suggests. Read More » Want Cooperation? Show Strangers the Money! Even if it can't buy happiness, money can encourage cooperation and trust among strangers, according to new research. Read More » Calm Before the Storm? What August Hurricane Lull Means  | Calls for an active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, with six to nine hurricanes, have been met with silence by Mother Nature so far.
| Read More » Japanese Satellite to Spy On Other Planets from Earth Orbit  | A new satellite will bundle observations of Venus, Mars and Jupiter into one mission — without needing to leave Earth's orbit.
| Read More » Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test  | A private space plane took to the skies for the second time ever Thursday (Aug. 22), passing a "captive carry" test that will help pave the way for the new vehicle's free-flying debut this fall.
| Read More » Water Woes: Vast US Aquifer Is Being Tapped Out  | Nearly 70 percent of the groundwater stored in parts of the United States' High Plains Aquifer — a vast underground reservoir that stretches through eight states, from South Dakota to Texas, and supplies 30 percent of the nation's irrigated groundwater — could be used up within 50 years, unless current water use is reduced, a new study finds.
| Read More » Russian Meteor Explosion: Space Rock Had Near-Misses Before Impact  | The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February likely had a near miss before it hit Earth, possibly with another solar system object or a too-close graze by the sun, scientists have found.
| Read More » Japan's newest rocket fails to lift off TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first new rocket in 12 years failed to lift off on Tuesday, dealing an apparent blow to hopes that Japan might be able to muscle in on the growing, multi-billion dollar satellite launch industry. The countdown for the launch of the Epsilon rocket at Japan's Uchinoura launch center, broadcast over the Internet, went down to zero, but nothing happened. JAXA, Japan's space agency, later said countdown operations were halted. A three-stage rocket, the Epsilon - named for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet - is 24. ... Read More » How Many Work Hours Is Too Many? Late nights and early mornings at the office may help your career prospects, but they can hurt you in another way. New research has found a link between overworking and the reduced well-being of workers. Read More » Japan Cancels 1st Launch of Next-Generation Epsilon Rocket  | The first launch of Japan's newest rocket, the next-generation Epsilon booster, hit a major last-minute snag Tuesday (Aug. 27), forcing the country's space agency to call off the attempted liftoff.
| Read More » Engage! Warp Drive Could Become Reality with Quantum-Thruster Physics  | DALLAS — Warp-drive technology, a form of "faster than light" travel popularized by TV's "Star Trek," could be bolstered by the physics of quantum thrusters — another science-fiction idea made plausible by modern science.
| Read More » Ocean Worm Wriggles Back Into View after 140 Years  | In 1873, an unknown species of deep-sea worm was dredged up from the bottom of the ocean. Further analysis showed that the animal, collected from almost 3.5 miles (5.5 kilometers) beneath the surface, turned out to be a new type of acorn worm. It was dubbed .
| Read More » Astronaut Snaps Photo of Raging California Wildfire  | A wildfire raging in Northern California can be seen from space.
| Read More » Giant Sequoias at Risk from California Fire  | A raging forest fire sweeping toward Yosemite National Park in California may threaten giant sequoia trees.
| Read More » Newborn National Zoo Panda Cub Is Healthy, Had a Stillborn Twin  | The giant panda cub born Friday (Aug. 23) at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., received its first checkup and appears to be healthy, zoo workers said. But keepers also discovered over the weekend that the cub had a stillborn twin.
| Read More » Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Aircraft Sneak Into the Arctic  | Small drones may soon take to the skies above Earth's top with the aim of making survival there easier for both humans and wild animals. Such unmanned aircraft flown represent the first in a coming wave of Arctic drones that could watch out for oil spills, track ice floes and migrating whales, or help the U.S. Coast Guard in search and rescue operations.
| Read More » Ancient Humans Dined on Bacon from Weird, Spotted Pigs  | Ancient hunter-gatherers in Europe, whose meat intake was once limited to wild game, may have enjoyed bacon, ham, pork chops and other tasty bites from pigs they owned starting about 7,000 years ago, researchers say.
| Read More » Reading Minds: Bran Scans Create Pictures of What You See  | Machines that can read people's minds are getting closer to reality: Scientists have revealed they can now use brain scans to read letters and images participants are viewing.
| Read More » New Super-Heavy Element 115 Confirmed Scientists say they've created a handful of atoms of the elusive element 115, which occupies a mysterious corner of the periodic table. Read More » Italian Astronaut Recounts Near-Drowning in Spacesuit (Video)  | An Italian astronaut who experienced a harrowing near-drowning inside his spacesuit during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station is telling his story.
| Read More » Doo-Doo Delicacy: World's Priciest Coffee Put to Test A new method can determine whether the world's most expensive coffee — which comes from ingredients pooped out by a weasellike creature — is authentic. Read More » African dust clouds worry Caribbean scientists  | HAVANA (AP) — Each summer, microscopic dust particles kicked up by African sandstorms blow thousands of miles (kilometers) across the Atlantic to arrive in the Caribbean, limiting airplane pilots' visibility to just a few miles and contributing to the suffering of asthmatics trying to draw breath.
| Read More » Doc Uses Google Glass to Livestream Surgery Google Glass is finding its way into operation rooms: A surgeon in Ohio recently became one of the first to livestream an operation and use the technology to consult with a colleague. Read More » | |
