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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Why Does Particle Physics Matter? You Decide Is there any more esoteric, almost mystical-sounding scientific field than particle physics? To the layperson, the discipline is shrouded in impenetrable particle names like anti-down quarks and neutralinos, and the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics. In an effort to make their field more concrete and meaningful to the rest of the world, a group of particle physicists has produced a series of videos on "Why Particle Physics Matters." Read More » NASA Drops Chopper in Crash Test NASA researchers intentionally dropped a helicopter fuselage packed with 13 crash test dummies on Wednesday (Aug. 28) to collect data intended to improve aircraft safety. Read More » Private Mars Colony Project Undaunted by Application Shortfall A private Mars colonization effort has fallen far short of its expected number of astronaut applications but still aims to put boots on the Red Planet in 2023. Read More » Spy Satellite Data Reveal Antarctic Ice Vulnerability Declassified spy satellite imagery of Antarctica dating back to the 1960s has revealed that the world's largest ice sheet may be more susceptible to climate change than once thought. Read More » Cooler Pacific Ocean May Explain Climate Change Paradox Cooling sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean — a phase that is part of a natural warm and cold cycle — may explain why global average temperatures have stabilized in recent years, even as greenhouse gas emissions have been warming the planet, according to new research. Read More » Is the Pacific Ocean Responsible for a Pause in Global Warming? Is the Pacific Ocean Responsible for a Pause in Global Warming? Read More » Humans Landed on 'Treasure Island' Earlier Than Thought Ancient trash heaps in Bolivia used for millennia now suggest humans explored the western Amazon as early as 10,000 years ago, researchers say. Read More » Earth Life Likely Came from Mars, Study Suggests We may all be Martians. Read More » What Will Spur the Next March on Washington? Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd of some 250,000 people thronging the Washington Monument that he had a dream. Read More » Japanese astronaut to command space station in March By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The first Japanese astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station is preparing for a return flight, this time to serve as commander, officials said on Wednesday. Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, is due to leave in November with a pair of veteran astronauts from the United States and Russia. Wakata, 50, is expected to take command of the orbital research outpost in March, marking the first time a Japanese astronaut will lead a human space mission. ... Read More » Scientists discover key to normal memory lapses in seniors By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists have good news for all the older adults who occasionally forget why they walked into a room - and panic that they are getting Alzheimer's disease. Not only is age-related memory loss a syndrome in its own right and completely unrelated to that dread disease, but unlike Alzheimer's it may be reversible or even preventable, researchers led by a Nobel laureate said in a study published on Wednesday. ... Read More » The Funny Personality Trait Most Likely to Land You a Job Job seekers may want to highlight their sense of humor as they try to find a new position, as candidates with a sense of humor are more likely to be hired, new research has found. Read More » Innovative Garden System Lets You Grow Wherever You Go Think a home garden is only for people with green thumbs and big backyards? Think again, urbanites: Thanks to Earth Starter's Nourishmat, growing fresh produce and herbs is as easy as laying out a mat. Read More » New RNA-Focused Treatment Could Treat Rare Disease In a milestone study, researchers demonstrated the safety of a new treatment that disrupts the body's ability to make a specific protein, which may ultimately help treat patients who have the rare, often incurable and fatal disease amyloidosis. Read More » Sleeping Pills: Older Adults More Likely to Use About 4 percent of Americans use prescription sleep aids, with the drug being more commonly used among women and older adults, a new report from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) shows. However, experts question the effectiveness of the drugs, as well as point out their risks. Read More » Astronauts Recreate Scary Spacesuit Leak In Orbit (Video) Astronauts on the International Space Station have recreated the scary spacesuit water leak that forced NASA to abort a spacewalk last month, paving the way for eventual spacesuit repairs. Read More » Fastest-Spinning Man-Made Object Created Scientists have created a microscopic sphere and set it awhirl at a blistering 600 million rotations per minute. Read More » Scientists grow "mini human brains" from stem cells By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory and say their success could lead to new levels of understanding about the way brains develop and what goes wrong in disorders like schizophrenia and autism. Researchers based in Austria started with human stem cells and created a culture in the lab that allowed them to grow into so-called "cerebral organoids" - or mini brains - that consisted of several distinct brain regions. ... Read More » Biggest U.S. rocket blasts off with spy satellite LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta 4-Heavy rocket, the largest in the U.S. fleet, blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday to put a classified spy satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, officials said Wednesday. The 23-story-tall rocket lifted off at 11:03 a.m. local time/1803 GMT from a launch pad originally built for, but never used by, NASA's now-retired space shuttles. No details about the rocket's spy-satellite payload were released. ... Read More » Archaeological Preserve Named New Dark-Sky Park In the northwestern corner of New Mexico, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park is famous for protecting the ruins of an ancient Pueblo settlement. But now the 34,000-acre (13,750–hectare) park is being honored for protecting its views of the cosmos, too. Read More » Premature Baby Study: Families Speak Out, Criticize Consent Forms WASHINGTON — Two families that participated in a government-funded study of oxygen levels in premature infants say they felt they were not fully informed of the health risks their babies faced in participating in the study. Read More » Scientists grow "mini human brains" from stem cells By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory and say their success could lead to new levels of understanding about the way brains develop and what goes wrong in disorders like schizophrenia and autism. Researchers based in Austria started with human stem cells and created a culture in the lab that allowed them to grow into so-called "cerebral organoids" - or mini brains - that consisted of several distinct brain regions. ... Read More » Mars Rover Curiosity Drives Solo for First Time After obeying orders on the Red Planet for more than a year, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has finally gotten its first taste of freedom. Read More » Bizarre! Supervolcano's Ash So Hot It Turned to Lava Ash from supervolcanoes dwarfing any volcanoes on Earth today could have been so hot that it turned back into lava once it hit the ground miles from an eruption, new research suggests. Read More » Antarctic Warming Spurs Rapid Moss Growth A rolling stone gathers no moss, but a warming Antarctic garners more of it. Read More » Men Feel Threatened When Girlfriends Succeed Men may subconsciously suffer a bruised ego when their wives or girlfriends excel, regardless of whether it's in the academic or social realm and regardless of whether the couple is in direct competition, a new study suggests. Read More » Mouse body clock study offers clues to possible jet lag cure LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a genetic mechanism in mice that hampers their body clock's ability to adjust to changes in patterns of light and dark, and say their results could someday lead to the development of drugs to combat jet lag. Researchers from Britain's Oxford University and from the Swiss drug firm Roche used mice to analyze patterns of genes in an area of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) - which in mammals pulls every cell in the body into the same biological rhythm. ... Read More » NASA's Mars rover spies solar eclipse By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity turned its cameras skyward to snap pictures of the planet's moon, Phobos, passing in front of the sun, images released on Thursday show. Curiosity landed on Mars in August 2012 for a two-year mission to determine if the planet most like Earth in the solar system has, or ever had, the chemical ingredients for life. It struck pay dirt in its first analysis of powder drilled out from inside a once water-soaked piece of bedrock. ... Read More » Curiosity Rover Snaps Best Mars Solar Eclipse Photos Ever NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has captured the sharpest-ever images of a solar eclipse as seen from the Red Planet. Read More »
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