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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Panda Cam Catches Newborn's Squealing (Video) Even giant panda moms have to deal with crying infants in the middle of the night. Read More » A Dream Deferred: America's Changing View of Civil Rights Fifty years ago, on Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood in front of more than 250,000 protesters in Washington, D.C., and called for the end of racial discrimination in the United States in his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. The political rally, which became known as the March on Washington, and King's speech became cornerstones of the American civil rights movement. Read More » Chimps Suffer Same Heart Condition That Kills Young Athletes In chimpanzees, researchers have identified the same hidden heart disease that has been blamed for the sudden deaths of basketball players, soccer players and other young athletes on the field. Read More » 'Grand Canyon' of Greenland Discovered Under Ice Sheet The age of discovery isn't over yet. A colossal canyon, the longest on Earth, has just been found under Greenland's ice sheet, scientists announced today (Aug. 29) in the journal Science. Read More » Raging Rim Fire Captured on Time-Lapse Video Firefighters often describe their foe as alive, a breathing beast. An amazing time-lapse video of smoke billowing from California's Rim Fire captures the ferocious force of the growing blaze. Read More » Why US Still Needs a Civil Rights Movement "Because they marched, America became more free and fair," President Barack Obama said yesterday (Aug. 28) as he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Read More » Poverty Saps the Brain's Mental Reserves The mere circumstance of being poor can reduce a person's cognitive abilities by consuming precious mental resources, a study finds. Read More » Air Force Study Reveals Threats to US Space Activities No matter where you look in the air, outer space and within the depths of cyberspace, these are congested, contested and competitive environments. A recently released U.S. Air Force study scopes out a science and technology vision to deal with these concerns. Read More » 19th-Century Samurai Training Text Deciphered A training text, used by a martial arts school to teach members of the bushi (samurai) class, has been deciphered, revealing the rules samurai were expected to follow and what it took to truly become a master swordsman. Read More » Haters Gonna Hate? Why Some People Dislike Everything "Nah," "eh," "no" and "ugh": These are the familiar sounds of people who don't seem to like much and conjure negative quips for just about anything. While people with more positive dispositions may try to shake enthusiasm unto these downers, new research helps to explain why this often doesn't work. Read More » Strangely Shaped Dunes Stay Stable Through 'Birthing' Giant clusters of crescent-shaped sand dunes found not just on Earth but on other planets in the solar system might emerge when large dunes give birth to smaller ones, researchers say. Read More » Does Wine Drinking Protect Against Depression? Enjoying several glasses of wine each week may not only protect your heart, it may also help protect your mental health, a new study suggests. Read More » Crikey! Crocodiles and Alligators Snack on Fruit Crocodiles and alligators are infamous carnivores, but it turns out they do not live on meat alone — scientists have unexpectedly discovered that these predators occasionally snack on fruit as well. Read More » Arkansans Still Suffering Effects from Seeping Oil Months After Mayflower Spill (Op-Ed) Switchboard LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Lead in Discarded Bullets a Hazard for People and Wildlife (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Building a Drought-Proof Farm (Op-Ed) post to the NRDC blog Switchboard. Lehner contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Healthcare Needs to Lead the Fight Against Climate Change (Op-Ed) Healthcare Without Harm and Jeffrey Thompson ?is chief executive officer and chairman of the board for the Gundersen Health System. This piece is adapted from an article for the Skoll World Forum published in Partnership with Forbes. The authors contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Female Astronauts Face Discrimination from Space Radiation Concerns, Astronauts Say Female astronauts have fewer opportunities to fly in space than men partially because of strict lifetime radiation exposure restrictions, astronauts say. Read More »
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