 Bermuda Triangle Earthquake Triggered 1817 Tsunami  | A "tidal wave" violently tossed ships docked along the Delaware River south of Philadelphia at about 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 8, 1817, according to newspapers of the time. Turns out, that tidal wave was actually a tsunami, launched by a powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck at approximately 4:30 a.m. ET near the northern tip of the Bermuda Triangle, a new study finds.
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| Read More » Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered  | An extremely rare juvenile skull of an extinct ape has now been revealed from China, findings that suggest a very diverse group of apes once lived in Southeast Asia, researchers say.
| Read More » Baseball-sized meteor blows up over Alabama By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A baseball-sized meteor blasted over the southeastern United States on Monday night, creating a bright streak of light, a sonic boom and a ruckus on Twitter, officials said on Tuesday. The meteor appeared at 9:18 p.m. EDT over Alabama, traveling at about 76,000 mph. It exploded 25 miles above Woodstock, Alabama, located about 30 miles from Birmingham. ... Read More » Pentagon, NASA to spend $44 billion on space launches through 2018: GAO  | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department and NASA expect to spend about $44 billion to launch government satellites and other spacecraft over the next five years, including $28 billion in procurement funding, the Government Accountability Office said on Monday. The GAO, a congressional watchdog agency, said it was difficult to determine exact funding plans because both agencies used different accounting methods, but it arrived at the combined total by analyzing Pentagon and NASA budget documents, and looking at funding from other government agencies. ...
| Read More » Curiosity Rover Takes Longest Drive on Mars Yet  | NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has made its longest Martian drive yet as it trucks along on the Red Planet.
| Read More » SpaceX Rocket Test Sends Cows on the Moo-ove (Video)  | A rocket launch can be awe-inspiring for humans … but maybe not for cows.
| Read More » Deadly Fungus Mates with Clones of Itself  | A fungus that causes a deadly brain infection has a curious mating strategy, in which it reproduces with clones of itself, a new study finds.
| Read More » Heart Disease: Why Positive Attitude May Bring Longer Life  | Heart disease patients with a positive attitude live longer than those with a negative attitude, and this boost in survival may be due to increased exercise, a new study from Denmark suggests.
| Read More » Soyuz Spacecraft Leaves Space Station with US-Russian Crew  | An American and two Russians are headed back to Earth aboard a Soyuz space capsule after a smooth undocking from the International Space Station Tuesday (Sept. 10).
| Read More » How Crocs Survived in Dinosaur-Dominated World  | Ancient crocodilians once evolved lifestyles unlike anything seen today in their modern relatives, including plant-eating herbivores, small insect-eating runners, marine fish eaters and giant carnivores on both land and in the sea. There were even crocs whose feeding mimicked that of modern killer whales.
| Read More » Tingly Lips? Why Sichuan Peppers Trigger Odd Sensation Most people who have eaten spicy Chinese food know the distinctive tingly numbness caused by Sichuan peppers. Read More » Three space station crewmembers land after 166-day mission  | By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut left the International Space Station on Tuesday, leaving a skeleton crew to maintain the outpost until replacements arrive later this month. Outgoing station commander Pavel Vinogradov, NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin bid their crewmates good-bye and climbed aboard their Russian Soyuz capsule to prepare for a 3.5-hour flight back to Earth after 166 days in orbit. "The time has gone by so incredibly fast," Cassidy said during an inflight interview last week. ...
| Read More » Touchdown! US-Russian Crew Returns to Earth on Soyuz Space Capsule  | A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has returned an American astronauts and two cosmonauts safely back to Earth, capping a five-month trek to the International Space Station.
| Read More » Ancient Road Leading to Stonehenge Found Scientists have uncovered a portion of an ancient path that may have led to Stonehenge. Read More » Small Trout Devours Nearly 20 Shrews  | If fish had competitive eating championships, a small rainbow trout in Alaska might hold a record in the "shrew" category.
| Read More » NASA Space Telescope Discovers 10 Monster Black Holes  | A powerful NASA space telescope has found not one, but 10 monster black holes lurking in the hearts of distant galaxies — the first major finds for the X-ray space observatory, scientists say.
| Read More » Zen in the Art of Citizen Science: Apps for Collective Discovery and the 1 Percent Rule of the Web  | Zen in the Art of Citizen Science: Apps for Collective Discovery and the 1 Percent Rule of the Web
| Read More » Inducing Labor Linked with Lower C-Section Rate Pregnant women who are near their due date or have just passed it can have labor induced with drugs or other medical procedures — or they can simply wait for labor to start on its own. Read More » Lost in Central Park? Rocks Guide the Way  | NEW YORK — When the constellations are dulled by city lights, lowly rocks can be your lodestars if ever you get lost in Central Park.
| Read More » Illnesses Mount for Sept. 11 Survivors, But Help is Available (Op-Ed) LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Dogs Become New Treatment for a War that Never Ends (Op-Ed)  | LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » Scientists grow new stem cells in a living mouse By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have succeeded in generating new stem cells in living mice and say their success opens up possibilities for the regeneration of damaged tissue in people with conditions ranging from heart failure to spinal cord injury. The researchers used the same "recipe" of growth-boosting ingredients normally used for making stem cells in a petri dish, but introduced them instead into living laboratory mice and found they were able to create so-called reprogrammed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). ... Read More » Mystery Disease Killing Ohio Dogs Veterinarians, health officials and dog owners are alarmed by the mysterious recent deaths of four dogs in Ohio. Some experts suspect the dogs may have died a few days after exposure to a virus that's normally found in pigs. Read More » Ancient Maya Grave Yields Dozens of Mutilated Bodies  | An excavation at the site of an ancient Maya city in Mexico has yielded a gruesome find: the remains of dismembered, decapitated bodies. The discovery provides new archaeological evidence for the violent scenes depicted in Maya art, the researchers say.
| Read More » Vacations Inspire Workers to Say: 'I Quit' With the majority of summer vacations now over, employers might want to be prepared for a rash of employee departures, new research shows. Read More » | 
