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Volcano's Burps and Sighs Could Warn of Eruptions

Like a sleeping giant digesting a spicy meal, a volcano's churning core rumbles with gas.

Humberto Becomes Season's First Hurricane, Misses Record

As expected, what was Tropical Storm Humberto became the first hurricane of the 2013 season early this morning (Sept. 11), narrowly missing out on becoming the latest-forming first hurricane in the modern record.

Stunning Auroras Photographed in 3D with Everyday Cameras

Three-dimensional movies of the northern lights have now been captured using digital cameras one might find in any camera store.

Baseball-Size Meteor Sparks Brilliant Fireball Over Southeast US (Video)

A baseball-sized piece of a comet lit up the sky on Monday night (Sept. 9), becoming a brilliant fireball that streaked over the southeastern United States.

New Model Could Help I.D. Potentially Habitable Alien Planets

The headlines have been coming thick and fast.

Who Knew? Orangutans Plan Trips

The night before Sumatran male orangutans travel through the forest, they often emit long, loud calls in the direction they plan to go, new research shows. This call, the study suggests, provides a cue to other members of the community to plan for the trip ahead, and is the first field-observed case of primates planning for future events this far in advance.

Buried Saharan Rivers May Have Led Humans Out of Africa

Some 100,000 years ago, three large rivers snaked through what is today the bone-dry Sahara Desert, new research suggests.

Sipping Tarantula Venom Kills Crop-Eating Insects

The venom in a tarantula's fangs packs a lethal punch when injected into its prey.

Humpback Whale Populations Increases Off British Columbia

Humpback whale populations are on the rise in a small coastal area of British Columbia, a new estimate reveals, but researchers remain cautious about the whales' safety in the face of several human threats.

Low Sex Drive? Men's Age-Related Changes May Have Surprising Cause

A decline in testosterone is often blamed for men's loss of muscle, energy and sex drive as they get older, but the culprit for some age-related changes may be a drop in men's levels of the female hormone estrogen, a new study suggests.

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Poll Shows Divide Among Experts

Medical experts in the United States remain divided in their opinion of whether physician-assisted suicide should be legal, a new poll suggests, indicating that the way in which patients die and the role of palliative care will remain issues of much debate.

Clearing the Pathway: Deadly Lung Disease Can Be Prevented (Op-Ed)

Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

Why Crash Test Dummies Prefer Electric Vehicles (Op-Ed)

LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

Is Fertility an Option for Women with BRCA Cancer Gene? (Op-Ed)

LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

NASA enlists ex-Air Force drones for tropical storm research

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is using of a pair of decommissioned military drones to study how tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean. The campaign, known as the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, began last year with one Global Hawk unmanned aircraft outfitted with instruments to probe the environment around a developing storm. With two planes available for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, scientists are focusing on the interior of storms as well. ...

Mars Rover Camera Invention Could Help NASA Robots Explore Solo

Every second that a NASA rover roams across the surface of Mars is extremely expensive. With millions or perhaps billions of dollars of technology on the Red Planet – controlled by people on Earth who require salaries to eat and facilities to use – the cost of performing science is great.

Must-See: Amazonian Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears

The sight of butterflies flocking onto the heads of yellow-spotted river turtles in the western Amazon rain forest is not uncommon, at least if one is able to sneak up on the skittish reptiles. But the reason why butterflies congregate onto the turtles may be stranger than you think: to drink their tears.

The Broccoli Problem: Why Some People Taste Things More Bitter

It has been a mystery why some people love some vegetables like broccoli, while others find it to be bitter, even though most people have the same genes for bitter taste receptors.

Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony: Where Science and Comedy Collide

Science, in its ceaseless quest to serve humanity, marches ever onward in pursuit of truth and wisdom. But at the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, science takes a break, pours itself a drink, and has a good, hearty laugh at itself.

Scholars and Sci-Fi Authors to Debate Future of Humanity

Technology has the potential to end humanity, or to save it. Which will it be?

NASA Identifies 3 Potential Asteroid Targets to Catch With Space Lasso

NASA has narrowed the list of candidates down to three space rocks for an ambitious mission to capture an asteroid and tow it to the moon, where it can be explored by astronauts.

By Accident, Researchers Set World Record for Thinnest Glass

Researchers accidentally discovered the world's thinnest sheet of glass, just two atoms thick.

Wildfire Burn Scars Worsen Colorado Flooding

Boulder, Colo., is getting absolutely drenched — since last night (Sept. 11), an incredible 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) of rain have fallen in the city and its surrounding areas, and the deluge continues.

Time Capsule Sealed in Space Shuttle Exhibit

NASA's Florida visitor center has dedicated a time capsule filled with memorabilia related to the 30-year space shuttle program. Not to be opened until 2061 — 50 years after the last shuttle mission — the time capsule was sealed in the wall of the building that displays the spacecraft that completed that historic final flight.

One-Way Mars Colony Project Draws 200,000 Volunteers

A group that's looking for the first Red Planet colonists received applications from more than 200,000 prospective astronauts vying for a spot on a one-way trip to Mars.

Lightning-Fast Evolution Clocked During Cambrian Explosion

A crustacean with 3,000 lenses in its eyes, 6-foot-long shrimplike creatures and organisms that looked like tulips emerged hastily (from an evolutionary perspective) on the scene some 520 million to 540 million years ago. And now scientists have figured out just how quickly evolution was occurring during evolution's "big bang."

Measles Vaccination Still Important to Avoid Outbreaks, CDC Warns

Despite progress toward eliminating measles in the United States, outbreaks continue to occur, particularly in communities with high percentages of people who are not vaccinated because of religious and philosophical beliefs, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Warm Water Under Antarctic Glacier Spurs Rapid Melting

A two-month-long expedition to one of the most remote sites on the planet — the sprawling Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica — has revealed that currents of warm water beneath the glacier are melting the ice at a staggering rate of about 2.4 inches (6 centimeters) per day.

Creature with Interlocking Gears on Legs Discovered

Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first.

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