|  U.N. scientists aim to pitch climate case to widest audience  | By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of global climate scientists were set to work through Thursday night to ensure that their strongest case yet for man-made global warming would make sense to the widest possible audience. Drafts show that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to pronounce that most of the warming of the Earth's surface since the 1950s is "extremely likely" -- at least 95 percent probable -- to be man-made. At its last meeting in 2007, it put the probability at 90 percent, and in 2001 it was 66 percent. ...
| Read More » Fossil fish find in China fills in evolutionary picture By Tim Hurd SYDNEY (Reuters) - An international team of scientists in China has discovered what may be the earliest known creature with a distinct face, a 419 million-year-old fish that could be a missing link in the development of vertebrates. The fossil find in China's Xiaoxiang Reservoir, reported by the journal "Nature" on Thursday, is the most primitive vertebrate discovered with a modern jaw, including a dentary bone found in humans. " finally solves an age-old problem about the origin of modern fishes," said John Long, a professor in palaeontology at Flinders University in Adelaide. ... Read More » To Avoid Fights, Mice Sing to the Clouds  | Deep in the cloud forests of Central America, two species of singing mice put on a high-pitched opera to mark their territory and stave off clashes, researchers discovered.
| Read More » IPCC to Release Major Climate Change Report Tomorrow  | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organization created by the United Nations to assess the state and science of global warming, will release part of its newest major report tomorrow (Sept. 27).
| Read More » Scientists to Bacteria: Resistance Is Futile By taking advantage of evolutionary principles, researchers may have found a way to outwit some pathogens that ordinarily become resistant to antibiotics. Wayt Gibbs reports. Read More » Circuit That Controls Overeating Found in the Brain When a particular circuit in the brain is stimulated, it causes mice to voraciously gorge on food even though they are well fed, and deactivating this circuit keeps starving mice from eating, a new study shows. Read More » U.N. scientists aim to pitch climate case to widest audience  | By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of global climate scientists were set to work through Thursday night to ensure that their strongest case yet for man-made global warming would make sense to the widest possible audience. Drafts show that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to pronounce that most of the warming of the Earth's surface since the 1950s is "extremely likely" -- at least 95 percent probable -- to be man-made. At its last meeting in 2007, it put the probability at 90 percent, and in 2001 it was 66 percent. ...
| Read More » Killer Hornets Terrorize China A series of deadly hornet attacks has led Chinese officials to warn citizens to avoid walking through fields and wooded areas this year. At least 28 people have been killed, and hundreds seriously injured, when swarms of the stinging insects descend without warning on unsuspecting people. Read More » U.N. panel blames mankind more clearly for warming | STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Top climate scientists blamed mankind more clearly than ever as the main cause of global warming in a report on Friday meant to guide governments in dealing with rising temperatures, delegates said. "It's been accepted," Jonathan Lynn, spokesman for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told reporters of a final summary for policymakers approved at the end of the week-long meeting in Stockholm. ...
| Read More » Scientists say more certain mankind causes global warming  | By Alister Doyle and Simon Johnson OSLO (Reuters) - Leading climate scientists said on Friday they were more certain than ever before that mankind was the main culprit for global warming and warned the impact of greenhouse gas emissions would linger for centuries. A report, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), played down the fact temperatures have risen more slowly in the past 15 years, saying there were substantial natural variations that masked a long-term warming trend. ...
| Read More » Goosefish Lays Billowy Veil Holding 1 Million Eggs  | Goosefish, also known as monkfish, may be among the most aesthetically challenged creatures around, but when the homely bottom-feeders lay their eggs, they create something beautiful: a gauzy, billowy veil that drifts in the ocean for days.
| Read More » Fossil of Ancient Amphibian Choking on Last Meal Up for Auction  | In rare cases, one of life's important childhood lessons — always chew your food properly — becomes fossilized. And now, anyone can own one of these reminders in rock. A specimen containing the remains of a large, predatory amphibian choking on another creature is up for auction in October.
| Read More » NASA Picks 10 Innovative Space Tech Ideas for Funding  | NASA has awarded grants 10 innovative university projects that promise to help the space agency develop the advanced technologies it needs for future long-duration manned spaceflights and research.
| Read More » Giant NASA Balloon Ready to Hunt Potentially Dazzling Comet ISON  | A colossal NASA balloon is poised to carry a free-hanging gondola sky-high on a mission to take a gander at celestial grandeur: Comet ISON.
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| Read More » Microbes in Earth's Oceanic Crust May Gobble Oxygen  | Miles beneath the sea surface, buried beneath the seafloor sediment, a relatively unstudied ecosystem of bacteria and other microbes teems with activity in the Earth's oceanic crust. Some scientists think this system could hold the largest reservoir of life on Earth, but direct measurements from the difficult-to-reach region remain scarce.
| Read More » Bubonic Plague Still Kills Thousands  | Bubonic plague, the deadly scourge that wiped out half of Europe during the Middle Ages, still lurks in pockets of the globe, new research suggests.
| Read More » Getting on the Ball: How the FIFA 14 Soccer Video Game Finally Got Its Physics Right Getting on the Ball: How the FIFA 14 Soccer Video Game Finally Got Its Physics Right Read More » Fossil fish find in China fills in evolutionary picture  | By Tim Hurd SYDNEY (Reuters) - An international team of scientists in China has discovered what may be the earliest known creature with a distinct face, a 419 million-year-old fish that could be a missing link in the development of vertebrates. The fossil find in China's Xiaoxiang Reservoir, reported by the journal "Nature" on Thursday, is the most primitive vertebrate discovered with a modern jaw, including a dentary bone found in humans. " finally solves an age-old problem about the origin of modern fishes," said John Long, a professor in palaeontology at Flinders University in Adelaide. ...
| Read More » Surprising Reasons You Drink Too Much Wine Wine enthusiasts take note: you may be unknowingly serving yourself more than you think. Read More » 3D Printed Toothbrush Tailored to Your Teeth  | Forget electric toothbrushes — using 3D printing, engineers have developed a new kind of toothbrush tailor-made to fit a person's mouth. All a person must do to brush is bite down.
| Read More » Is iOS 7 Making You Feel Sick? Here's Why  | Apple's new iOS 7 software is apparently making some people seasick on solid ground. Experts on motion sickness say the sharpness of the screen and the motion of the icons may be partly to blame.
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