 18-Foot-Long Deep-Sea Creature Found off California  | The staff and kids at a Southern California educational facility got quite a surprise when an 18-foot-long (5.5 meters) serpentlike sea creature washed up near the shore.
| Read More » Climate Change Will Not Spare an Inch of Global Ocean, Study Finds  | Every corner of the world's oceans — from pole to pole and sea surface to seafloor — will undergo chemical changes associated with global climate change by 2100, jeopardizing the livelihoods of billions of people who subsist on marine ecosystems, according to a new study.
| Read More » Red Cent: Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps High-Res Pic of Penny Payload (Photo)  | A penny on Mars has grown rich with red dust while riding on a NASA rover.
| Read More » Snorkeler finds rare giant oarfish off California coast  | By Tim Gaynor (Reuters) - A California marine instructor's leisurely weekend snorkel turned into the discovery of a lifetime when she found the carcass of a massive, eel-like creature of a species thought to have inspired legends of giant sea serpents. Catalina Island Marine Institute instructor Jasmine Santana spotted the 18-foot (5.5-meter) oarfish, which is as thick as a man's torso, while snorkeling in clear waters off the island's coast on Sunday afternoon, the institute said. ...
| Read More » Astronaut Scott Carpenter, fourth American in space, dies at 88  | By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said. Carpenter, who lost radio contact with NASA controllers during his pioneering space flight and was found in the ocean 250 miles from the targeted splashdown site, went on to explore the ocean floor in later years. His wife said he died in a Denver hospice. ...
| Read More » China Readies Moon Rover for December Launch  | As China marks the 10-year anniversary of its first manned spaceflight, the nation is gearing up to launch its most complex robotic mission to the moon late this year.
| Read More » Speak Up! Costa Rican Bats Use Leaves as Hearing Aids  | Bats in Costa Rica have evolved a neat trick to help them hear their roost-mates flying above: They use leaves to funnel sound in a natural version of an old-timey ear horn.
| Read More » Channeling Ada Lovelace: Chien-Shiung Wu, Courageous Hero of Physics  | Channeling Ada Lovelace: Chien-Shiung Wu, Courageous Hero of Physics
| Read More » Ending China's Requirement for Animal Testing of Cosmetics (Op-Ed)  | Huffington Post Lifestyle UK. Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » Erin Brockovich: Carcinogens Still Plague California's Drinking Water (Op-Ed) The Desert Sun. LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » The Cold Sore Virus May Help Kids Fight Cancer (Op-Ed)  | Dr. Timothy Cripe Nationwide Children's Hospital.
| Read More » Milky Way Galaxy Glows In Brilliant Maltese Night Sky (Photos)  | The Milky Way shines brightly in two stunning images taken from the island of Malta.
| Read More » Rare Double Infection of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Puts Man in Coma  | Flesh-eating-bacteria infections are rare, but double flesh-eating-bacteria infections are even less common.
| Read More » Your Liver May Be 'Eating' Your Brain Your liver could be "eating" your brain, new research suggests. Read More » Yasser Arafat: The Dark History of Polonium Little did scientists Marie and Pierre Curie suspect, when they discovered polonium in 1898, that the radioactive element would go on to have one of the darkest and most intriguing histories of any known substance. Read More » Hello World! Brain Develops Senses at Birth The mere act of being born triggers development of the brain's sensory system, new research shows. Read More » King Herod's Tomb a Mystery Yet Again  | Herod the Great, the king of Judea who ruled not long before the time of Jesus, seems to have eluded historians once again.
| Read More » Partial Lunar Eclipse Occurs Friday: How to See It  | The moon will dip through part of Earth's shadow in a partial lunar eclipse on Friday (Oct. 18), but it may be tough to see for skywatchers in North America.
| Read More » Ocean Health Suffers from Overfishing, Index Finds  | The health of the world's oceans are inextricably linked to human health and well-being; more than one-third of people worldwide depend on seafood for 20 percent of their animal protein, according to the United Nations.
| Read More » Huge Chunk of Russia Meteorite Pulled from Lake  | Divers raised a coffee-table-size chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteorite from its muddy home at the bottom of Russia's Lake Chebarkul on Wednesday (Oct. 16).
| Read More » Are You Part Iceman? Famous Ötzi Has 19 Living Relatives  | Ötzi the Iceman, a stunningly preserved mummy found in the Italian Alps in 1991, has living relatives in the region, new genetic analysis shows.
| Read More » Angelina Jolie's Breast Surgeon Speaks Out The plastic surgeon who performed Angelina Jolie's recent breast reconstruction is speaking out, calling for a team approach to breast-cancer treatment, with plastic surgeons involved from the time a woman is diagnosed with cancer and is considering her treatment options. Read More » Famous Scotland Volcano Has Only One 'Heart'  | The land of the rings brings hundreds of pilgrims to a windswept corner of western Scotland every year.
| Read More » Women scientists, Wikipedia under microscope in RI PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Look up a female scientist or technologist on Wikipedia, and you might not find what you're looking for. Many don't have detailed pages or any page at all on the free online encyclopedia that is created by contributors, the vast majority of them men. Read More » Ancient 'Mega-Clawed' Creature Had Brain Like a Spider's  | The discovery of a fossilized brain in the preserved remains of an extinct "mega-clawed" creature has revealed an ancient nervous system that is remarkably similar to that of modern-day spiders and scorpions, according to a new study.
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