 Astronaut Chris Hadfield Launching Book Tour for 'Guide to Life on Earth'  | Astronaut Chris Hadfield is embarking on another mission around the planet. This time however, he is not heading into outer space, but instead sharing "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth."
| Read More » Private Space Plane Suffers Landing Gear Glitch in Drop Test  | A privately built space plane performed its first-ever drop test Saturday (Oct. 26), but experienced a landing gear malfunction after what appeared to be an otherwise successful flight, according to statements by NASA and the space plane's builder.
| Read More » Dewdrops & Butterfly Tongues: Tiny Worlds Come to Life in Microscope Photos  | Pictures taken through a microscope have obvious value for scientists, but photomicrographs, as they are called, can be appreciated as objects of beauty in their own right.
| Read More » DIY Projects Linked with Lower Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke For older adults, gardening and "do-it-yourself" home activities like fixing up the house may cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study from Sweden suggests. Read More » Technology Gains are Powering Wind Energy (Op-Ed) LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » For Modern Society, Are Animals 'The Ghosts in Our Machine'? (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Undersea 'Grand Canyons' Host Hidden Life Just Miles from Manhattan (Op-Ed)  | Switchboard. Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » The Promise of Fusion is Real, If it's Properly Funded (Op-Ed)  | Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights
| Read More » Why is a Common Hip Problem So Frequently Misdiagnosed? (Op-Ed)  | LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » On Mozambique Coast, Food Grows Alongside Species Diversity (Op-Ed)  | Science Driven LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » Is Sugar a Drug? Addiction Explained Some studies claim to find that junk food is as addictive as drugs, but experts say that what actually determines how addictive something is, and whether an individual becomes addicted, is complex. Read More » How Sandy Storm Damage Became NYC Playground  | NEW YORK — Thousands of trees collapsed across New York City during Hurricane Sandy last year, causing tangled messes that have left gaping voids throughout city sidewalks and parks.
| Read More » Astronaut Spies Mount Etna Eruption from Space  | Mount Etna's latest burst of volcanic activity can be seen from space.
| Read More » Hurricane Sandy's Toll on Health  | The unprecedented nature of Hurricane Sandy — which struck the U.S. East Coast one year ago this week — had a significant health and psychological impact on people in the region that continues today, experts say.
| Read More » Artists Use LEGOs to Build Vision of Future Spaceflight in New Book (Photos)  | Two artists built their vision of the future of human spaceflight brick by brick, and you can see it in a new book.
| Read More » Diamond Planets Likely Dry and Inhospitable for Alien Life  | If scientists ever find a true diamond planet in an alien solar system, they shouldn't expect to see life teeming on its surface.
| Read More » Hurricane Sandy: A Tale of 2 Hospitals  | In an emergency, few facilities are as critical as hospitals. But as Hurricane Sandy made painfully clear one year ago, hospitals and other health care facilities are just as vulnerable to the ravages of a storm as any building.
| Read More » Ghouls Around the World: 5 Spooky Ghost Traditions It's almost Halloween — a time when ghouls, ghosts and goblins are said to roam the landscape and the barrier between the living and the dead becomes permeable. Read More » Autumn Galaxies Reign in Night Sky This Week  | As Earth moves in its orbit around the sun, new constellations are revealed in the east as the old ones disappear into twilight. The bright stars of Orion and his winter companions will soon replace the duller stars of the Summer Triangle.
| Read More » Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Skids Off Runway After Milestone Test Flight (Video)  | The first free flight of a new private space plane successfully tested the spacecraft's automated approach and landing system, despite a malfunction that sent the spacecraft skidding off the runway at the end of the flight, its builder tells SPACE.com.
| Read More » Scientist's Quest: Save Forgotten US Missile Sites  | DENVER — The Nike missiles were a key part of the U.S. national defense system from 1954 to the 1970s. At close to 300 sites around the country, supersonic surface-to-air missiles sat ready to launch, protected by soldiers and German shepherds. Some missiles carried nuclear warheads, even though they were next to homes in cities from Los Angeles to Chicago.
| Read More » Invasive Earthworms Harming Great Lakes Forests  | DENVER — Gardeners and farmers may love earthworms for their rich castings and composting help, but in forests near the Great Lakes, the creatures are alien invaders.
| Read More » Giant Oarfish Dissected! Worms, Eggs Found Inside  | Researchers have dissected the two deep-sea oarfish that washed ashore in southern California this month. So far, they found that one was teeming with worms and the other was about to have babies.
| Read More » 5 Things Hurricane Sandy Changed for Good  | Some people and places may never be the same since Hurricane Sandy hit the northern Atlantic Coast on Oct. 29, 2012. The lingering effects include lives lost and irreplaceable mementos. Barrier islands were changed forever. But the vulnerabilities revealed by Superstorm Sandy could also help make the East Coast better prepared for the next big hurricane.
| Read More » Spooky Nebula is Coldest Known Object in Universe (Photo)  | A ghostly nebula shining about 5,000 light-years from Earth is also the coldest known object in the universe.
| Read More » Water, Not Wind, Makes Storms Like Sandy Dangerous  | By the time Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast coast of the United States one year ago, it had weakened in wind speed from a Category 3 to a Category 1 storm. But people living in the storm's path quickly learned that this lower rating said little about the storm's destructive capacity.
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