Monday, September 9, 2013

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Venus Near Moon In Dramatic Sky Show Tonight: How to See It

A planetary meet-up will create a potentially dazzling celestial display this evening (Sept. 8), a cosmic show involving the two brightest objects in the nighttime sky: Venus and the moon. 


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Magic 'Mushroom Diet'? Experts Scoff at Weight-Loss Claim

A new diet fad claims that replacing one meal a day with mushrooms will help women shed fat, but only in certain parts of the body — the waist, hips and thighs — but not the bust.

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Breast Cancer Screening: New Study Suggests Benefit of Early Mammograms

Whether women in their 40s benefit from getting mammograms to detect breast cancer is controversial, but a new study argues in favor of more frequent screening in this age group.


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The Truth About Garcinia Cambogia

If you ask me, there's really only one way to lose weight and keep it off, and that's to adopt a healthy lifestyle. That includes eating nutritious meals and exercising daily.

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Glitch resolved, NASA probe on its way to the moon

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Engineers have resolved a minor glitch with a new NASA robotic lunar probe, which blasted off Friday night for the first leg of a 30-day trip to the moon. Shortly after the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, spacecraft separated from its Minotaur 5 launch vehicle, its positioning system shut down due to what appeared to be a high electrical current. Engineers quickly determined there was no problem with the reaction wheels, which are needed to steer and stabilize the spacecraft. ...


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The Happiest Country in The World Is ...

The happiest people in the world may live in Scandinavia, a new study suggests.

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Amazing Mars Solar Eclipse Videos Caught by Curiosity Rover

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured two stunning videos of solar eclipses from the surface of Mars, including one that shows the Red Planet's skies darkening dramatically above the 1-ton robot.


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Rescued Kitten Infected Girl with Rare Virus

A teenager in the Netherlands who rescued a drowning kitten from a ditch developed a large, blackened open wound on her wrist, which took multiple doctors several weeks to find its rare cause, researchers say.

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Global Sleep Survey: Who Prays First, Who Sleeps Naked

An international poll pulls the covers off some interesting cultural differences about people's sleep and bedroom habits, including who changes the sheets most often, and who likes to sleep naked.

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Tasty Science! Baker Creates Out-of-This-World Planet Cakes (Photos)

Baking a cake just got a new planetary spin.


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Long-Lost Van Gogh Painting Discovered

A major new painting by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered after it spent decades locked away in an attic, suspected to be a fake.


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Antarctic Mission to Feature Robot Subs & Seals with Sensors

A team of British scientists is preparing for a mission to Antarctica — an ambitious journey that will involve sensor-carrying seals, seafaring robots and state-of-the-art radar technology — to uncover what may be causing the rapid loss of ice on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.


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Hawaii Beach Erosion Blamed on Rising Seas

Sea level rise may be the main force driving beach erosion in Hawaii, new research suggests.


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Sunday, September 8, 2013

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NASA Fixes Moon Probe Glitch After Amazing Friday Night Launch

Engineers have fixed a technical glitch on NASA's newest robotic moon explorer, bringing the spacecraft back up to full health one day after a spectacular nighttime launch Friday that wowed spectators up and down the U.S. East Coast.


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Mars Rovers Could Drive More Safely with Software Innovation

In 2009, after five years of exploring Mars, NASA's Spirit rover hit an unexpected snag: a Red Planet sand trap.


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Saturday, September 7, 2013

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Why the Latest NSA Leak Is the Scariest of All

The National Security Agency programs revealed yesterday (Sept. 5) in three media reports were perhaps the most important revelations yet this summer, and have profound implications for everyone who uses the Internet.

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Tudor-Era Tombs Reconstructed in 3D

Using 3D modeling, British researchers have digitally reunited two elaborate Tudor-era tombs with some of their original parts that were lost during King Henry VIII's anti-Catholic offensive.


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Viral Video: What The Fox Actually Sounds Like

"Dog goes woof. Cat goes meow. Bird goes tweet, and mouse goes squeak."


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Bill Nye the Science Guy Gears Up for 'Dancing With the Stars'

Bill Nye the Science Guy is getting a rare chance to show off his out-of-this-world dance moves.

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War-Weary Nation? Why Fewer Want Action in Syria Than in Past Conflicts

As the United States mulls military action in Syria, public support for such a strike may be the lowest of any American intervention in the last two decades, a new Gallup poll found.


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Liftoff! NASA Moon Probe Launches from Va. to Hunt 40-Year Lunar Mystery

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA began a new trek to the moon Friday night with a dazzling launch from Virginia that sent a spacecraft soaring toward Earth's nearest neighbor to probe the thin lunar atmosphere and, just maybe, solve a 40-year space mystery.


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NASA Eyes Glitch With New Moon Probe After Dazzling Launch

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — After a near-perfect launch late Friday (Sept. 6), NASA's newest moon probe has encountered its first glitch on the road to Earth's nearest neighbor.


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NASA robotic spacecraft lifts off to probe lunar dust

By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its way to the moon, officials said. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer spacecraft, known as LADEE, was designed to look for dust rising from the lunar surface, a phenomenon reported by the Apollo astronauts decades ago. ...


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Get Fit with Fido: Gym Offers Pup-and-Me Workouts

Need a workout buddy? Look no further than your best friend.

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Here Be Dragons: The Evolution of Sea Monsters on Medieval Maps

WASHINGTON — The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book.


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Incredible Technology: How to Fight Wildfires

Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience explores how technology drives scientific exploration and discovery. 


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