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Bermuda Triangle Earthquake Triggered 1817 Tsunami

A "tidal wave" violently tossed ships docked along the Delaware River south of Philadelphia at about 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 8, 1817, according to newspapers of the time. Turns out, that tidal wave was actually a tsunami, launched by a powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck at approximately 4:30 a.m. ET near the northern tip of the Bermuda Triangle, a new study finds.

Life Found in Mud Beneath Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake

Researchers have found signs of life in mud pulled from the bottom of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica.

Hurricane Season 'Peaks' Today — Why No Hurricanes?

Today (Sept. 10) is the traditional peak of the hurricane season. And yet there haven't been any hurricanes so far this year.

Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered

An extremely rare juvenile skull of an extinct ape has now been revealed from China, findings that suggest a very diverse group of apes once lived in Southeast Asia, researchers say.

Baseball-sized meteor blows up over Alabama

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A baseball-sized meteor blasted over the southeastern United States on Monday night, creating a bright streak of light, a sonic boom and a ruckus on Twitter, officials said on Tuesday. The meteor appeared at 9:18 p.m. EDT over Alabama, traveling at about 76,000 mph. It exploded 25 miles above Woodstock, Alabama, located about 30 miles from Birmingham. ...

Pentagon, NASA to spend $44 billion on space launches through 2018: GAO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department and NASA expect to spend about $44 billion to launch government satellites and other spacecraft over the next five years, including $28 billion in procurement funding, the Government Accountability Office said on Monday. The GAO, a congressional watchdog agency, said it was difficult to determine exact funding plans because both agencies used different accounting methods, but it arrived at the combined total by analyzing Pentagon and NASA budget documents, and looking at funding from other government agencies. ...

Curiosity Rover Takes Longest Drive on Mars Yet

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has made its longest Martian drive yet as it trucks along on the Red Planet.

SpaceX Rocket Test Sends Cows on the Moo-ove (Video)

A rocket launch can be awe-inspiring for humans … but maybe not for cows.

Deadly Fungus Mates with Clones of Itself

A fungus that causes a deadly brain infection has a curious mating strategy, in which it reproduces with clones of itself, a new study finds.

Heart Disease: Why Positive Attitude May Bring Longer Life

Heart disease patients with a positive attitude live longer than those with a negative attitude, and this boost in survival may be due to increased exercise, a new study from Denmark suggests.

Soyuz Spacecraft Leaves Space Station with US-Russian Crew

An American and two Russians are headed back to Earth aboard a Soyuz space capsule after a smooth undocking from the International Space Station Tuesday (Sept. 10).

How Crocs Survived in Dinosaur-Dominated World

Ancient crocodilians once evolved lifestyles unlike anything seen today in their modern relatives, including plant-eating herbivores, small insect-eating runners, marine fish eaters and giant carnivores on both land and in the sea. There were even crocs whose feeding mimicked that of modern killer whales.

Tingly Lips? Why Sichuan Peppers Trigger Odd Sensation

Most people who have eaten spicy Chinese food know the distinctive tingly numbness caused by Sichuan peppers.

Three space station crewmembers land after 166-day mission

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut left the International Space Station on Tuesday, leaving a skeleton crew to maintain the outpost until replacements arrive later this month. Outgoing station commander Pavel Vinogradov, NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin bid their crewmates good-bye and climbed aboard their Russian Soyuz capsule to prepare for a 3.5-hour flight back to Earth after 166 days in orbit. "The time has gone by so incredibly fast," Cassidy said during an inflight interview last week. ...

Touchdown! US-Russian Crew Returns to Earth on Soyuz Space Capsule

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has returned an American astronauts and two cosmonauts safely back to Earth, capping a five-month trek to the International Space Station.

Ancient Road Leading to Stonehenge Found

Scientists have uncovered a portion of an ancient path that may have led to Stonehenge.

Small Trout Devours Nearly 20 Shrews

If fish had competitive eating championships, a small rainbow trout in Alaska might hold a record in the "shrew" category.

NASA Space Telescope Discovers 10 Monster Black Holes

A powerful NASA space telescope has found not one, but 10 monster black holes lurking in the hearts of distant galaxies — the first major finds for the X-ray space observatory, scientists say.

Zen in the Art of Citizen Science: Apps for Collective Discovery and the 1 Percent Rule of the Web

Inducing Labor Linked with Lower C-Section Rate

Pregnant women who are near their due date or have just passed it can have labor induced with drugs or other medical procedures — or they can simply wait for labor to start on its own.

Lost in Central Park? Rocks Guide the Way

NEW YORK — When the constellations are dulled by city lights, lowly rocks can be your lodestars if ever you get lost in Central Park.

Illnesses Mount for Sept. 11 Survivors, But Help is Available (Op-Ed)

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

Dogs Become New Treatment for a War that Never Ends (Op-Ed)

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

Scientists grow new stem cells in a living mouse

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have succeeded in generating new stem cells in living mice and say their success opens up possibilities for the regeneration of damaged tissue in people with conditions ranging from heart failure to spinal cord injury. The researchers used the same "recipe" of growth-boosting ingredients normally used for making stem cells in a petri dish, but introduced them instead into living laboratory mice and found they were able to create so-called reprogrammed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). ...

Mystery Disease Killing Ohio Dogs

Veterinarians, health officials and dog owners are alarmed by the mysterious recent deaths of four dogs in Ohio. Some experts suspect the dogs may have died a few days after exposure to a virus that's normally found in pigs.

Ancient Maya Grave Yields Dozens of Mutilated Bodies

An excavation at the site of an ancient Maya city in Mexico has yielded a gruesome find: the remains of dismembered, decapitated bodies. The discovery provides new archaeological evidence for the violent scenes depicted in Maya art, the researchers say.

Vacations Inspire Workers to Say: 'I Quit'

With the majority of summer vacations now over, employers might want to be prepared for a rash of employee departures, new research shows.

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

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Drivers' Identity Verified Using Brain Waves

A new system that monitors a driver's brain waves could thwart carjacking and the stealing of cars carrying precious cargo and money, say researchers.

NASA Spacecraft Cruising to Moon With Novel Design

A NASA spacecraft journeying to the moon is getting there in style with never-before-used spacecraft design.

Of Dads and Gonads: Smaller Testicles Linked with Caring Fathers

Men with larger testicles tend to be less involved fathers than those with smaller testes, a new study suggests.

Parasite Ants Drafted as Mercenaries

Farmer ants can recruit parasites to battle for them, much like medieval cities sometimes kept expensive contingents of mercenary soldiers to ward off invaders, researchers say.

Missing Whooping Cough Shot Boosts Kids' Disease Risk

Young children who miss some of their whooping cough shots, or receive the shots late, are at an increased risk of catching the disease, a new study suggests.

Helping Kids Shed Weight by Changing Home Routines

Doctors may have found a way to simultaneously work on several major health problems facing U.S. children: obesity, too much TV, too little sleep and chaotic mealtimes. Maybe you can guess where this one is going.

'Severe Obesity' Rising in US Youth

About 5 percent of U.S. children and teens are "severely obese," and the numbers are rising, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association.

Critical Care May Not Always Be Right Choice

Physicians often view the treatment patients receive in intensive care units (ICUs) as being "futile," a new study finds. What's more, such care runs up a huge price tag.

Climate Change Influenced 2012's Extreme Weather, Report Finds

Man-made climate change contributed to some of 2012's most extreme weather, including the spring and summer heat waves that baked parts of the United States and Hurricane Sandy, which devastated coastal communities along the eastern coast of the country, according to a new report.

Spicy Solution? Cinnamon May Help Diabetes Patients

Cinnamon might improve not only the taste of apple pie and oatmeal but also the health of people with diabetes, a new review study suggests.

Meteorite Brought Surprising Ingredient for Life to Earth In 2012

Scientists have discovered unexpected ingredients for life — organic molecules never seen before in meteorites — inside a chunk of space rock that fell to Earth over California last year, scientists say.

Venus and Moon Share Spectacular Close Encounter (Photos)

Venus and moon shared a dazzling celestial meet-up that wowed stargazers around the world Sunday evening (Sept. 8).

Teens' Texts Predict Bad Behavior

Teens who are getting into trouble might leave digital clues to their wayward behavior in text messages, a new study shows.

Insight: Research renaissance offers new ways out of depression

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters)- As Susan sits chatting to a nurse in a London clinic, a light tapping sound by her head signals that parts of her brain are being zapped by thousands of tiny electro-magnetic pulses from a machine plugged into the wall. The 50 year-old doctor is among growing ranks of people with so-called treatment-resistant depression, and after 21 years fighting a disorder that destroyed her ability to work and at times made her want to "opt out of life", this is a last resort. ...

NASA Loses Contact With Comet-Hunting Deep Impact Spacecraft

NASA's veteran Deep Impact probe may have chased its last comet.

Dwarf Planet Ceres Could Harbor Ice Underground

In March of 2015, NASA's Dawn missionwill arrive at the dwarf planet Ceres, the first of the smaller class of planets to be discovered and the closest to Earth.

9 Amazing (Very) Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are getting younger and younger these days. Stories of people launching startups right out of college and becoming CEOs in their 20s seem to pop up everywhere. But it turns out some of us don't even need to reach college age to start a successful company: These business owners aren't even out of their teen years yet! Check out our list of incredible young entrepreneurs that made a name for themselves before they could drive a car. Leanna Archer

Rising Suicide Rates Spur Global Push on Prevention

The stigma surrounding issues of mental health and suicidal behavior still stands as a sad barrier to treatments proven to save lives. Today (Sept. 10), a global event aims to blunt that stigma and raise awareness that suicide is preventable.

Hawaii Tiger Shark Migration Coincides with Rise in Bites

Traditional Hawaiian stories warn about an increased danger of shark bites in the fall, from September to November. A recent study shows that there could be something behind this folk wisdom: During this time, an increased number of tiger sharks make their way to the islands, likely to give birth.

Mysterious Actions of Chinese Satellites Have Experts Guessing

A set of three mysterious satellites has experts guessing about the Chinese space program's intentions. No one really knows what the Chinese are up to, and everything is speculation.

E-Waste Trashing Bans Don't Work, Researcher Says

What do you do when you want to trade that cellphone, computer or television in for a newer model?

Ancient 'Sea Monster' Swam Like a Shark

A massive marine lizard may have swum like a shark, new research suggests.

US-Russian Space Crew Returns to Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live

After months in space on the International Space Station, two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut will return to Earth today (Sept. 10), and you can watch their homecoming live online.

As West Warms, Wildfires Expected to Double by 2050

Yosemite National Park's Rim Fire dashed the plans of many campers over Labor Day weekend. The iconic views of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley's sheer granite walls disappeared behind a sudden influx of thick smoke the night of Aug. 30, just before most visitors arrived for the holiday. The air quality was deemed to be unhealthy for outdoor activities, according to California air quality officials. Smoke from the still-burning fire continues to cause unhealthy air quality levels for sensitive people in nearby cities, such as Fresno, Calif.

Mysterious Elk Deaths Plague New Mexico

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish are puzzling over the mysterious deaths of more than 100 elk, apparently all within a 24-hour period, in rural New Mexico.

The Science of Sports and the America's Cup: Live Chat at Noon on September 4

iPhone 5S: Why We Love (and Hate) Apple Products

Apple once described its products as insanely great, and throngs of people around the world agree. In 2012, the company sold more than 600 million devices and users sent 800 billion text messages on iPhones, according to a presentation at the Worldwide Developers Conference last year.

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