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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."

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.

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.

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.

Technology Gains are Powering Wind Energy (Op-Ed)

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

For Modern Society, Are Animals 'The Ghosts in Our Machine'? (Op-Ed)

Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

Undersea 'Grand Canyons' Host Hidden Life Just Miles from Manhattan (Op-Ed)

Switchboard. Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

The Promise of Fusion is Real, If it's Properly Funded (Op-Ed)

Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

Why is a Common Hip Problem So Frequently Misdiagnosed? (Op-Ed)

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

On Mozambique Coast, Food Grows Alongside Species Diversity (Op-Ed)

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

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.

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.

Astronaut Spies Mount Etna Eruption from Space

Mount Etna's latest burst of volcanic activity can be seen from space.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Monday, October 28, 2013

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Mean Girls: Women Evolved to Be Catty?

The rumor spreading, shunning and backstabbing of "mean girls" may be a relatively accurate picture of women's social interactions, one researcher says.

7 Signs Your Child Is an iPad Addict

Withdrawal symptoms and cravings may seem like the province of hard-drug addiction, but increasingly, psychologists are noticing these same signs of addiction in people who use devices ranging from smartphones to tablets.

Healthy Kids Still at Risk for Flu Deaths, Study Finds

Over the last decade, many children who tragically died from flu were previously healthy kids, without chronic medical conditions, a new study finds.

Incredible Technology: How to Find Dangerous Asteroids

Searching for potentially Earth-destroying asteroids today isn't easy.

Extraterrestrial Etiquette: How Should Humanity Interact with Alien Life?

Humanity should start thinking about how to interact with alien species long before coming into contact with extraterrestrial life, experts say.

Comet ISON Photo Contest for Amateur Astronomers Launched by National Science Foundation

The much-anticipated Comet ISON is now within sight of amateur astronomers as it plunges toward the sun. And the National Science Foundation (NSF) is appealing to the public for pictures of the icy wanderer, which could put on one of the brightest comet shows in years.

Hotspot? Not! Antarctic Volcanoes' Surprising Source

The mystery of how an Antarctic underwater volcano chain formed may have finally been solved.

'Bishop of Bling': Catholics Aren't Alone in Struggle with Wealth

The Vatican has suspended a German bishop over the cost of his home renovation, highlighting religious — and very human — ambivalence over wealth.

Active Sun Fires Off 3rd Huge Solar Flare in 3 Days (Video)

The sun has just unleashed another major solar flare, the third of its kind in three days, scientists say.

Debut Test Flight Looms for Orion, NASA's Next Manned Spaceship

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — NASA is gearing up for the inaugural flight of its next manned spacecraft, which is now less than a year away.

The Scientist Who Helped Save New York's Subway from Sandy

The water just kept flowing. It streamed through the streets of lower Manhattan, pouring into subway entrances, cascading into ventilation grates and pooling inside tunnels.

Australia's Oldest Bird Footprints Discovered

Two thin-toed footprints pressed into a sandy riverbank more than 100 million years ago are Australia's oldest known bird tracks, researchers say.

Suzanne Somers' Health Advice May Be Dangerously Wrong

Things are going great for Suzanne Somers. She has a new book out, sure to be a best-seller, as it has been promoted on countless morning talk shows.

12 Worst Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Revealed

An environmental health advocacy organization has released a list of what it says are the 12 worst hormone-disrupting chemicals.

Pediatricians Issue New Media Guidelines for Kids

Children should be limited to less than two hours of entertainment-based screen time per day, and shouldn't have TVs or Internet access in their bedrooms, according to new guidelines from pediatricians.

Wow! Stargazer Snaps Amazing Photos of Comet ISON

The promising Comet ISON is steadily making its way closer to the sun and one avid amateur astronomer has snapped a series of spectacular photos of icy wanderer in action.

Women May Be Better Than Men ... At Multitasking

Anecdotal evidence has long supported the hypothesis that the fair sex is also the "do-a-bunch-of-things-at-the-same-time" sex. And now a study out of the U.K. helps to support the idea women are better at multitasking than men.

Yellowstone's Killer Hazard: Earthquakes, Not Eruptions

DENVER — A supervolcano blasting Yellowstone National Park to smithereens may capture the imagination, but the region's real risk comes from earthquakes, researchers reported here Sunday (Oct. 27) at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting.

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