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	5 Retro Pastimes Tech Can Revive Remember flipping through photo albums? Or family game night? How about making mix tapes? The march of progress is great and all, but sometimes the digital age can feel so fast-paced and dizzying that it makes you yearn for the past. Instead of just reminiscing, you can actually use tech to rekindle old-school joys technology presumably killed off. Here are five things you can do to bring those awesome pastimes into the present. Read More »
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	Toddler's Exorcism Death Part of Dark History A Virginia man was convicted earlier this week in the death of a 2-year-old who died during a 2011 exorcism. Eder Guzman-Rodriguez beat his daughter Jocelyn to death in an attempt to rid her of the demon he believed was inside her. Read More » Rover Finds New Evidence That Ancient Mars Was Habitable NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has made perhaps the biggest discovery of its nearly 10-year career, finding evidence that life may have been able to get a foothold on the Red Planet long ago. Read More » Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit Enters Final Countdown to Launch CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Shuttle Atlantis is "go" for launch. Read More » Moon, Venus and Mercury Meet in Night Sky Monday Stargazers will get an interesting chance to see a celestial configuration between the moon and two bright planets on Monday (June 10) evening. Read More » Mars Rover Opportunity Nears Nebulous Off-Planet Driving Record NASA's Opportunity Mars rover is poised to break the distance record for off-planet driving, but any celebration of this exploration milestone will have to wait until scientists figure out exactly what the record is. Read More » In Alaska's oilfields, drones countdown to takeoff By Krithika Krishnamurthy (Reuters) - No pilot was required when the Aeryon Scout took off into the leaden skies of Alaska to inspect a stretch of oil pipeline. The miniature aircraft was guided by an engineer on the ground, armed only with a tablet computer. The 20-minute test flight, conducted by BP Plc last fall, was a glimpse of a future where oil and gas companies in the Arctic can rely on unmanned aircraft to detect pipeline faults, at a fraction of the cost of piloted helicopter flights. ... Read More » Easter Island's 'Walking' Stone Heads Stir Debate An idea suggesting massive stone statues that encircle Easter Island may have been "walked" into place has run into controversy. Read More » Did Comet Impacts Spur Life on Earth? The impact of comets crashing into Earth's surface may have provided the energy to create simple molecules that formed the precursors to life, a new study suggests. Read More » Could Humans and Dolphins Ever Talk to Each Other? If humans ever hope to talk to animals, dolphins might represent our best bet. They're highly intelligent, and they have a sophisticated form of communication amongst themselves. But despite decades of research, scientists have not been able to find a cetacean Rosetta Stone. Read More » Psychiatric Treatments May Change Personality Some doctors balk at the idea of trying to change a patient's personality, but a new study suggests that they're doing it already. Read More » Asteroid the size of a small truck buzzes Earth: NASA By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet. NASA said Asteroid 2013 LR6 was discovered about a day before its closest approach to Earth, which occurred at 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 GMT on Saturday) about 65,000 miles over the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania, Australia. The 30-foot-wide (10-metre-wide) asteroid posed no threat. A week ago, the comparatively huge 1. ... Read More » Second rover finds hint of a life-friendly ancient Mars By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Martian rock analyzed by NASA's rover Opportunity contains clays formed in non-acidic water, an environment potentially suitable for the chemistry of ancient life to brew. The solar-powered Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 for what was expected to be a 90-day mission to look for signs there was once water. It, and a twin rover, Spirit, which succumbed to the harsh Martian environment three years ago, had both found rocks altered by highly acidic water. ... Read More »
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	Toward a cross-species understanding of empathy Jaak Panksepp, Jules B. Panksepp. • Signs of empathy have been observed in many mammals, including laboratory rodents. • 'Primal empathy' utilizes the seven basic emotional systems of the mammalian br.... Read More » Current insights into the C9orf72 repeat expansion diseases of the FTLD/ALS spectrum Marc Cruts, Ilse Gijselinck, Tim Van Langenhove, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven. • C9orf72 repeat expansions are the most frequent cause of FTLD/ALS spectrum diseases. • Expanded C9orf72 repeats are associated with diverse neurologic.... Read More »
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	Huge 'Man Cave' Discovered in EPA Warehouse The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is dedicated to preserving natural spaces, but apparently "man caves" are not considered critical wildlife habitat. Read More » How Tropical Storm Andrea Is Spinning Up Tornadoes Tropical Storm Andrea has spawned as many as six tornadoes as of 1 p.m. EDT today (June 6), with many more tornado warnings being issued, according to various news reports. There is currently a tornado watch for most of the state of Florida until 9 p.m. EDT, and those watches could start to extend further north as the storm moves inland.   Read More » Weird Quantum Entanglement Achieves New Record A new breakthrough in the strange business of "quantum entanglement" may make measuring eerily connected particles easier than ever, scientists say. Read More » Pick Me Up! Apes and Human Babies Use Similar Gestures Ape and human infants at comparable stages of development use similar gestures, such as pointing or lifting their arms to be picked up, new research suggests. Read More » Lung Donor System: How Kids May Slip Through Cracks The case of Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis in dire need of a lung transplant, has some people questioning the rules regarding how lungs are allocated to children. Read More » Russian Arctic-mapping satellite malfunctions: Ifax MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian satellite launched last year to map the Arctic has stopped working, a space industry source told the Interfax news agency on Thursday, in the latest disappointment for the country's once-pioneering space program. The orbiter, Zond-PP, was the first of five Earth-mapping satellites being developed by Russia. Launched in July 2012, it was expected to have a three-year life span. "Zond-PP is declared lost due to a technical malfunction," the source told Interfax, but added experts were working to try to revive the probe. ... Read More » Orbital Sciences Hired To Build Stratolaunch Rocket WASHINGTON — Stratolaunch Inc., the Huntsville, Ala., company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen seeking to develop a low-cost satellite launching system, has given Orbital Sciences Corp. a contract to build the world's largest air-launched space rocket. Read More » NASA and LEGO Launch Design Contest to Build Future Air and Space Vehicles NASA is challenging the next generation of aerospace engineers to toy with ideas for the future by using LEGO bricks to launch their concepts for advanced aircraft and spacecraft. Read More » The Ocean: An Unlikely Clean-Energy Source (Op-Ed) Read More » Atoms' Quantum Spin Controlled in Odd Chilled Gas Physicists have revealed a new way to control the spins of atoms, an achievement that could open the way for new kinds of sensors while also shedding light on fundamental physics. Read More » New Test Could Better Detect Down Syndrome During Pregnancy A new blood test for Down's syndrome during pregnancy could reduce the number of women who undergo further invasive testing to detect fetal abnormalities, new research suggests. Read More » Where Most American Entrepreneurs Are From Unless you've been off the grid for the past few weeks, you've surely had at least one encounter with the movie trailer for "The Great Gatsby," Hollywood's latest attempt to wrap its head around the great American entrepreneurial dream. Read More » How Wearable Tech Is Enhancing Our Lives (And Careers) While Google Glass has captured the world's attention as the latest wearable technology, people say that other wearable tech, such as bracelets that keep track of your activities or apps that track your calorie intake, are already having an effect on their lives. Read More » Treasure in Great Pyramid Awaits Discovery, Egypt's 'Indiana Jones' Says TORONTO — Zahi Hawass is back. Read More » Night-Shining Clouds Surprisingly Common, Thanks to Rocket Launches Night-shining clouds, an ethereal type of cloudknown to ripple across the edge of space, were expected to be rare this year, but a new study finds these specters are actually quite common and thicker than predicted. Read More » Beware Early Season Hurricanes, Researcher Warns Hurricanes that strike the Gulf Coast in June can be as deadly or more deadly that those that hit later in the season, one researcher warns. Read More » Soy Sauce Overdose Sends Man into Coma A young man who drank a quart of soy sauce went into a coma and nearly died from an excess of salt in his body, according to a recent case report. Read More » Fat, Fiber in Diet Linked with Asthma People with asthma who eat a diet low in fat and high in fiber may be better off than those who eat less healthfully, a new study suggests. Read More » 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Job Search (Op-Ed) Read More » Trash Litters Deep Seafloor, Mostly Recyclables The mention of ocean pollution usually triggers searing images of birds and turtles choked by bags, fasteners and other debris floating at the ocean surface. But thousands of feet below, garbage also clutters the seafloor, with as yet unknown consequences for marine life, a new study finds. Read More » Normal or Not? When Worry Takes Over For nearly everyone, worry is a fact of life. But sometimes, worry can take on a life of its own. This, according to the new mental health manual, is when generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) sets in. Read More » Heat-Seeking, Alien-Hunting Telescope Could Be Ready in 5 Years We might find aliens through the heat their civilizations give off, astronomers say, but it will take a megatelescope to do the job. Such a telescope, in fact, is planned. Read More »
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