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	NASA telescope to probe long-standing solar mystery By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A small NASA telescope was poised for launch on Thursday on a mission to determine how the sun heats its atmosphere to millions of degrees, sending off rivers of particles that define the boundaries of the solar system. The study is far from academic. Solar activity directly impacts Earth's climate and the space environment beyond the planet's atmosphere. Solar storms can knock out power grids, disrupt radio signals and interfere with communications, navigation and other satellites in orbit. ... Read More » Microbes Make Cozy Homes in Ocean's Garbage For about four decades, it's been known that plastic is collecting in the open ocean. Now, scientists have found this debris harbors unique communities of microbes, and the tiny residents of this so-called plastisphere may help break down the marine garbage. Read More » NASA probe finds new zone at doorstep to interstellar space By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Reports last summer than NASA's long-lived Voyager 1 space probe had finally left the solar system turned out to be a bit premature, scientists said on Thursday. Rather, the spacecraft, which was launched in 1977 for a five-year mission to study Jupiter and Saturn, has found itself in a previously unknown region between the outermost part of the solar system and interstellar space. ... Read More » Obama's Sensible Climate Plan: Boost Economy, Slash Emissions (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » We Must Speak Out for Science (Op-Ed) Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Surveillance Cams Get Party Hats for Orwell's Birthday Famed author George Orwell was born on June 25, 1903, and two Dutch artists decided that the best way to celebrate his birthday was with party hats — on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras. Read More » Omega-3 in Fish May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk A large review of studies concludes that women who consume more omega-3 fatty acids by eating fish were at a lower risk of having breast cancer. Read More » NASA telescope to probe long-standing solar mystery By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A small NASA telescope was launched into orbit on Thursday on a mission to determine how the sun heats its atmosphere to millions of degrees, sending off rivers of particles that define the boundaries of the solar system. The study is far from academic. Solar activity directly impacts Earth's climate and the space environment beyond the planet's atmosphere. Solar storms can knock out power grids, disrupt radio signals and interfere with communications, navigation and other satellites in orbit. ... Read More » NASA Launches Sun-Watching Telescope to Probe Solar Secrets NASA's newest solar observatory launched into space late Thursday (June 27), beginning a two-year quest to probe some of the sun's biggest mysteries. Read More » 3 Things Making Workers More Productive Workers say technology is not the only reason they are more productive. Read More » How Worker Vacations Put Employers at Risk Bosses may want to be careful what they wish for when it comes to expecting employees to work through their vacations. New research has found that workers are risking their companies' security when they work while on vacation. Read More » Scientists Search Lunar Landscape for Lost Moon Probes The moon is the final resting ground for scads of landed and crashed spacecraft, many of which have been pinpointed recently by sleuthing scientists. Read More » Mars Life Search Hindered by Planetary Protection Concerns, Scientists Say Current policies designed to safeguard Mars against biological contamination from Earth are hampering exploration of the Red Planet and should be relaxed, some scientists say. Read More » Could Quantum Brain Effects Explain Consciousness? NEW YORK — The idea that consciousness arises from quantum mechanical phenomena in the brain is intriguing, yet lacks evidence, scientists say. Read More » Cave Art Reveals Ancient View of Cosmos Some of the oldest art in the United States maps humanity's place in the cosmos, as aligned with an ancient religion. Read More » Eating Insects Will Help Feed Hungry World, UN Says NEW YORK — The problem is familiar: How to feed a growing world population. Now, a few people have offered a solution that may sound strange, at least to Western ears: Eat insects. Read More » Beach Benefits: Oceanside Living Is Good for Health WASHINGTON — The age-old wisdom that being near the seaside is good for your health may be true, studies suggest. Read More » Diving Marine Animals Guzzle Oxygen from Ocean Marine animals swim to astonishing depths each day, diving for food and hiding from predators. These movements may seem miniscule against the enormity of the ocean, but combined on a global scale, they actually alter the ocean's oxygen levels, new research shows. Read More » How Earth Heals Itself After an Earthquake For the first time, scientists have watched the Earth heal itself after an earthquake. Read More » Climate Change May Radically Transform Desert Bacteria Climate change may transform the community of microbes that forms the crucial top layer of soil, known as a biocrust, in deserts throughout the United States, new research suggests. Read More » Woman's 'Foot Orgasm' Is First Known Case A 55-year-old woman in the Netherlands visited the doctor with an unusual complaint: She experienced unwanted orgasms that started in her foot, according to a new report of her case. Read More » Japan to Launch Talking Robot Into Space A small talking robot built in Japan is about to take one giant leap into space. Read More » Space Race TV Pilot Being Penned by 'Star Trek' Screenwriter The story of how the space race between the United States and former Soviet Union was born out of the Cold War may be retold as a new television series now being developed by a newly-launched production company and a "Star Trek" screenwriter. Read More » The Road to Mars Is Paved in Lunar Rock (Op-Ed) Paul D. Spudis is a planetary geology and remote sensing expert at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. This article was adapted from his post "Risky Business: ISRU and the Critical Path to Mars"on his Spudis Lunar Resources blog. He contributed this article to SPACE.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Read More » Is Cursive Writing Dead? A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. Read More » Traces of Wartime Famine Unearthed in Jerusalem Archaeologists may have discovered evidence of a dire famine that gripped Jerusalem during a Roman siege nearly 2,000 years ago. Read More » Imported Tortoises Could Replace Madagascar's Extinct Ones Two millennia ago, millions of giant tortoises roamed Madagascar, an island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa that is rich in species found nowhere else on Earth. Those tortoises kept Madagascar's unique ecosystem in check by munching on low-lying foliage, trampling vegetation and dispersing large seeds from native trees like the baobab. Read More » T. Rex Skeleton Headed for Smithsonian The Smithsonian is finally set to welcome a into its hallowed halls. Read More »
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	Windows 8.1 Makes 3D Printers as Easy to Use as Inkjets Remember the days when you had to go monkeying around with printer driver software just to get your new inkjet to output in color? Over the years, Windows has made it so easy to use a a printer that you usually don't even have to touch the settings or insert an install disc to get things running. With Windows 8.1, Microsoft promises to make 3D printing just as easy as outputting images or text on paper. Read More » The American Family: How Gay-Marriage Ruling Will Change Our Views Today's (June 26) Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage will likely lead to greater acceptance of same-sex couples and families in the eyes of the American public, sociologists say. Read More » The American Family: How Gay-Marriage Rulings Will Change Our Views Today's (June 26) Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage will likely lead to greater acceptance of same-sex couples and families in the eyes of the American public, sociologists say. Read More » Horse Fossil Yields Astonishingly Old Genome Are Similarly Ancient Human Genomes Next? Horse Fossil Yields Astonishingly Old Genome Are Similarly Ancient Human Genomes Next? Read More » Without Action, Warming to Decimate Species Diversity (Op-Ed) Stacy Small-Lorenz, conservation scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.?? Read More » Melanoma Deaths More Likely in Young Men Than Women Young men are more likely to die of the skin cancer melanoma than young women, regardless of the severity of the tumor, a new study found. This suggests there are fundamental biological differences between melanoma in men and women, the researchers said. Read More » Why Carbs May Cause Food Cravings Refined carbohydrates such as corn syrup could trigger food cravings not unlike the cravings that drug addicts experience, new research suggests. Read More » 6 Ways Supreme Court's Rulings Will Affect Gay Couples Two Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage announced today (June 26) were hailed as landmark victories for the gay rights movement, and will significantly change the recognition of legal rights for many gay couples and their children. Read More » Supreme Court Gay Marriage Rulings Hailed by NASA Deputy Chief Even top NASA officials are celebrating the landmark same-sex marriage decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court today (June 26). Lori Garver, NASA's second-in-command, is hailing the ruling as a major win for equal rights. Read More » Cosmic Scorpion: Scorpius Constellation Explained Most of the constellations seem pretty much random arrangements of stars to modern eyes. Scorpius is one of the few which actually resembles its namesake, the Scorpion. Read More » Scientists make wire of carbon, may sometime rival copper By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have made a strong, lightweight wire from carbon that might eventually be a rival to copper if its ability to conduct electricity can be improved, Cambridge University said on Thursday. They said it was the first time that the super-strong carbon wires, spun in a tiny furnace that looks like a candy floss machine with temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 F), had been made "in a usable form" a millimeter (0.04 inch) thick. ... Read More » Scientists make wire of carbon, may sometime rival copper By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have made a strong, lightweight wire from carbon that might eventually be a rival to copper if its ability to conduct electricity can be improved, Cambridge University said on Thursday. They said it was the first time that the super-strong carbon wires, spun in a tiny furnace that looks like a candy floss machine with temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 F), had been made "in a usable form" a millimetre (0.04 inch) thick. ... Read More » Cosmic Currency: PayPal and SETI Developing Space Cash System Scientists searching for extraterrestrials are teaming up with one of the world's best-known online-transaction companies to create the first system for space-based payments for astronauts and tourists venturing beyond Earth, project officials announced today (June 27). Read More » How Bosses Are Ruining Family Vacations Vacations are supposed to be a time for workers to unwind and unplug from the daily routine, just don't tell that to your boss.  New research has found that more and more bosses are expecting their employees to work while on vacation. Read More » Americans Would Vote Against NYC Soda Ban, Poll Says The majority of Americans reject the idea of putting a limit on the size of soda drinks served in restaurants, according to a new Gallup poll. Read More » History of Marriage: 13 Surprising Facts Moonstruck partners pledging eternal love may be the current definition of marriage, but this starry-eyed picture has relatively modern origins. Read More » Asteroids Galore! 10,000th Near-Earth Object Discovered A telescope in Hawaii built to seek out asteroids that might one day threaten the Earth has discovered the 10,000th near-Earth space rock ever seen. Read More » Plants Use Quantum Physics to Survive Humans can't teleport or reside in multiple places at once — but the tiniest particles of matter can. Read More » Ancient African Coins Spark International Treasure Hunt Can a handful of ancient African coins, discovered almost 70 years ago by a lone soldier on a remote island, rewrite history? Read More » C-Section Shift: Rate Drops at 38 Weeks, Rises at 39 The U.S. rate of Cesarean section births is holding steady, although there has been a drop in the rate of c-sections performed on babies born slightly earlier than full-term, a new report says. Read More » Antenna Antics: Honeybees Are 'Righties' When bees are forced to interact with only their left antennas, they have trouble bee-having: Just as humans shake with their right hands, bees also greet each other by predominantly using their right antennas. Read More » From NASA to the Vatican: 10 Amazing Internships Sick of waiting tables at the local crab shack over summer break? It doesn't have to be this way. Read More » Japan's whaling is not science, expert witness tells World Court By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Japanese practice of catching and killing nearly 1,000 whales a year cannot be justified as science, an expert witness told the World Court on Thursday in a case Australia has brought against Japan. Despite an international whaling moratorium in force since 1986, Japan continues to catch the aquatic mammals in the Antarctic under a clause allowing scientific research, but critics say the real reason for the hunt is to continue harvesting whale meat. ... Read More » Expedition to Isolated Island Yields Stunning Photos What lurks in the deep water off the most remote inhabited island in the world? This past month, a team of researchers trekked to Tristan da Cunha, an island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, to find out. Read More » 6 Tips for Defusing Tech Tantrums My daughter had taught herself to swipe open an iPhone before she could walk, and since then, has a go-to slate of apps she navigates to, fiddles with and, occasionally, deletes (along with emails, it turns out). She is not yet 2 years old. Despite our best efforts, she is drawn to the glow of a smartphone or tablet like the proverbial moth to flame, and it is when we try to wrest it from her tiny mitts that we have discovered the modern phenomenon of the tech tantrum. Read More » New Noisy Bird Discovered in Busy City Despite its loud call, a new bird species has only just been discovered in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh, scientists announced yesterday (June 25). Read More » Expedition to Isolated Island Discovers Amazing Sea Life What lurks in the deep water off the most remote inhabited island in the world? This past month, a team of researchers trekked to Tristan da Cunha, an island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, to find out. Read More » How Many Mayans Were There? The traces of ancient corn farms could reveal how many people lived in a legendary Maya city, a new study suggests. Read More » Sneaky Ancient Flea Dined on Flying Reptiles A 125-million-year-old fossil flea has been unearthed in China. Read More » More Species at Risk from Climate Change Than Thought Climate change predictions paint a bleak picture for much of the world's flora and fauna: Species that can't keep up with a warming world will be pushed toward extinction unless conservation efforts can save them, the thinking goes. But a new study warns that many of the creatures most vulnerable to climate change are not currently considered conservation priorities. Read More » Global Warming Worsened Australia's Record Hot Summer Human-caused global warming played a role in making this past summer Australia's hottest on record, a new study suggests. Read More » How Did the Universe Get Its Stars? An Astronomical Puzzle Astronomers have come a long way in understanding how stars form today, but the question of how the universe's first stars formed is an enduring mystery. While the topic remains complex and confusing, researchers say they hope to make strides in the near future with new and improved computer models and telescopes. Read More » Amazingly Untouched Royal Tomb Found in Peru A rare, undisturbed royal tomb has been unearthed in Peru, revealing the graves of three Wari queens buried alongside gold and silver riches and possible human sacrifices. Read More » DARPA Taps Winners in Virtual Robotics Challenge The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 's Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC) is over and the agency has announced the winning teams that are receiving not just a cash prize, but a real, life-size, humanoid robot to compete in the challenge's next round. Read More »
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