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Richard III Grave Reconstructed in 3D Read More » Will Your Toddler Be a Drinker? Personality May Tell The personality traits of children in the first five years of their life may help predict alcohol use during teenage years, a new study shows. Read More »Alzheimer's Disease & Cancer: Each May Lower Risk of the Other Alzheimer's disease and cancer are both diseases of aging, but interestingly, having one of these conditions lowers the risk of developing the other, a new study from Italy suggests. Read More »Swamplike Waterways Found Under Antarctic Glacier
Shocking! Thresher Shark Stuns Prey With Tail Slap Thresher sharks have evolved an unusual but highly efficient hunting tactic: tail smacking. Read More »College Drinking: Guys Get 'Wasted'; Women Become 'Tipsy' When college-age guys and gals are asked to describe how drunk one of their friends is, they tend to apply more moderate terms to women, even when females are heavily intoxicated, a new study reveals. Read More »Navy Drone Makes First Aircraft Carrier Landing
Why Americans Need Social Media 'Vacation' Internet users are suffering from social media overload from sites like Facebook and Twitter. Now, the majority of online users are looking for a social media vacation, new research shows. Read More »Moon Bill Would Create National Park to Protect Apollo Landing Sites
Baby Boy or Girl? Mammals Can 'Choose' Mammals can skew the male-female ratio of their offspring in order to maximize their reproductive success, new research finds. Read More »Dolphins May 'See' Pregnant Women's Fetuses
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Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Sparks Seafloor Sponge Boom Read More » Revamped Space Shuttle Enterprise Exhibit Awes New Yorkers Read More » Homicide Rate of Young People Dropped to 30-Year Low
Gun Safety App Draws Fire An Android app intended to promote gun safety has critics firing off angry reviews instead. Read More »Mysterious New Virus Found in Sick Dolphin In October 2010, the body of a young short-beaked common dolphin was found stranded on a beach in San Diego, Calif. The sickly female had lesions in its airway, and a necropsy showed that it died of so-called tracheal bronchitis, likely due to an infection. Read More »6 Children with Rare Disorders Helped by Gene Therapy Two rare hereditary disorders, one of which kills children within the first few years of life, can be treated with gene therapy, new research from Italy suggests. Read More »Early Warning Signs of Injection-Well Earthquakes Found
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Egypt's National Treasures Threatened by Political Unrest (Op-Ed) Monty Dobson, inaugural scholar at the School of Public Service and Global Citizenship at Central Michigan University, writes the Monty's World blog America: From the Ground Up! Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More »The Science of Miracles: How the Vatican Decides When Pope John Paul II died eight years ago, supporters chanted "Santo subito," or "Sainthood now!" Read More »Spacewalkers leave space station for outside chores By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two astronauts left the International Space Station on Tuesday for a day of maintenance tasks, including installing a power cable needed for a new Russian laboratory due to be installed this year. Veteran NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and rookie partner Luca Parmitano, the first Italian to make a spacewalk, left the station's Quest airlock shortly after 8 a.m. EDT as the orbital outpost sailed about 260 miles over the Arabian Sea. ... Read More »Bacteria In Space Grows in Strange Ways
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Next Mars mission should search for past microbial life: science panel By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's next mission to Mars should look for past microbial life and collect samples to eventually bring back to Earth, a science advisory group said on Tuesday. The U.S. space agency expects to spend about $1.5 billion, plus launch costs, on a mission to follow the ongoing Mars rover Curiosity, which is scouting an ancient impact crater for habitats that could have supported microbial life. ... Read More »American Dogs Come From Asia European colonization of the Americas brought smallpox, starvation and warfare that decimated indigenous populations. Read More »The Job Benefits Workers Want Most Businesses trying to attract and retain employees with high-quality benefits shouldn't focus only on health care and vacation days, new research shows. Read More »The Vacation Request Workers Don't Like Being asked to work while on vacation is a big no-no for workers, new research has found. Read More »Solar Flares Fire Off Antimatter Particles
Science of Summer: What Causes Sunburns? Summer means lots of out-of-doors time. Whether at beaches, barbeques, hanging out in the park or at the pool, most people catch more sun rays this season than other times of the year. In the process, some will get a suntan while others, unfortunately, will experience the painful redness, peeling and blistering that can occur with a bad sunburn. Read More »Preemie Study Triggers Debate Over Informed Consent A premature infant study has recently sparked debate over exactly what parents need to be told before they give consent for their babies to participate in a clinical trial. Read More »Can Acupuncture Help Women Get Pregnant? Can an acupuncture prick help women get pregnant? The technique seems to have only limited success when used complementarily with in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a new international study. Read More »"I Don't Know if I'm a Scientist": The Problem with Archetypes
Death Valley: 100 Years As Earth's Hottest Spot Read More » Physical Activity and Obesity: Both Rising Obesity rates in the United States are still increasing, and have reached nearly 60 percent for women in some counties. But the good news is that physical activity is on the rise too, according to a new study of counties across the nation. Read More »Can You Get Electrocuted by Peeing? A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was reportedly killed by urinating on the electrified third rail of a subway train line, but is that possible? Read More »Quebec Train Derailment Fire Seen from Space
Giant Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Glacier Read More » Ancient Inscription From King Solomon's Time Unearthed
Earth's 6-Year Twitch Changes Day Length
Evidence of Alien Planets? No, It's Just Gas
Venus Shines With Moon Tonight: How to See It Read More » First Images of Our Solar System's Tail Revealed
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