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Alaska's Redoubt Volcano 'Screamed' Before Exploding

Earthquakes can often signal an impending volcanic eruption, and sometimes before a mountain blows its lid, seismologists detect a continuous, rhythmic series of quakes known as a harmonic tremor.

Drinking Water May Provide Mental Boost

Drinking plain old water may help improve mental performance, at least on certain brain tests, a small study suggests.

Unusual Mammal Keeps Sex Organs Warm with Brown Fat

An unusual mammal in Madagascar has gobs of a special type of fat called brown fat packed around its sex organs, according to a new study.

West Nile Virus: Large Outbreaks Follow Warm Winters

Unusually warm winters are one reason for larger-than-average outbreaks of West Nile virus in the following summers, a new study finds.

Fracking: The Confusing Vocabulary of Hydraulic Fracturing (Op-Ed)

Deborah Bailin The Equation Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

Offshore Wind Energy: The Coming Sea Change? (Op-Ed)

The Beacon Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

NASA Investigating Mysterious Spacewalk-Ending Water Leak

NASA officials aren't sure what triggered a leak of water into a spacewalking astronaut's suit, causing mission controllers to abort a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk after only one hour and 32 minutes Tuesday (July 16).

Students, Teachers to Hitch Ride on NASA's 'Vomit Comet' for Weightless Science

College students and K-12 teachers are set to take a ride on a "Vomit Comet" this week in the name of science.

25 Action Words to Include on Your Resume

While work experience and education are all important parts of a resume, so too is the way in which it is written.

Middle School Test Scores Predict Tech Career Success

Companies that want creative and innovative employees should be looking at a candidate's middle school test scores, new research shows.

Could Obamacare Improve the Job Market?

Nearly a million employees could drop out of the work force when new, cheaper health care options are officially offered to U.S. residents, a new study finds.

Flesh-Eating Worms Invade Woman's Ear

The scratching sound that Rochelle Harris kept hearing was all in her head — literally.

Buzz in NYC? Hobbyists Swarm to Beekeeping

Matt Howes would never have stuck his bare hand into a beehive six months ago, but since he has taken the reins of managing the four hives on the rooftop of his office, he has become more comfortable handling the honey makers.

Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From?

Summer wouldn't be complete without a trip to the sandy shores of an ocean, bay, lake or river. As the gritty stuff gets in between your toes, you may wonder why beaches are distinctive sandy stretches and why sand looks and feels the way it does.

Space Cloud Ripped Apart by Milky Way's Giant Black Hole

Astronomers have spied a huge gas cloud being pulled like taffy around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

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New Legislation Could Yield Net Loss for Animal Welfare (Op-Ed)

post on the blog A Humane Nation, where it ran before appearing in LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

U.S. Military Prepares for Global Unrest Amid Climate Fears (Op-Ed)

Marlene Cimons Climate Nexus Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

The Psychology of Success: Helping Students Achieve (Op-Ed)

Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

Largest cancer gene database made public

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - National Cancer Institute scientists have released the largest-ever database of cancer-related genetic variations, providing researchers the most comprehensive way so far to figure out how to target treatments for the disease. Open access worldwide to the new database, based on genome studies, is expected to help researchers accelerate development of new drugs and better match patients with therapies, NCI said in a statement on Monday. "Most anti-cancer drugs that are used today are used based on their empirical activity," Dr. ...

Does Twitter Deserve a Place in the Classroom? (Op-Ed)

Jin Kim Montclare Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights

The Tech Skills Employers Want

Employees with tech skills and experience will be in high demand throughout the rest of the year, new research shows.

The Different Career Desires of Men & Women

The qualities men and women look for in a new job are significantly different, new research shows.

Royal Baby: Are Firstborns More Likely to Be Late?

The world is eagerly awaiting the birth of the royal baby, but considering this is Kate Middleton's first pregnancy, is the baby likely to be late?

High Blood Pressure Increasing in Children

More children have elevated blood pressure than before, and both increasing obesity rates and higher salt intake are to blame, according to a new study.

John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80

John Llewellyn, a chemist who in 1967 was selected to be a NASA astronaut but whose inability to pilot a jet led to him resigning from the space program a year later, died July 2. He was 80.

Astronomer finds new moon orbiting Neptune

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday. Estimated to be about 12 miles in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles from Neptune. Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a broader part of the sky. ...

NASA Cuts Spacewalk Short After Water Leak Inside Astronaut's Spacesuit

NASA aborted a planned six-hour spacewalk by two astronauts outside the International Space Station today (July 16) when a one of the spacewalkers reported "a lot of water" inside his spacesuit helmet, a potentially scary situation.

NASA aborts spacewalk after water leak in astronaut's helmet

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A spacewalk to work on the International Space Station abruptly ended on Tuesday when water started building up inside an astronaut's helmet, NASA officials said. U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy and Italy's Luca Parmitano were less than an hour into a planned six-hour outing when Parmitano reported water inside his helmet. "My head is really wet and I have a feeling it's increasing," Parmitano radioed to flight controllers in Houston. The cause of the leak was not immediately clear. ...

Mummy Teeth Tell of Ancient Egypt's Drought

The link between drought and the rise and fall of Egypt's ancient cultures, including the pyramid builders, has long fascinated scientists and historians. Now, they're looking into an unexpected source to find connections: mummy teeth.

Floating Free: New Levitation System Uses Sound Waves

Hold on to your wand, Harry Potter: Science has outdone even your best "Leviosa!" levitation spell.

It's Official: T. Rex Was Ferocious Predator, Not Scavenger

As most anyone who went through the "dinosaur phase" in childhood already guessed was a fearsome predator.

Incredible Technology: How to Explore the Deep Sea

From Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" to Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," the ocean has long been a subject of deep wonder and mystery.

Oil Sheens Near Deepwater Horizon Spill from Sunken Rig

Recurrent sheens of oil in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill have baffled researchers and led to fears that oil may once again be spewing from the seafloor well.

Incredible Technology: How to See a Black Hole

Black holes are essentially invisible, but astronomers are developing technology to image the immediate surroundings of these enigmas like never before. Within a few years, experts say, scientists may have the first-ever picture of the environment around a black hole, and could even spot the theorized "shadow" of a black hole itself.

Two NASA Droids Set for Military Robotics Challenge

Two NASA-built robots — one of them ape-inspired — have been selected to compete against other droids in a grueling challenge later this year.

Spot the Moon and Saturn in Night Sky This Week

On Tuesday (July 16), Major League Baseball's All Star Game will be played at Citifield in New York, but the baseball diamond won't be the only place to see stars that night.

Hurricane Sandy Was 1-in-700-Year Event

Hurricane Sandy's devastating storm track is a rare one among hurricanes; a new statistical analysis estimates that the track of the storm — which took an unusual left-hand turn in the Atlantic before slamming into the East Coast — has an average probability of happening only once every 700 years.

Sharks Thrive in Fiji's Protected Waters

In Fiji's largest marine reserve, shark populations are benefiting from "no-take" protections that keep their food supply steady, according to a new study.

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