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Failure to Diagnose Is No. 1 Reason for Suing Doctors

The most common reason patients give for suing their doctors is a delay or failure to diagnose a disease, such as cancer, a new study finds.

Two Distant Spacecraft Set to Take Photos of Earth Friday

In a cosmic coincidence, two NASA spacecraft in orbit around distant planets in the solar system are expected to take photos of Earth tomorrow (July 19).

Boneheaded Dinosaurs Butted Heads In Combat

Dinosaurs with giant domes on their heads may have used their extra padding for head butting, new research suggests.

H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Capable of Airborne Transmission

One strain of the H7N9 bird flu virus appears to spread easily through the air between ferrets, which are a good model for how the virus may spread in humans, a new study from China says.

Darwin's Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)

Brian Hare is an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University and the founder of Dognition , a website that helps you find the genius in your dog. This post was an adaptation from his book " The Genius of Dogs, " co-authored with Vanessa Woods (Dutton, 2013). He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights .

Spacesuit Water Leak Highlights Spacewalk Dangers

A mysterious water leak that forced NASA to abort a spacewalk on Tuesday (July 16) shows just how perilous it can be to venture outside the protective confines of the International Space Station.

Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say

Mars is not a nice place to live: The Red Planet is cold and dry, and its thin atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide.

What Bosses Can and Can't See On Your Smartphone

The NSA isn't the only one that has Americans nervous about their privacy. Many employees worry that accessing company data on their smartphones and tablets means their employers can see their personal data. The good news is that those fears are somewhat overblown.

Physicists unveil results helping explain universe

GENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world's top lab for particle physics say they've witnessed an extremely rare event that adds certainty to how they think the universe began.

10 Jobs Employers Can't Fill

The great skills gap mystery continues. Despite millions of workers still looking for jobs, there are a wide variety of positions employers just can't seem to fill, new research shows.

Futuristic British Space Plane Engine to Get Flight Test in 2020

Flight tests of an engine for the giant space plane Skylon are expected by 2020.

How Long-Forgotten Seawall Fended Off Sandy

A buried and forgotten seawall built in 1882 may have significantly weakened Hurricane Sandy's grip on one New Jersey town, new research shows.

Return of long-absent bumblebee near Seattle stirs scientific buzz

By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A North American bumblebee species that all but vanished from about half of its natural range has re-emerged in Washington state, delighting scientists who voiced optimism the insect might eventually make a recovery in the Pacific Northwest. Entomologists and bee enthusiasts in recent weeks have photographed several specimens of the long-absent western bumblebee - known to scientists as Bombus occidentalis - buzzing among flower blossoms in a suburban park north of Seattle. ...

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Spark Bitter Debate in Congress

House lawmakers debated NASA's 2014 budget today (July 18) during a meeting that saw stark partisan divisions over proposed funding cuts for the agency's science and space exploration programs.

Big Full Moon Myths Debunked: The Truth About June's 'Supermoon'

July's full moon may not technically be "super," but it is still a sight to see.

Rocket blasts off from Florida with military communications satellite

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying a sophisticated communications satellite designed to provide voice and data services for U.S. military forces around the world. The 206-foot (63-meter) tall rocket, built and operated by United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, lifted off at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) from a seaside launch pad just south of the Kennedy Space Center. Perched on top of the booster was the second satellite in the U.S. ...

GPS Could Track Hurricanes' Winds?

The way radio signals from GPS satellites bounce around during storms can now help scientists deduce wind speeds in hurricanes, insights that could help better predict the severity of the storms and where they might be headed.

Wave at Saturn Today: How to Watch Live

A distant spacecraft charged with studying the Saturn system will turn its cameras to Earth today (July 19), and you can get in on Earth's photo session in person or online.

The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom Part 1

Science's Mobile Army of Metaphors

US Navy Launches Next-Generation Tactical Satellite

The United States Navy successfully launched a huge communications satellite today (July 19), adding the second piece to a constellation that should provide a big boost to American troops.

Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories

Physicists have measured an extremely rare particle decay inside the world's largest atom smasher — a discovery that bolsters the leading model of particle physics and leaves little room for undiscovered particles beyond this theory.

Italian Spacewalker Felt Like a 'Goldfish' During Aborted Spacewalk

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt like a "goldfish in a fishbowl" when water leaked into his spacesuit during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday (July 16).

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

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Ancient Mars River May Have Flowed into Huge Ocean

Scientists have spotted more evidence that an enormous ocean on Mars covered much of the planet's surface billions of years ago.

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.

'Intelligent' surgical knife can sniff out cancer tissue

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have created an "intelligent" surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future. The device, built by researchers at London's Imperial College, could allow doctors to cut back on additional operations to remove further pieces of cancerous tumors. The technology, effectively merging an electrosurgical knife that cuts through tissue using heat with a mass spectrometer for chemical analysis, has also been shown to be able to distinguish beef from horsemeat. ...

Royal Baby Bonanza: 7 Ways the Prince or Princess Will Be Celebrated

With the entire world anxiously counting down to the royal baby's birth, Kate Middleton and Prince William's little one just might be the most famous (unborn) baby in the world.

'Longhorn' Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Utah

The fossilized remains of a newly identified dinosaur with horns so long they would put Triceratops to shame has been discovered in the Utah desert.

Reality Check: Is Our Universe Real?

Perhaps our human senses are deceiving us — maybe existence is an illusion, and reality isn't real.

NASA aborts spacewalk after leak into astronaut's helmet

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A spacewalk to work on the International Space Station ended abruptly on Tuesday when a water-like liquid started building up inside an Italian 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 what seemed to be water inside his helmet. "My head is really wet and I have a feeling it's increasing," Parmitano radioed to flight controllers in Houston. ...

Warm and Buttery: Melt Speeds Greenland's Ice Flow

Greenland's massive ice sheet is accelerating its slide toward the ocean because bigger surface melts in recent years are softening the interior of the ice like a stick of butter, a new study finds.

How 'Brown Oceans' Fuel Hurricanes

Hurricanes and tropical storms typically gather strength while moving over warm oceans, where the energy released by evaporating water fuels these storms' high winds. These storms usually weaken rapidly as they move over land and are cut off from their fuel source.

Huge Plant-Eating Dinosaur Never Ran Out of Teeth

Some plant-eating dinosaurs grew new teeth every couple of months, with some of the largest herbivores developing a replacement tooth every 35 days, to keep their chompers from getting too worn down on all that vegetation, new research finds.

Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients May Live Longer with New Drug

Men with advanced prostate cancer may live longer after receiving a new type of targeted radiation treatment, a new study suggests.

The Sad Truth About Boy Scouts and Childhood Obesity (Op-Ed)

Dr. Mitchell Roslin ischief of obesity surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He holds several patents for thetreatment of obesity and designed a method for treating relapse after gastric bypass surgery. Roslin has expertise in laparoscopic obesity surgery, duodenal switch surgery and revisional bariatric surgery. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights .

Acid Test: Rising CO2 Levels Killing Ocean Life (Op-Ed)

Matt Huelsenbeck is a marine scientist for the climate and energy campaign at Oceana. This article was adapted from one that first appeared on The Beacon . Huelsenbeck contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights .

Comet of the Century? Comet ISON Faces Risky Road

About 10,000 years ago, Comet ISON left our solar system's distant shell, a region known as the Oort cloud, and began streaking toward the sun. This November, the icy wanderer will reach the climax of its journey, potentially providing a stunning skywatching show here on Earth.

Scientists report newly discovered horned dinosaur unearthed in Utah

By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A big-nosed dinosaur that may have used its impressive horns as a mate magnet and to ward off competitors has been unearthed in a fossil-rich deposit in southern Utah, scientists said on Wednesday. The novel species, Nasutoceratops or "big-nose horned face," is the only known member of a group of dinosaurs thought to have lived 76 million years ago on a land mass in Western North America isolated by an ancient seaway, said Scott Sampson, one of the paleontologists who discovered the extinct reptile. ...

Insight - Science for hire:exposes disclosure deficit

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, especially to fetuses and newborns. ...

Insight - Science for hire: Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamouring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, especially to foetuses and newborns. ...

Job Seekers Tap Into 'Hidden' Job Market

You've heard about trendy bars with unmarked doors or red-hot restaurants with unlisted phone numbers? Now there's a hidden job market, too.

Racial Gap in Life Expectancy Persists in US

Life expectancy for African Americans has historically been lower than that of whites in the United States, and while the gap is closing, disparities remain, according to a new report.

Space Gets Slimed: Tiny Satellite Will Grow Mold In Orbit

It's not quite the slimy creatures from the movie "Ghostbusters," but it's close.

3D-Printed Rocket Engine Part Passes Key NASA Test

A 3D-printed rocket engine injector has passed a major NASA test, potentially heralding a new age of propulsion-system manufacturing, space agency officials say.

Cheese Sculptures & Bacon Envelopes: 10 Weird Businesses

People find all kind of weird ways to make money. From carving giant hunks of cheddar cheese to making bacon-flavored...well, everything. Check out these 10 weird businesses that are finding startup success.

Burst Appendix Linked to Ozone Air Pollution

High levels of ozone — a major component of smog — may increase the risk of a burst appendix, according to a new study from Canada.

Honeycombs' Surprising Secret Revealed

The perfect hexagonal shape of honeycomb cells — once thought to be an incredible feat of math-savvy insects — has now been explained by simple mechanics.

Weird Neutrinos Elude Scientists Yet Again

Though they've been looking for over a year, scientists have found no trace of an elusive interaction among elementary particles called neutrinos.

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