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Largest Volcano on Earth Lurks Beneath Pacific Ocean

The world's largest volcano lurks beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers announced today (Sept. 5) in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Air Force, DARPA Team Up on New Hypersonic Flight Project

The U.S. Air Force is teaming up with the military's Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) on a new project to test the capabilities of hypersonic flight, according to military officials.

Fallout from Strike on Syrian Reactor 'Could be Catastrophic'

In the event of a military strike against Syria, there's a chance that a missile could hit a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) outside the capital city of Damascus, Russia has warned.

Lackluster Hurricane Season Could Still Rev Up

Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed this morning (Sept. 5), but has already been downgraded to a tropical depression after a combination of data showed it had become disorganized and unable to sustain tropical storm-force winds. And it's expected to weaken further and sputter out, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports.

California Tsunami Would Have Costly Aftermath

The fearsome aftermath of a tsunami striking California might cost at least $3.4 billion to repair, but neither of the state's nuclear power plants would be damaged, suggests a new analysis that could help officials and the public prepare for a tsunami and reduce risks before any such disasters happen.

For NASA Spacecraft Launching Friday, It's 'Destination: Moon'

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA's newest space probe has its eye on the moon, and the weather couldn't look finer for the planned Friday night launch. In a twist, NASA is launching this new moon shot from Virginia to investigate a long-standing mystery behind lunar dust.

Russian Cosmonaut Resigns Space Station Command for 'Better Job'

A veteran Russian cosmonaut who was assigned to command the International Space Station in 2015 has unexpectedly resigned.

Orbital Sciences Names 1st Space Station Cargo Ship After Astronaut

When a first-of-its-kind commercial cargo spacecraft launches toward the International Space Station later this month, it will fly under the name of the astronaut who helped make the historic mission possible.

NASA Launch Shoots for the Moon from Virginia Tonight: Watch It Online

NASA will launch a new spacecraft tonight (Sept. 6) to unlock the mysteries of moon dust and the wispy lunar atmosphere, and you can watch the blastoff live online.

Surprising Ally For Snow Leopards: Buddhist Monks

The endangered snow leopard has some allies in unexpected places.

Generous to a Fault: Stroke Changes Man in Odd Way

A 49-year-old man in Brazil survived a stroke but underwent a strange personality change afterward -- he developed "pathological generosity," according to a report of his case.

Film Shows One Man's Battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease

Over the course of a year, Neil Platt went from being a healthy 33-year-old husband and father, to a man paralyzed by a rare, fatal disease. In a film about the final months of his life, Platt provides a heartbreaking, at times amusing, and startlingly honest view of what it means to be alive.

Teen Birth Rate Reached New Historic Low in 2012

The U.S. teen birth rate fell again in 2012, reaching a new historic low, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What's in Urine? 3,000 Chemicals and Counting

Looking for an encyclopedia of pee? Scientists have laid out the entire chemical composition of human urine, revealing that more than 3,000 compounds are found in the fluid, and have published it all in an online database.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Age Gains 20 Million Years

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet could have formed 20 million years earlier than previously thought, researchers propose, after updating a detail in global climate models, placing more confidence in those models' ability to predict future changes in global climate.

5 Bright Planets Align, But Sun Spoils the Show

People are often curious about "alignments" of planets and right now there is quite a bit of a planetary alignment going on. But you won't be able to see it because the celestial meet-up occurs during the daytime, with the sun spoiling the show.

Secret 'Slave' Tunnels Discovered Under Roman Emperor's Villa

Amateur archaeologists have uncovered a massive network of tunnels under the Roman Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy.

Saving Historic Watts Towers from Mystery Cracks

The Watts Towers are a labor of love, graceful spires built by hand over 30 years in the Los Angeles-area backyard of sculptor and construction worker Simon Rodia.

Pew! Pew! Pew! NASA Moon Probe Carries Space Laser for Big Tech Test

A NASA probe launching toward the moon tonight (Sept. 6) is carrying a high-tech laser experiment designed to improve deep-space communications.

Dallas Zoo to raise cheetah cubs with a Labrador puppy

(Reuters) - The Dallas Zoo will raise a pair of cheetah cubs with a Labrador retriever puppy, believing the dog will be a calming influence on the big cats as they grow to adulthood. The 8-week-old male cheetahs Winspear and Kamau have arrived in Dallas, the zoo said, after a team of experts spent two weeks with them at their birthplace, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. They will be raised alongside an 8-week-old black Labrador retriever puppy named Amani, the zoo said in a statement on Thursday. ...

Arsenic in Rice Not a Risk Over Short Term, FDA Finds

Levels of arsenic in rice appear to be too low to pose health risks over the short term, the Food and Drug Administration said today (Sept. 6).

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

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NASA Picks Top 96 Ideas for Asteroid-Capture Mission

As NASA continues to plan out its ambitious mission to snag an asteroid and park it near the moon, the space agency will consider nearly 100 ideas submitted by potential partners.

Mystery Alignment of Dying Stars Puzzles Scientists

Dying stars that are among the most beautiful objects in the universe tend to line up across the night sky, and astronomers aren't sure why.

Slimy Suspects: How Millipedes Likely Caused a Train Wreck

In the event of a collision, there's usually someone to blame, like a driver who's texting or is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. But in a recent train collision in Australia, the usual suspects were ruled out in favor of a less common culprit: millipedes.

Exercise May Ward Off Epilepsy

People who exercise vigorously as young adults may reduce their risk of developing epilepsy later in life, a new study from Sweden suggests.

New NASA spacecraft to investigate moon mystery

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - More than 40 years after the last Apollo astronauts left the moon, NASA is preparing to launch a small robotic spacecraft to investigate one of their most bizarre discoveries. Crews reported seeing an odd glow on the lunar horizon just before sunrise. The phenomenon, which prompted a notebook sketch by Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan, was unexpected because the airless moon lacked atmosphere for reflecting sunlight. ...

Scorpion Is Gondwana's Oldest Land Animal

A fierce predator with a huge stinger and long pincers is the oldest land-animal fossil ever found on the former Gondwana supercontinent, a new study reports.

NASA Studying 4 Landing Site Options for 2016 Mars Mission

NASA is weighing candidate landing sites for its next mission to the surface of Mars, a three-legged probe that will study the Red Planet's core in 2016.

World's Only Hibernating Primate Has Strange Sleep Patterns

Madagascar's fat-tailed dwarf lemur is the only primate known to hibernate. Now, scientists have found that the primate is also the only animal known to fully fall asleep while hibernating in its natural environment.

Lego Releases First Female Scientist

Wearing glasses and a lab coat, and holding out two Erlenmeyer flasks, Professor C. Bodin (as her nametag reads) is Lego's first female scientist.

Mysterious 'Fairy Circles' in African Desert Get New Explanation

The bizarre circular patches of bare land called "fairy circles" in the grasslands of Africa's Namib Desert have defied explanation, with hypotheses ranging from ants to termites to grass-killing gas that seeps out of the soil. But the patches may be the natural result of the subsurface competition for resources among plants, new research suggests.

Monster Saturn Storm Dredged Up Icy Water from the Deeps

A colossal storm that raged on Saturn in 2010 and 2011 churned water ice up from deep within the ringed planet's thick atmosphere, a new study reports.

The Drake Equation Revisited: Interview with Planet Hunter Sara Seager

Planet hunters keep finding distant worlds that bear a resemblance to Earth. Some of the thousands of exoplanet candidates discovered to date have similar sizes or temperatures. Others possess rocky surfaces and support atmospheres. But no world has yet provided an unambiguous sign of the characteristic that still sets our pale blue dot apart: the presence of life.

Odd Cause of Salamander Die-Off Found: Skin-Eating Fungus

A newly discovered fungus that feasts on the skin of amphibians is threatening to decimate a species of salamander in the Netherlands, according to new research.

It's a Girl! National Zoo Panda Cub's Sex Announced

The panda cub born last month at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is female, zoo staff announced Thursday (Sept. 5).

Thunderstruck! Weather Balloons Look for Lightning's Signature

Amid Florida's steamy and stormy summer, a group of researchers conducted something of a modern-day version of Benjamin Franklin's legendary lightning-kite experiment, only instead of tying a metal key to a kite, these scientists have weather balloons that they send into thunderclouds in order to learn more about how, when and where lightning forms.

Happy Birthday, Voyager 1! Far-flung Spacecraft Is 36, But Has It Left the Solar System?

Scientists debating whether or not NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has already left the solar system can come together today to celebrate an uncontroversial milestone — the venerable probe's 36th birthday.

NASA Redesigns Mission Control for Future Spaceflights

HOUSTON — NASA's Mission Control is gaining a new "look and feel," trading the "big blue consoles" that were iconic during the space shuttle program for upgraded "clean" workstations.

New Clues To King Solomon's Mines Found

New evidence that links the vast copper mines in southern tip of Israel to the reign of King Solomon has been discovered, archaeologists report.

New Clues Emerge On How Corals Bleach

Across the globe, reef-building corals live in symbiosis with algae, which provide the animals with food and their iconic brilliant color. But environmental stress — high temperatures, in particular — can kill corals by causing them to "bleach," a process in which they lose their vital algal friends and turn ghostly white.

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Birth Defects Cluster in Washington Remains Mysterious

Health officials investigating a spike in cases of a fatal birth defect in central Washington state have found no common cause linking the cases, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Disease Outbreaks From US Drinking Water Still Take Lives

Disease outbreaks due to drinking water aren't as common as they were, say, a century ago, but it's common for at least a dozen to occur yearly in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Most Important School Subject? 'Science' Sees Big Jump in Poll

The quest for knowledge seems to be gaining value, as three times as many Americans now say science is the most valuable school subject than did so more than a decade ago, a new Gallup poll finds.

Is 'Numerosity' Humans' Sixth Sense?

Whether it's determining the number of ships on the horizon or the number of cookies in a jar, the human brain has a "map" for perceiving numbers, new research shows.

Fat or Thin: Gut Bacteria May Play Role

Gut bacteria may be able to "spread" obesity from one organism to another when they are transplanted, at least in mice, a new study suggests.

Interstellar Wind Changes Reveal Glimpse of Milky Way's Complexity

Shifting cosmic winds suggest that our solar system lives in a surprisingly complex and dynamic part of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study reports.

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