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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Prevent Premature Deaths Reducing the flow of the greenhouse gases that spur global warming could prevent up to 3 million premature deaths annually by the year 2100, a new study suggests. Read More » "Disgustologist" digs deep into science of revulsion By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Valerie Curtis is fascinated by faeces. And by vomit, pus, urine, maggots and putrid flesh. It is not the oozing, reeking substances themselves that play on her mind, but our response to them and what it can teach us. The doctor of anthropology and expert on hygiene and behaviour says disgust governs our lives - dictating what we eat, wear, buy, and even how we vote and who we desire. ... Read More » "Disgustologist" digs deep into science of revulsion By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Valerie Curtis is fascinated by faeces. And by vomit, pus, urine, maggots and putrid flesh. It is not the oozing, reeking substances themselves that play on her mind, but our response to them and what it can teach us. The doctor of anthropology and expert on hygiene and behaviour says disgust governs our lives - dictating what we eat, wear, buy, and even how we vote and who we desire. ... Read More » "Disgustologist" digs deep into science of revulsion By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Valerie Curtis is fascinated by faeces. And by vomit, pus, urine, maggots and putrid flesh. It is not the oozing, reeking substances themselves that play on her mind, but our response to them and what it can teach us. The doctor of anthropology and expert on hygiene and behaviour says disgust governs our lives - dictating what we eat, wear, buy, and even how we vote and who we desire. ... Read More » Slithering Snake Robots on Mars Could Aid Future Rovers Mechanical "snake robots" could boost the scientific output of next-generation Mars rovers and get them out of jams from time to time, researchers say. Read More » Venus and the Moon Photobomb Wedding Photo While bride Karly Kryza and groom Lucas Farmer were sharing an embrace during their wedding reception, little did they know another close encounter, this one of a celestial kind, was taking place above them in the night sky. Read More » Incredible Technology: How Solar Sails Could Propel the First Starships Sail ships might be the spacecraft that first take human technology to distant stars. Read More » The Moon Is 100 Million Years Younger Than Thought The moon is quite a bit younger than scientists had previously believed, new research suggests. Read More » Vitamin B Supplements May Reduce Stroke Risk Taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce the risk of stroke, a new review suggests. Read More » U.N. panel to blame mankind for global warming, explain 'hiatus' By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A United Nations panel of experts met on Monday to review a draft report that raises the probability that climate change is man-made to 95 percent and warns of ever more extreme weather unless governments take strong action. Scientists and officials from more than 110 governments began a four-day meeting in Stockholm to edit and approve the 31-page draft that also tries to explain a "hiatus" in the pace of global warming this century despite rising greenhouse gas emissions. ... Read More » Super-Eruption Launched Algae Army Into the Sky Slimy brown algae not only survived a wild ride into the stratosphere via a volcanic ash cloud, they landed on distant islands looking flawless, a new study finds. Read More » Time Capsule Holding Steve Jobs' Computer Mouse Unearthed A time capsule containing a mouse from an Apple Lisa computer that was buried in 1983 and then forgotten has been unearthed near Aspen, Colo. Read More » Kepler Space Telescope's Broken Wheel Could Aid Stellar Physics Kepler Space Telescope's Broken Wheel Could Aid Stellar Physics Read More » Space Station Traffic Jam Delays 1st Arrival of New Private Cygnus Spacecraft The first arrival of a brand-new commercial cargo ship at the International Space Station has been delayed until no earlier than Saturday (Sept. 28) to make way for a new crew launching to the orbiting lab this week, NASA officials say. Read More » Why Moms Want to 'Gobble Up' Cute Babies Sometimes just holding a cute newborn will make a person say, "I want to eat you up!" New research shows that for women, there might be a biological mechanism behind that expression. Read More »
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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Maker Faire Showcases the Best of DIY Science NEW YORK — The lawns of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park were transformed into a giant fairground today (Sept. 21), but instead of carnival games and dunk tanks, hundreds of tents were set up to show off everything from walking robots to 3D-printed jewelry, as part of a two-day extravaganza that celebrates the best of DIY-science. Read More » Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Aborts First Space Station Approach A new robotic commercial cargo ship for the International Space Station skipped its first attempt to link up with the orbiting lab Sunday (Sept. 22) due to a rendezvous glitch that delayed the spacecraft's arrival for at least 48 hours, NASA officials say. Read More » Software problem delays cargo ship arrival at space station By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A software glitch will delay Orbital Sciences' trial cargo ship from reaching the International Space Station until Tuesday, officials said on Sunday. The company's Cygnus capsule, which blasted off Wednesday from Virginia for a test flight, had been scheduled to reach the station on Sunday. However, about six hours before the capsule was due to dock, a computer software problem caused Cygnus to reject navigation data radioed from the station, Orbital Sciences wrote in a status report on its website. ... Read More » NASA Mars rover finds no sign of methane, telltale sign of life By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has come up empty-handed in its search for methane in the planet's atmosphere, a gas that on Earth is a strong indicator of life, officials said on Thursday. The rover landed on Mars in August 2012 to determine whether the planet most like Earth in the solar system has or ever had the chemistry and conditions to support microbial life. Over the past decade, scientists using Mars orbiters and telescopes on Earth have reported plumes of methane in the Martian atmosphere. ... Read More » Autumn Equinox: 5 Odd Facts About Fall The pools have closed and crisp temperatures and crunchy leaves are on their way. Today (Sept. 22) marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall, also called the autumn equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. Read More » Molasses Spill Suffocating Hawaiian Reef Fish The spill that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor last week is suffocating the harbor's underwater inhabitants. Read More » 4 Reasons Chocolate Is Good for Your Health Chocolate is one of my favorite foods; not only because it is tasty, but also because it's really good for your health. Read More »
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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Mathematics Links Quantum Encryption and Black Holes A proposed mathematical proof that outlines the way information behaves in coded messages may have implications for black holes. The proof suggests that the radiation spit out by black holes may retain information on the dark behemoths. Read More » First Estuary Discovered Under Antarctic Ice Some of the richest ecosystems on Earth are estuaries, where freshwater and saltwater collide with the tides. For the first time, scientists have discovered an estuary beneath Antarctica's massive ice sheet. Read More » 2013's Summer Arctic Sea Ice a Top 10 Low It's official: The Arctic icepack reached its summer low on Sept. 13, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo., said today (Sept. 20). Read More » Maker Faire Brings Innovation to Life This Weekend in NYC NEW YORK — The New York Hall of Science is set to become a DIYer's paradise this weekend, as a two-day event dedicated to the celebration of science, technology and innovation kicks off in Queens. Read More » NASA Photographer Creates Awesome Private Rocket Launch Photo with Infrared When a commercial Antares rocket launched a brand-new  private cargo ship into orbit from Virginia's Eastern Shore this week,  professional news photographers were ready. But NASA photographer Bill Ingalls took the event one step further to create a truly spectacular view that human eyes would never see on their own, with a dash of false color. Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Track Hurricanes Hurricane tracking and forecasting save lives. In sparsely populated Florida in the 1920s and 1930s, hurricanes killed thousands of people. The storms arrived without little to no warning. Now, thanks to forecasters who monitor incoming storms, millions of Floridians can evacuate days before storm surge flooding and winds hit. Read More » Head of Goddess Aphrodite Statue Unearthed in Turkey A group of archaeologists has discovered a life-sized marble head of Aphrodite while uncovering an ancient pool-side mosaic in southern Turkey. Read More »
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