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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Sea Lion Species Removed from Endangered Species List The eastern Steller sea lion, which roams the West Coast between Alaska and California, has been taken off the U.S. Endangered Species List after a major population comeback over the last several years. Read More » Sexercise? Getting Busy Burns Calories, Study Finds Does sex count as exercise? Good news: It might. Read More » Scientists dig for fossils in LA a century later LOS ANGELES (AP) — Surrounded by a gooey graveyard of prehistoric beasts, a small crew diligently wades through a backlog of fossil finds from a century of excavation at the La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. Read More » Global Effort Needed to Defend Earth from Asteroids, Astronauts Tell UN NEW YORK — Members of the United Nations met with distinguished astronauts and cosmonauts this week in New York to begin implementing the first-ever international contingency plan for defending Earth against catastrophic asteroid strikes. Read More » Electrocution: New Way to Erode Mountains Boom, zap, pow! Who needs superheroes to move mountains, when lighting does the job just fine? Read More » After Floods, Colorado Scientists Improve Forecasts Six weeks after devastating floods swept through the Colorado Front Range, scientists are already working to improve their response for next time. Read More » Strange Air Pattern Could Help Predict Heat Waves Extreme heat kills somewhere between 600 and 1,300 people each year in the United States, according to various estimates. It's well established that such deaths, often caused by heat waves, outnumber those from all other natural disasters combined. Therefore, having a better way to predict when heat waves might occur could help people beat the heat and, in turn, save lives. Read More »
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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Lions May Be Losing Their Reign in Uganda As the largest predator in Africa, the lion has earned its place at the top of the food chain and the title "king of beasts." But the reign of the noble lion could be coming to a close in parts of Uganda, a new study suggests. Read More » NASA Space Telescopes to Peer Deeper Into Universe Than Ever Before Three NASA space telescopes are teaming up to give astronomers their best-ever looks at some of the most distant objects in the universe. Read More » How to Make a Zombie (Seriously) The slouching, flesh-eating zombie has become one of the most in-vogue creatures in current TV and movie offerings, appearing in films like "World War Z" and in the AMC series "The Walking Dead." Read More » Not Just CGI: The Incredible Tech of Horror-Movie Monsters Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience explores how technology drives scientific exploration and discovery. Read More » Stitch Fix: When Data Analytics Meet Fashion When Katrina Lake applied to Harvard's MBA program, she wrote her application essay about an entrepreneurial aspiration she had: to create a business that applied data and recommendation algorithms to the retail shopping experience. During her second year of business school in late 2010, Lake began testing that idea by having friends fill out style-preference surveys and picking out clothes for them based on their answers. ... Read More » Toxic Co-Worker Test: How to Identify and Avoid Them It's your first day at a new job. Like anyone else, your hope is that you'll magically get along with your boss and co-workers and things will go smoothly. For the first few days or weeks, everything seems great: People are friendly and helpful, and some of them even offer a few suggestions for local lunch and coffee spots. Suddenly, something doesn't go according to plan — your idea didn't quite work out or a key point was missing from your team's presentation, and one (or more) of your new colleagues shows his or her true, ugly colors. Read More » Are Humans Reversing Cat Domestication? When your cat sees a stranger, does he come and snuggle close or hiss and run away? Read More » Some Obscure, All Extraordinary: Historical Women in Science Honored NEW YORK — In April 1749, Émilie du Châtelet's was 42 years old, pregnant, living with her ex-lover Voltaire in her husband's chateau and working 17 hours a day to finish the mathematical commentary for her French translation of Isaac Newton's "Principia." Read More »
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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Super-Earth Planet Is More Like Super-Venus, NASA Says An alien planet declared a super-Earth by NASA might not be so habitable after all. New measurements flag the planet (called Kepler-69c) as more of a "super-Venus" that would likely be inhospitable to life. Read More » Paying Kidney Donors Is Cost-Effective, Researchers Say The idea of using financial incentives in organ donation, such as paying kidney donors, has been subject to heated debate. Now, a new study shows that using this strategy to address the shortage of kidneys would be less costly and more effective than the current organ donation system, researchers say.  Read More » Mystery Radar Blob Reveals Odd Man-Made Phenomenon On June 4, meteorologists in Huntsville, Ala., noticed a "blob" on their radar screen that looked like a strong thunderstorm, despite the fact the sun was shining and not a drop of rain could be found within a few hundred miles. After some sleuthing, and several wacky explanations, the scientists have identified the culprit. Read More » Alleged Kidnapping: Could a Roma Couple Have a Blond, Blue-Eyed Child? A Roma couple in Greece was charged last week with abducting a young girl who was found living with them. What made authorities suspect the girl wasn't Roma? Her blond hair and blue eyes. Read More » European Mars Rover Prototype Takes Big Test Drive in Chile Desert A disruptive dust devil did not stop a European Mars rover prototype from finishing its work in the Chilean desert recently, though the wind storm did force researchers to take shelter as it carried away a chair from the nearby remote control center. Read More » Get Ready to Start Shopping With Google Glass Smartphones and tablets aren't the only devices that can process mobile payments. Soon, wearable tech could act as your credit card, too.  Read More » Too Close to Home: Deluge Engulfs Flood Researcher's Town DENVER — G. Robert Brakenridge has spent his career researching floods. But a lifetime's worth of knowledge didn't make it any easier when his own life was upended by rushing water. Read More » Sun Erupts With Major Solar Flare (Video) The sun erupted with one of the strongest solar flares it can unleash early Friday (Oct. 25), just days after firing off an intense solar storm at Earth. Read More » The Key to Consciousness: Efficient Information Flow? The moment a person slips from conscious thought into unconsciousness has long been a mystery. Read More » FDA Proposes New Rules for Pet and Animal Food The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday (Oct. 25) that it is proposing new safety regulations for pet food and animal feed to prevent foodborne illnesses in both animals and people. Read More » Jupiter and the Moon Rendezvous Tonight: How to Watch If you are up late on this last Friday night (Oct. 25) in October — or during the predawn hours of Saturday (Oct. 26) — two objects will likely immediately catch your eye if the sky is clear: a waning gibbous moon and Jupiter. Read More » Face-Shape Secrets May Lie in 'Junk' DNA Face shape is largely determined by genetics, yet no two faces are entirely alike. How do genes bring about faces with subtle differences while avoiding dramatic disruptions and facial malformations such as cleft lip and palate? The answer may be in the "junk DNA," a new study has found. Read More » How 'Edge' Camouflage Fools the Eye Camouflage that matches an animal's "edges" with its surroundings makes it harder for a predator's eye to track the prey down, a new study reports. Read More » Scientists Higgs, Englert given Spanish awards MADRID (AP) — Scientists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, and the European CERN laboratory, have received Spain's Prince of Asturias awards from Prince Felipe at a ceremony in northern Spain. Read More »
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