- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel: Sci, Space, Tech
The asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang the Earth like a bell, triggering volcanic eruptions around the globe that may have contributed to the devastation, accor...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Most Popular NewsIf a volcano erupts at the bottom of the sea, does anybody see it? If that volcano is Axial Seamount, about 300 miles offshore and 1 mile deep, the answer is now: yes.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsA team of researchers at Stanford University designed mini robots inspired by the sticky feet of ants and geckos.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Quasars, the ravenous supermassive black holes that consume tremendous amounts of gas and dust into their gravitational pull, may be better at devouring matter than previously believed, accord...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comFrom Queen Elizabeth to Henry VIII, history is littered with second sons and daughters who changed the world.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsWith major funding from several groups, including NSERC, an SFU doctoral student has made a key discovery regarding Fraser River sockeye's vulnerability to sea lice. read more
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LiveScience.comAn underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon has risen from its slumber and may be spewing out lava about a mile beneath the sea.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Psych Central News
Oncologists should regularly screen people with brain tumors for depression as the condition is a common but often overlooked one in these patients, according to a new study published in […] - Friday, May 1, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe decline of the world's large herbivores, especially in Africa and parts of Asia, is raising the specter of an "empty landscape" in some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, according to a newly published study. read more
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsThe National Science Foundation has frozen more than $2 million in grants to the University of Connecticut after a foundation investigation found two professors used grant money to buy products from their own company, Connecticut state a...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsA statistical analysis of data from 20 industrial countries covering the period 1970 to 2012 suggests housing market pricing cycles -- normal, boom and bust phases -- have become longer over the last four decades.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Discovery NewsOverwhelmed doctors make split-second life or death decisions, as the death toll in Nepal crosses, 6,200. Continue reading →
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LiveScience.comAncient DNA is now helping identify specific origins of slave skeletons found in Caribbean.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe international Solar Wind Sherpas team, led by Dr. Shadia Habbal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Institute for Astronomy, braved Arctic weather to successfully observe the total solar eclipse of March 20 from Longyearbyen on the ...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck On Saturday morning, a NASA-funded sounding rocket was launched towards a supernova remnant, with the goal of examining the X-rays emitted by the object to determine the composition of this 20...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Psych Central News
People whose jobs require more speaking, developing strategies, conflict resolution, and managerial tasks may experience better protection against memory and thinking decline in old age than their co-workers, according to […] - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesThe probe of an atomic force microscope (AFM) scans a surface to reveal details at a resolution 1,000 times greater than that of an optical microscope. That makes AFM the premier tool for analyzing physical features, but it cannot tell s...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com » AstronomyAn international group of astronomers from the United States, Australia, Chile, Germany, and Hungary, has discovered an extrasolar gas giant orbiting very close to a small cool star called HATS-6. HATS-6, also known as MASS 05523523-1901...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comHorses are ungulates — mammals with hooves. There are more than 400 different breeds.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Psych Central News
If a researcher using your genetic data stumbled upon an indicator that you were at risk for a serious preventable or treatable disease, would you like to know? If so, […] - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comWhen pain persists, always see a doctor — too many head and neck cancers grow deadly while they are ignored.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesA fix for a software problem that could possibly result in power loss in Boeing 787s has been ordered. Federal Aviation Administration officials adopted a new airworthiness directive (AD), effective as of Friday, for Boeing 747 airliners...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsBoxing as a sport may be in decline, but you wouldn't know it with all the attention around Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsNASA has successfully tested electromagnetic propulsion in a hard vacuum for the first time.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe probe of an atomic force microscope (AFM) scans a surface to reveal details at a resolution 1,000 times greater than that of an optical microscope. That makes AFM the premier tool for analyzing physical features, but it cannot tell s...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Discovery NewsWellness guru Belle Gibson claimed her special diet and holistic treatments cured her cancer, but she never had cancer. Continue reading →
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsA Medieval teenage girl found buried face-down in northern Italy suffered from scurvy and was rejected by her community.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsA statistical analysis of data from 20 industrial countries covering the period 1970 to 2012 suggests housing market pricing cycles—normal, boom and bust phases—have become longer over the last four decades.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals NewsOcean fronts -- separate regions of warm and cool water as well as salt and fresh water -- act to increase production in the ocean, research has found. This research showed how fronts can be incorporated into current climate and fisherie...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comThe physical discomforts of pregnancy as well as the emotional stress of this major life change can cause sleep problems and keep a mother-to-be awake at night.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LiveScience.comGentoo penguins seem to gather in colonies, and their large piles of poop help melt the snow and provide "nurseries" for their young.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsWhat happens to an astronaut's brain during a mission to Mars? Nothing good. It's besieged by destructive particles that can forever impair cognition, according to a UC Irvine radiation oncology study appearing in the May 1 edition of Sc...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsSynthetic microscopic beads sense changes in their environment and self-propel to migrate upstream, a step toward the realization of biomimetic microsystems with the ability to sense and respond to environmental changes.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsScientists have combined atomic force microscopy and mass spectrometry into one instrument that can probe a polymer sample in three dimensions and overlay information about the topography of its surface, the atomic-scale mechanical behav...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Most Popular NewsA comprehensive genetic review of treatment strategies for glioblastoma brain tumors covers how these highly invasive and almost-always-deadly brain cancers may be treated, reviews the continuing challenges faced by researchers and clini...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsDuring the past decade, Antarctica's massive ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east, according to Princeton University researchers who came to one overall conclusion --...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from ScienceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck The massive asteroid that crashed into the ocean near the coast of Mexico millions of years ago (and is believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs) was likely the catalyst for a series of worldw...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesIn proof-of-concept experiments, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine demonstrate the ability to tune medically relevant cell behaviors by manipulating a key hub in cell communication networks. The manipu...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsIo, the innermost of the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 and only slightly bigger than our own moon, is the most geologically active body in our solar system. Hundreds of volcanic areas dot its surface, which ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Discovery NewsLarge herbivores are on the decline around the globe, which could empty out some of the world's most diverse landscapes.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsShopping online or in catalogs is great for many reasons: to while away time on a snowy day; to avoid the holiday crush at the local mall; to do ultra-efficient comparison shopping; to enjoy a world of choice at your fingertips. But if y...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from SPACE.comSince splashing down after a history-making test flight in 2014, NASA's first Orion space capsule has been, for the most part, out of sight. Now, an auction benefiting students is offering the chance to go behind-the-scenes and see the O...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsAfter a big quake, aftershocks can persist for years, without lessening in intensity. Continue reading →
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LiveScience.comPeople who have problems sleeping may also be more sensitive to pain, new research finds.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsPrince George now has a baby sister, who was born Saturday morning to the delight of a nation. Continue reading →
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from ScienceEric Hopton for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The world's large herbivores, like the rhinos, zebras, camels, elephants, and tapirs, are disappearing fast. These great animals are threatened with extinction in vast areas of grasslan...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LiveScience.comPenguins poop on the ice to melt it, enabling them to create rocky breeding coves.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsBy most media accounts, education reform in post-Katrina New Orleans is a success. Test scores and graduation rates are up, and students once trapped in failing schools have their choice of charter schools throughout the city.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California officials dramatically scaled back habitat restoration planned during construction of two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to send water to farms and millions of people.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserFuture climbers won't notice, but Mount Everest is a tiny bit shorter because of the earthquake in Nepal. Radar images show that it shrank about an inch, reports the Weather Channel . The change may have been greater had the world's tall...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Blue Origin, a startup space company owned by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, launched an experimental suborbital spaceship from Texas, the first in a series of test flights to develop commercial unmanned an...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comGround control to Major Johnson. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, successfully launched the New Shepard spaceship on Wednesday, bringing the company one step closer to commercial space flight. The rocket reached speeds...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from International Business TimesThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is seeking information about the 15 buildings and 144 vehicles set on fire in Baltimore during riots that broke out Monday night -- and the federal agency is ready to pay as much as $10,0...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentEngland is set for more record-breaking warm years like 2014, say scientists.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Health News & Science News - Times of IndiaA Chinese construction company is claiming to be the world’s fastest builder after erecting a 57-storey skyscraper in 19 working days in central China.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThe generic symbol for a woman, seen on countless bathroom signs all over the world, just got a whole new meaning. While her male counterpart appears to be unclothed or wearing a tight unitard, the figure symbolizing the women's restroom...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology MagazineGHENT, BELGIUM—Musket balls thought to be from some of the first shots fired in the Battle of Waterloo have been discovered by a team led by Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glas...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceNew research suggests that school kids who read and identify with Harry Potter display more positive attitudes toward people from disadvantaged groups.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceOne aim of Obamacare was to ease the financial strain on nonprofit hospitals that provide medical care to people who lack insurance and can't pay their bills. That plan is working, hospitals say.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.com"The photo shoot was the first time someone looked at me like a person and as not a specimen on the exam room table." That's what one woman photographed for the upcoming book Woman: Redefined told the project's creators, Kristina Hunter ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from International Business TimesStacey Dash spoke out on Twitter Thursday after controversial comments she made about the gender pay gap on “The Meredith Vieira Show” Wednesday. The two women got into a spat after Vieira disagreed with Dash, the “Clueless” star turned ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - - NASA's pioneering Messenger spacecraft ended its four-year study of the planet Mercury on Thursday by crashing into the planet’s surface, scientists said.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThere are clues about your activity level and metabolism in urine. Researchers hope to one day predict obesity risk by tracking the different levels and ratios of certain molecules in pee.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Wesley Smith writes today at First Things on "My New Tattoo." - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Health News & Science News - Times of IndiaScientists have for the first time successfully implanted a groundbreaking 3D-printed device to save the lives of three babies in the US suffering from a life-threatening condition that prevents normal breathing.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAfter a decade in space and four years in orbit, Nasa's Messenger spacecraft reaches the end of its mission and crashes into the surface of Mercury.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsPeople who develop cancer have shorter telomeres, the caps at the end of chromosomes which protect the DNA
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anthropology-News
“The Tchaikovsky Song” is a show-stopping number in the 1941 Broadway musical, Lady in the Dark, music and lyrics by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. Made famous by Danny Kaye, that venerable mid-century entertainer, the “song” consis... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday NASA's Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun's closest planet at about 8,750 mph (14,...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceVAN HORN, Texas (AP) — A private space company founded by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has launched an unmanned spaceship in its first test flight, the latest development in the commercial space race.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Curiously, the blast from biologist and blogger PZ Myers avoids engaging Paul Nelson on teleology except to flatly deny it. - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Evolution News & Views"Sometimes the most life-changing events come out of the most ordinary moments."
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from International Business TimesWASHINGTON -- Jeb Bush is going to spend the next year defending his positions on issues that don’t always sit well with the conservative wing of his party. And on Thursday, he test-drove his defense of immigration and Common Core at an ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NSF NewsIt is with deep regret that the National Science Foundation (NSF) shares news of a violent incident at a construction site in Mameyes, Puerto Rico, which is operated by NEON, Inc., an organization funded by NSF to develop the National Ec...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceA woman who caught pneumonic plague in Colorado last summer likely contracted it from her friend or his dog. Antibiotics limited the outbreak to four people, and cured them.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science News - UPI.comBrooks Hays MUNICH, Germany, April 30 (UPI) -- Researchers at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich recently identified several dozen killifish fossils among Africa's Tugen Hills.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceIt took 15 years and 250 million vaccines, but this week, health authorities officially declared North America and South America free of rubella — a virus that can cause severe birth defects.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Health News & Science News - Times of IndiaA bizarre pigeon-sized dinosaur with bat-like wings made of skin rather than feathers has been identified in China, shedding new light on the evolution of flight.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentWhy is it that two apparently similar earthquakes can have such different outcomes in terms of the number of people killed and the damage that results.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsPORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - An undersea volcano about 300 miles (480 km) off Oregon's coast has been spewing lava for the past seven days, confirming forecasts made last fall and giving researchers unique insight into a hidden ocean hot s...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAreas of airspace where human use is restricted could help to protect billions of animals, scientists say.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anthropology-NewsSpace, technology, and content—each of these is an interwoven balancing act, and an evolving process. After the annual meeting, we send out a survey to gauge attendees’ experiences. This year 25% of attendees responded to the survey, whi...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Physics NewsScientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Utrecht University have identified key mechanisms of the aging process of catalyst particles that are used to ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Our friends at Illustra Media have produced a series of fantastic documentaries revealing the evidence for intelligent design, from the cosmic down to the microscopic level. - Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAbout 60% of the world's largest herbivores are at risk of extinction, according to research by an international team.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserA pint-sized dinosaur has a big surprise: It apparently sported a pair of bizarre wings. Dinosaurs normally used wings mostly made of feathers for flight. But the newly discovered creature evidently had wings made of skin instead, like t...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThe following post first appeared on FactCheck.org . Rep. Lamar Smith made several incorrect claims in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece regarding connections between climate change and severe weather. Smith wrote that a connection bet...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NYT > ScienceAmid the carnage and wreckage in Katmandu, earthquake engineers see subtle signs that the country’s builders are shifting to safer practices.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentUS electric carmaker Tesla Motors unveils batteries that can power homes and businesses in a bid to expand beyond its vehicle business.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from International Business TimesSAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft is reportedly among a handful of tech giants looking into a possible acquisition of Salesforce.com, a cloud pioneer that saw meteoric growth in recent years but of late has been challenged by a new wave of upst...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceChipotle says providing "food with integrity" means dropping genetically modified ingredients. But critics say the company's new policy is inconsistent and even dishonest.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsA combination of healthy living, wealth and good genes is the secret to living to 100, say scientists
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal scientists say they have successfully grown Arctic cod in a laboratory, giving them hope that they can learn more about a key Arctic species vulnerable to warming ocean waters.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Physics NewsScientists require high-resolution imaging of plant cells to study everything from fungal infections to reproduction in maize. These images are captured with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceA NASA spacecraft plunged into the planet Mercury on Thursday. It's demise comes after four years of studying our solar system's innermost planet.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may not be space debris, errant asteroids, supply shortages, thruster malfunctions or even the malevolent aliens envisioned in so many Hollywood films that thwart astronauts on any mission to Mars. It may be the...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > ScienceA class of chemicals that replaced an older group found to be harmful to health is now drawing criticism for the same reason.
