- Global warming tied to risk of weather extremes MALCOLM RITTER - AP - 3 hrs ago
Last year brought a record heat wave to Texas, massive floods in Bangkok and an unusually warm November in England. How much has global warming boosted the chances of … More »Global warming tied to risk of weather extremes
- 'Frankenstein' Mummies Are a Mix of Corpses Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Mon, Jul 9, 2012
Mummies found off the coast of Scotland are Frankenstein-like composites of several corpses, researchers say. More »'Frankenstein' Mummies Are a Mix of Corpses
- Swirling Currents Fuel Huge Ocean Blooms OurAmazingPlanet Staff - LiveScience.com - Fri, Jul 6, 2012
The North Atlantic is currently bursting with color as blooms of microscopic plants erupt on the surface of the chilly sea. But these expanses of plankton, which provide … More »Swirling Currents Fuel Huge Ocean Blooms
The North Atlantic is currently bursting with color as blooms of microscopic plants erupt on the surface of the chilly sea. But these expanses of plankton, which provide the basis for the area's food chain and help take in enormous quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, wouldn't be possible without swirling currents …
- Solar, wind energy a missed opportunity for Cuba ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - AP - Thu, Jul 5, 2012
The sleepy country setting that farmer Juan Alonso calls home hasn't changed much since he was born 74 years ago, with the two rustic wooden houses nestled among palm … More »Solar, wind energy a missed opportunity for Cuba
- 9% of Today's Warming Caused By Preindustrial People Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Tue, Jul 3, 2012
Humans started causing climate change long before the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the fossil fuel era. A new study shows that the echoes of the earliest … More »9% of Today's Warming Caused By Preindustrial People
Humans started causing climate change long before the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the fossil fuel era. A new study shows that the echoes of the earliest human-caused carbon emissions are still present in our atmosphere.
- All Predatory Dinosaurs May Have Sported Fluffy Feathers LiveScience Staff - LiveScience.com - Tue, Jul 3, 2012
Evidence has mounted in recent years that some dinosaurs gained feathers on their way to evolving into birds. But a new study suggests feathered dinosaurs were more … More »All Predatory Dinosaurs May Have Sported Fluffy Feathers
- APNewsBreak: Evidence of 'God particle' found JOHN HEILPRIN and SETH BORENSTEIN - AP - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
Physicists say they have all but proven that the "God particle" exists. They have a footprint and a shadow, and the only thing left is to see for themselves the elusive … More »APNewsBreak: Evidence of 'God particle' found
- 26 New World Heritage Sites Announced OurAmazingPlanet Staff - LiveScience.com - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
A total of 26 places around the globe, including farmhouses in Sweden and a Neolithic site in Turkey, have been added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites so far … More »26 New World Heritage Sites Announced
- APNewsBreak: Proof of 'God particle' found JOHN HEILPRIN and SETH BORENSTEIN - AP - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to show that the long-sought "God particle" … More »APNewsBreak: Proof of 'God particle' found
- Asteroid Threat: Sizing Up Earth's Vulnerability to Space Rock Strikes Mike Wall - SPACE.com - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
A newly announced private space telescope mission aims to reduce Earth's vulnerability to catastrophic asteroid strikes, which the instrument's builders regard as unacceptably … More »Asteroid Threat: Sizing Up Earth's Vulnerability to Space Rock Strikes
- Leap Second Science: NASA Explains Earth's Longer Day Today SPACE.com Staff - SPACE.com - Sat, Jun 30, 2012
Today will be one second longer than usual, and we have the moon to thank for the extra time. More »Leap Second Science: NASA Explains Earth's Longer Day Today
- Tiny Tyrannosaur's Mysterious Origins Divide Scientists Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Fri, Jun 29, 2012
Years before the Mongolian president intervened in the auction of a tyrannosaur skeleton thought to have been illegally taken from that country, a fossilized dinosaur … More »Tiny Tyrannosaur's Mysterious Origins Divide Scientists
- Earliest Baby Animals Preserved in Ancient Volcanic Ash Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Fri, Jun 29, 2012
The ash from a Pompeii-style volcanic eruption more than a half-billion years ago smothered a nursery of what may be some of the earliest known animals, researchers … More »Earliest Baby Animals Preserved in Ancient Volcanic Ash
- More Dinosaur-Smuggling Cases May Follow on Tyrannosaur's Heels Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Fri, Jun 29, 2012
Mongolia's claim to a tyrannosaur skeleton that experts agree was smuggled out of the country has captured international attention. However, this dinosaur's situation … More »More Dinosaur-Smuggling Cases May Follow on Tyrannosaur's Heels
- Privately owned telescope to hunt for killer asteroids Irene Klotz - Reuters - Thu, Jun 28, 2012
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A California space research group plans to build, launch and operate a privately funded space telescope to hunt for asteroids that … More »Privately owned telescope to hunt for killer asteroids
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A California space research group plans to build, launch and operate a privately funded space telescope to hunt for asteroids that may be on a collision course with Earth, project managers said on Thursday. The B612 Foundation - named after a fictional planet in the book "The Little Prince" …
- Asteroid hunters want to launch private telescope ALICIA CHANG - AP - Thu, Jun 28, 2012
Who will protect us from a killer asteroid? A team of ex-NASA astronauts and scientists thinks it's up to them. More »Asteroid hunters want to launch private telescope
- Private Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Mission to Be Unveiled Today Mike Wall - SPACE.com - Thu, Jun 28, 2012
UPDATE: The B612 Foundation has revealed the details of their asteroid-hunting Sentinel Space Telescope to the world. See the full story, plus images and a gallery, here: World's … More »Private Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Mission to Be Unveiled Today
- Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown JONATHAN FAHEY - AP - Wed, Jun 27, 2012
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown. More »Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown
- Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded: study AFP - Wed, Jun 27, 2012
Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded, scientists said Wednesday, in a finding that could debunk one of the most commonly-held images of the extinct giants. More »Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded: study
- How Sweet! Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded After All Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer - LiveScience.com - Wed, Jun 27, 2012
Dinosaurs may not have been the slow, sunbathing reptiles researchers used to think. In fact, they may have been warm-blooded, new research suggests. More »How Sweet! Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded After All
- How Sweet! Dinosaurs May Be Warm-Blooded After All Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer - LiveScience.com - Wed, Jun 27, 2012
Dinosaurs may not have been the slow, sunbathing reptiles researchers used to think. In fact, they may have been warm-blooded, new research suggests. More »How Sweet! Dinosaurs May Be Warm-Blooded After All
- Humanity May Have Originated in the Woods Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Wed, Jun 27, 2012
The immediate ancestor of the human lineage may have lived off a woodland diet of leaves, fruits and bark instead of a menu based on the open savanna as other extinct … More »Humanity May Have Originated in the Woods
- Missing Link For Wonky-Eyed Fish Discovered Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Mon, Jun 25, 2012
The face of a flounder, sole, halibut or other flatfish looks like a hodgepodge of mismatched puzzle pieces forced together, with eyes that don't seem to match one another … More »Missing Link For Wonky-Eyed Fish Discovered
- Question mark hangs over Germany's offshore wind park plans AFP - Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Germany's plans for vast offshore wind parks as part of wider drive to develop renewable sources of energy could turn out to be a lot of hot air if viable financing cannot … More »Question mark hangs over Germany's offshore wind park plans
- Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit BRADLEY BROOKS - AP - Sat, Jun 23, 2012
It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit. More »Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit
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