- Earthquake Record Shakes Up Pacific Northwest Predictions Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer - LiveScience.com - Fri, Aug 10, 2012
How can you predict the future if you do not know the past? It's more than an idle existential question for earthquake researchers. More »Earthquake Record Shakes Up Pacific Northwest Predictions
- Ancient Mayans May Have Sacrificed Earliest Domestic Turkeys Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor - LiveScience.com - Thu, Aug 9, 2012
The bones of Mexican turkeys discovered at a Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala may push back the domestication of this gobbler by 1,000 years, researchers say. More »Ancient Mayans May Have Sacrificed Earliest Domestic Turkeys
- Fossils hint at distant cousins to our ancestors SETH BORENSTEIN - AP - Wed, Aug 8, 2012
Our family tree may have sprouted some long-lost branches going back nearly 2 million years. A famous paleontology family has found fossils that they think confirm their … More »Fossils hint at distant cousins to our ancestors
- Asia, US plains facing water extraction crisis AFP - Wed, Aug 8, 2012
Heavily-populated regions of Asia, the arid Middle East and parts of the US corn belt are dangerously over-exploiting their underground water supplies, according to a … More »Asia, US plains facing water extraction crisis
- Early Man was not alone: study Mariette le Roux - AFP - Wed, Aug 8, 2012
Modern man's forerunners shared the planet with at least two related species nearly two million years ago, scientists said on Wednesday, pointing to newly-unearthed pieces … More »Early Man was not alone: study
- New Flat-Faced Human Species Possibly Discovered Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Wed, Aug 8, 2012
New fossils from the dawn of the human lineage suggest our ancestors may have lived alongside a diversity of extinct human species, researchers say. More »New Flat-Faced Human Species Possibly Discovered
- U.S. affirms support for U.N. climate goal after criticism Reuters - Wed, Aug 8, 2012
OSLO (Reuters) - The United States reaffirmed support for a U.N. goal of limiting global warming after criticism from the European Union and small island states that … More »U.S. affirms support for U.N. climate goal after criticism
OSLO (Reuters) - The United States reaffirmed support for a U.N. goal of limiting global warming after criticism from the European Union and small island states that Washington seemed to be backing away. "The U.S. continues to support this goal. We have not changed our policy," U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern said in a statement …
- On YouTube channels, comedians shift the punchline JAKE COYLE - AP - Tue, Aug 7, 2012
On the debut episode of "Smart Girls at the Party," Amy Poehler sits in a dark studio and solemnly introduces her first guest as a "singer, actor, dancer, musician, … More »On YouTube channels, comedians shift the punchline
- Caffeinated 'Vomit Drink' Nauseated North America's First City Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Caffeine-loaded black drinks apparently dominated the heartland of America earlier than once thought — a beverage neither coffee nor cola, but instead brewed from holly … More »Caffeinated 'Vomit Drink' Nauseated North America's First City
- Photos illustrate Mars rover's precise landing ALICIA CHANG - AP - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
The robotic explorer Curiosity's daring plunge through the pink skies of Mars was more than perfect. It landed with spectacular style, said a NASA scientist, describing … More »Photos illustrate Mars rover's precise landing
- World Bank unveils carbon incentive plan in Philippines AFP - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
The World Bank said on Monday it plans to buy carbon credits from pig farms in the Philippines, helping farmers generate extra income by setting up environment friendly … More »World Bank unveils carbon incentive plan in Philippines
- Touchdown: NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars ALICIA CHANG - AP - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater … More »Touchdown: NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars
- Fossil Dealer Makes Claim on Disputed Tyrannosaur Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
A tyrannosaur may be headed for trial. More »Fossil Dealer Makes Claim on Disputed Tyrannosaur
- NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars after plummet ALICIA CHANG - AP - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater … More »NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars after plummet
- NASA rover begins nail-biting Mars plunge ALICIA CHANG - AP - Mon, Aug 6, 2012
NASA's most high-tech Mars rover plunged into the red planet's atmosphere Sunday night in an attempt to safely reach the surface with a complex new landing techniqu … More »NASA rover begins nail-biting Mars plunge
- NASA counting down to nail-biting Mars plunge ALICIA CHANG - AP - Sun, Aug 5, 2012
The most high-tech rover NASA has ever designed was speeding toward Mars on Sunday to attempt an acrobatic landing on the planet's surface. More »NASA counting down to nail-biting Mars plunge
- NASA braces for "7 minutes of terror" Mars plunge ALICIA CHANG - AP - Sun, Aug 5, 2012
NASA's most high-tech Mars rover on Sunday zeroed in on the red planet where it will attempt a tricky celestial gymnastics routine during a "seven minutes of terror" … More »NASA braces for "7 minutes of terror" Mars plunge
- Dinosaur Boom Linked to Rise of Rocky Mountains Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor - LiveScience.com - Sun, Aug 5, 2012
The evolution of new dinosaur species may have surged due to the rise of the Rocky Mountains and the emergence of a prehistoric inner sea in North America, researchers … More »Dinosaur Boom Linked to Rise of Rocky Mountains
- Rover to probe whether Mars was life-friendly in the past Irene Klotz - Reuters - Sat, Aug 4, 2012
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA plans to follow up a decade-long search for Mars' lost water with a mission to learn whether the Red Planet once harbored other … More »Rover to probe whether Mars was life-friendly in the past
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA plans to follow up a decade-long search for Mars' lost water with a mission to learn whether the Red Planet once harbored other ingredients necessary for life. The astrobiological hunt begins once the $2.5 billion Mars Science Lab rover Curiosity lands itself beside a towering mountain …
- A peek at what NASA's new rover packed for Mars ALICIA CHANG - AP - Sat, Aug 4, 2012
If you were packing for Mars, what would you bring? More »A peek at what NASA's new rover packed for Mars
If you were packing for Mars, what would you bring?
- Australian spider named after David Attenborough AFP - Sat, Aug 4, 2012
A newly discovered Australian spider measuring little more than a millimetre in length has been named after celebrated British scientist and broadcaster David Attenborough, … More »Australian spider named after David Attenborough
- What If the Curiosity Rover Finds Life on Mars? Natalie Wolchover - LiveScience.com - Fri, Aug 3, 2012
In this weekly series, Life's Little Mysteries provides expert answers to challenging questions. More »What If the Curiosity Rover Finds Life on Mars?
- Dust from Asia Fills North America's Atmosphere Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Thu, Aug 2, 2012
Nearly half of the tiny droplets and particles suspended high in the atmosphere over North America comes from other continents, an examination of satellite data reve … More »Dust from Asia Fills North America's Atmosphere
- Drilling discovers ancient Antarctic rainforest AFP - Thu, Aug 2, 2012
Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew on the frozen continent 52 million years ago, scientists said Thursday, warning it could be ice-free … More »Drilling discovers ancient Antarctic rainforest
- Earth absorbs more of our CO2 emissions: science AFP - Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Even as Man's output of Earth-warming CO2 has risen, so has the capacity of plants and the oceans to absorb it, scientists said Wednesday, but warned this may not last … More »Earth absorbs more of our CO2 emissions: science
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