Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
AP - 19 hrs agoRichard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. More »Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
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Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
Reuters - Thu, May 24, 2012ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant. The doctors at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital said the operation was carried out last month and made public this week. The baby, whose identity has not been disclosed, was kept alive for 13 days before the transplant and is now doing well. The baby was suffering from dilated myocardiopathy, a heart muscle disease which normally causes stretched or enlarged fibers of the heart. ... More »Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
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Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship
AP - 22 hrs agoSpace station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship. More »Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship
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15 Ways to Accelerate Your PC’s Slowest Component: You!
LiveScience.com - 21 hrs agoThere's nothing more soul-sucking than sitting there picking your earwax while you watch Windows 7's blue ring of fire. Yet, to be fair, your poor laptop spends a lot more time waiting for you to act than you waste watching it load applications, boot up or finish processing. If your computer takes .8 seconds to load your browser, but you take 5 unnecessary seconds to type in a username and password, who's the slow poke? More »15 Ways to Accelerate Your PC’s Slowest Component: You!
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Memorial Day Skywatching: See the Half Moon Pass Mars
SPACE.com - 3 hrs agoMonday evening bring us a first quarter moon, offering U.S. skywatchers a chance to close out the Memorial Day holiday with a lunar treat and the fading planet Mars. More »Memorial Day Skywatching: See the Half Moon Pass Mars
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Climate scientists say warming could exceed 3.5 C
AFP - Thu, May 24, 2012Climate researchers said Thursday the planet could warm by more than 3.5 degrees Celsius (6.3 degrees Fahrenheit), boosting the risk of drought, flood and rising seas. More »Climate scientists say warming could exceed 3.5 C
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India Declares Open Season on Tiger Poachers
LiveScience.com - Fri, May 25, 2012The world's "most dangerous game" is on. A state in western India has given its forest rangers permission to shoot poachers on sight in an effort to curb poaching of tigers and other endangered wildlife. More »India Declares Open Season on Tiger Poachers
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Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
AP - Fri, May 25, 2012The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm. More »Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
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Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
AP - Thu, May 24, 2012Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004. More »Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
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UFOs 'Summoned' and Videoed Over L.A.?
LiveScience.com - Fri, May 25, 2012Amateur video taken last week recorded what is claimed to be one or more UFOs appearing in the skies over Los Angeles. The video was posted to YouTube with the message that one Robert Bingham "summoned" the UFOs for more than 100 eyewitnesses. More »UFOs 'Summoned' and Videoed Over L.A.?
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Why Dogs' Origins Are Still Mysterious
LiveScience.com - Tue, May 22, 2012Humans' close relationship to dogs has so far obscured their history so much that it's not yet possible to use genetic data to tease out the details of their domestication, new research indicates. More »Why Dogs' Origins Are Still Mysterious
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Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit
AFP - 18 hrs agoAstronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years. More »Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit
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Is China poor? Key question at climate talks
AP - Fri, May 25, 2012Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor. More »Is China poor? Key question at climate talks
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Astronauts float inside SpaceX Dragon capsule
Reuters - 22 hrs agoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch and floated inside a Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule on Saturday, the first privately owned spaceship to reach the orbital outpost, NASA said. Running ahead of schedule, station commander Oleg Kononenko and flight engineer Don Pettit opened the hatch to Dragon just before 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT), NASA mission commentator Josh Byerly reported from Mission Control in Houston. The bell-shaped capsule, which was making its second test flight, arrived at the space station on Friday. ... More »Astronauts float inside SpaceX Dragon capsule
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Dinosaur with tiny arms unearthed in Argentina
AFP - Fri, May 25, 2012Argentine experts have discovered the near-complete remains of a new species of Jurassic-era dinosaur that stood on its rear legs and had tiny arms, according to a leading paleontologist. More »Dinosaur with tiny arms unearthed in Argentina
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Kidney Stone Rate Nearly Doubles in 16 Years
LiveScience.com - Fri, May 25, 2012Kidney stones are nearly twice as common now as they were in the early 1990s, according to a new study. More »Kidney Stone Rate Nearly Doubles in 16 Years
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Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
AP - Thu, May 24, 2012Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say. More »Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
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New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
AP - Fri, May 25, 2012Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday. More »New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
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Mars or Bust! Scientists Flood NASA With 400 Ideas to Explore Red Planet
SPACE.com - Fri, May 25, 2012Scientists have responded in a big way to NASA's call to help reformulate its Mars robotic exploration strategy, submitting about 400 ideas and Red Planet mission concepts to the space agency. More »Mars or Bust! Scientists Flood NASA With 400 Ideas to Explore Red Planet
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First Video Captured by Google Glasses Hits the Web
LiveScience.com - 16 hrs agoGoogle has publicly unveiled new photos and the first video from the real view of their augmented reality glasses prototype. The images show what the wearer sees while reading a newspaper, catching a football in the backyard and helping a smiling child play on the jungle gym. More »First Video Captured by Google Glasses Hits the Web
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