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All rights reservedFri, 01 Feb 2013 18:25:07 -05005http://news.yahoo.com/science/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blimps-bolster-washingtons-air-shield-test-204629886--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.zw_9z4WNofKMZ6rW_nMNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-01T232507Z_1_CBRE9101T1X00_RTROPTP_2_USA-BLIMPS-RAYTHEON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Raytheon&#039;s JLENS aerostat is pictured at the White Sands Missile Range in handout photograph" align="left" title="Raytheon&#039;s JLENS aerostat is pictured at the White Sands Missile Range in handout photograph" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pair of big, blimp-like craft, moored to the ground and flying as high as 10,000 feet, are to be added to a high-tech shield designed to protect the Washington D.C. area from air attack, at least for a while. The bulbous, helium-filled &quot;aerostats&quot; - each more than three quarters the length of a football field at 243 feet - are to be stitched into existing defenses as part of an exercise of new technology ordered by the Defense Department. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blimps-bolster-washingtons-air-shield-test-204629886--finance.htmlFri, 01 Feb 2013 18:25:07 -0500Reutersblimps-bolster-washingtons-air-shield-test-204629886--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blimps-bolster-washingtons-air-shield-test-204629886--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.zw_9z4WNofKMZ6rW_nMNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-01T232507Z_1_CBRE9101T1X00_RTROPTP_2_USA-BLIMPS-RAYTHEON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Raytheon&#039;s JLENS aerostat is pictured at the White Sands Missile Range in handout photograph" align="left" title="Raytheon&#039;s JLENS aerostat is pictured at the White Sands Missile Range in handout photograph" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pair of big, blimp-like craft, moored to the ground and flying as high as 10,000 feet, are to be added to a high-tech shield designed to protect the Washington D.C. area from air attack, at least for a while. The bulbous, helium-filled &quot;aerostats&quot; - each more than three quarters the length of a football field at 243 feet - are to be stitched into existing defenses as part of an exercise of new technology ordered by the Defense Department. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/archive-offers-life-fallen-space-shuttle-columbia-181319923--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g1PxqgcXdgL_CcHW.fEfpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-31T204641Z_1_CBRE90U1LPV00_RTROPTP_2_SPACE-SHUTTLE-MEMORIAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of the space shuttle Columbia lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral" align="left" title="File photo of the space shuttle Columbia lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral" border="0" /></a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Columbia&#039;s flying days came to an abrupt and tragic end on February 1, 2003, when a broken wing gave way, dooming the seven astronauts aboard. Although Columbia now lies in pieces, its mission is not over. The recovered wreckage, painstakingly retrieved from Texas and Louisiana for months after the accident, was preserved for a unique archive and education program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/archive-offers-life-fallen-space-shuttle-columbia-181319923--sector.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2013 18:55:08 -0500Reutersarchive-offers-life-fallen-space-shuttle-columbia-181319923--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/archive-offers-life-fallen-space-shuttle-columbia-181319923--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g1PxqgcXdgL_CcHW.fEfpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-31T204641Z_1_CBRE90U1LPV00_RTROPTP_2_SPACE-SHUTTLE-MEMORIAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of the space shuttle Columbia lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral" align="left" title="File photo of the space shuttle Columbia lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral" border="0" /></a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Columbia&#039;s flying days came to an abrupt and tragic end on February 1, 2003, when a broken wing gave way, dooming the seven astronauts aboard. Although Columbia now lies in pieces, its mission is not over. The recovered wreckage, painstakingly retrieved from Texas and Louisiana for months after the accident, was preserved for a unique archive and education program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...</p><br clear="all"/>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A rocket carrying a communications satellite suffered engine trouble and plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch on Friday, Russian news agencies reported. The unsuccessful launch of the Intelsat-27 satellite was one of several setbacks for Russia's space program in recent years, including failed satellite launches and an unsuccessful mission to study the Mars moon Phobos. The Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the satellite suffered engine failure shortly after liftoff, state-run Itar-Tass reported, citing a Russian space industry source. ...http://news.yahoo.com/russian-rocket-falls-sea-failed-launch-reports-085320867.htmlFri, 01 Feb 2013 03:53:20 -0500Reutersrussian-rocket-falls-sea-failed-launch-reports-085320867<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-launches-first-civilian-rocket-amid-tensions-074934738.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QDXpAgYet3l0VI0Je4u6bw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-30T152640Z_2_CBRE90T0LQU00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) or Naro, South Korea&#039;s space rocket, is seen on the launch pad at Naro Space Centre in Goheung" align="left" title="The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) or Naro, South Korea&#039;s space rocket, is seen on the launch pad at Naro Space Centre in Goheung" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea&#039;s successful launch of its own rocket last month. It was South Korea&#039;s third attempt to launch a civilian rocket to send a satellite in orbit in the past four years and came after two previous launches were aborted at the eleventh hour last year due to technical glitches. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-launches-first-civilian-rocket-amid-tensions-074934738.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2013 10:26:40 -0500Reuterssouth-korea-launches-first-civilian-rocket-amid-tensions-074934738<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-launches-first-civilian-rocket-amid-tensions-074934738.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QDXpAgYet3l0VI0Je4u6bw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-30T152640Z_2_CBRE90T0LQU00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) or Naro, South Korea&#039;s space rocket, is seen on the launch pad at Naro Space Centre in Goheung" align="left" title="The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) or Naro, South Korea&#039;s space rocket, is seen on the launch pad at Naro Space Centre in Goheung" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea&#039;s successful launch of its own rocket last month. It was South Korea&#039;s third attempt to launch a civilian rocket to send a satellite in orbit in the past four years and came after two previous launches were aborted at the eleventh hour last year due to technical glitches. ...</p><br clear="all"/>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday to put the first of a new generation of NASA communications satellites into orbit, where it will support the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and other spacecraft. The 191-foot (58-metre) rocket lifted off at 8:48 p.m. (0148 GMT Thursday), the first of 13 planned launches in 2013 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station just south of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ...http://news.yahoo.com/rocket-blasts-off-nasa-communications-satellite-025931733--finance.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2013 21:59:31 -0500Reutersrocket-blasts-off-nasa-communications-satellite-025931733--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-spider-crabs-discovered-fossil-reef-163725216.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BeO0uaor3tQVAfNypWNg2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/cretamaja-granulata.jpg1359989319" width="130" height="86" alt="Oldest Spider Crabs Discovered in Fossil Reef" align="left" title="Oldest Spider Crabs Discovered in Fossil Reef" border="0" /></a>The remains of eight new species of crustaceans, including the oldest known spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago, have been uncovered in a fossil reef in northern Spain, scientists report.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-spider-crabs-discovered-fossil-reef-163725216.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 18:20:30 -0500LiveScience.comoldest-spider-crabs-discovered-fossil-reef-163725216<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-spider-crabs-discovered-fossil-reef-163725216.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BeO0uaor3tQVAfNypWNg2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/cretamaja-granulata.jpg1359989319" width="130" height="86" alt="Oldest Spider Crabs Discovered in Fossil Reef" align="left" title="Oldest Spider Crabs Discovered in Fossil Reef" border="0" /></a>The remains of eight new species of crustaceans, including the oldest known spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago, have been uncovered in a fossil reef in northern Spain, scientists report.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eerie-rock-towers-earthquake-sensors-200948300.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mS_xMISwTqC.mBlYCgEolg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/RR02.jpg1360000565" width="130" height="86" alt="Eerie Rock Towers Are Earthquake Sensors" align="left" title="Eerie Rock Towers Are Earthquake Sensors" border="0" /></a>Strange rock formations in the California desert provide clues to the strength of past earthquakes, a new study suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/eerie-rock-towers-earthquake-sensors-200948300.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 18:12:00 -0500LiveScience.comeerie-rock-towers-earthquake-sensors-200948300<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eerie-rock-towers-earthquake-sensors-200948300.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mS_xMISwTqC.mBlYCgEolg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/RR02.jpg1360000565" width="130" height="86" alt="Eerie Rock Towers Are Earthquake Sensors" align="left" title="Eerie Rock Towers Are Earthquake Sensors" border="0" /></a>Strange rock formations in the California desert provide clues to the strength of past earthquakes, a new study suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>Being highly fit in middle age may keep the mind sharp, lowering the risk of dementia and Alzheimer?s disease later in life, a new study suggests.http://news.yahoo.com/midlife-fitness-may-lower-dementia-risk-221051421.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 17:10:51 -0500LiveScience.commidlife-fitness-may-lower-dementia-risk-221051421<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/earth-safe-asteroids-close-flyby-next-week-210821585.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pGotf4H13Kdwh6mtWcvsFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Earth_Safe_from_Asteroid%27s_Close-9cab651c509affbf6445137e458ad7d0" width="130" height="86" alt="Earth Safe from Asteroid&#039;s Close Flyby Next Week" align="left" title="Earth Safe from Asteroid&#039;s Close Flyby Next Week" border="0" /></a>An asteroid will give Earth a historically close shave next week, but there&#039;s no chance that the space rock will slam into our planet on this pass, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/earth-safe-asteroids-close-flyby-next-week-210821585.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 16:08:21 -0500SPACE.comearth-safe-asteroids-close-flyby-next-week-210821585<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/earth-safe-asteroids-close-flyby-next-week-210821585.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pGotf4H13Kdwh6mtWcvsFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Earth_Safe_from_Asteroid%27s_Close-9cab651c509affbf6445137e458ad7d0" width="130" height="86" alt="Earth Safe from Asteroid&#039;s Close Flyby Next Week" align="left" title="Earth Safe from Asteroid&#039;s Close Flyby Next Week" border="0" /></a>An asteroid will give Earth a historically close shave next week, but there&#039;s no chance that the space rock will slam into our planet on this pass, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/balloon-borne-telescope-seeks-elusive-big-bang-signal-210530477.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YCvpegTS5AhPP4Gyl5KhfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Balloon-Borne_Telescope_Seeks_Out_Elusive-dc66ba373cad8a30d7ff55381aaceb84" width="130" height="86" alt="Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal" align="left" title="Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal" border="0" /></a>A balloon-borne telescope soared over Antarctica recently in an ambitious mission to spot a never-before-seen signal in the leftover light from the Big Bang.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/balloon-borne-telescope-seeks-elusive-big-bang-signal-210530477.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 16:05:30 -0500SPACE.comballoon-borne-telescope-seeks-elusive-big-bang-signal-210530477<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/balloon-borne-telescope-seeks-elusive-big-bang-signal-210530477.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YCvpegTS5AhPP4Gyl5KhfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Balloon-Borne_Telescope_Seeks_Out_Elusive-dc66ba373cad8a30d7ff55381aaceb84" width="130" height="86" alt="Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal" align="left" title="Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal" border="0" /></a>A balloon-borne telescope soared over Antarctica recently in an ambitious mission to spot a never-before-seen signal in the leftover light from the Big Bang.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-reveal-result-richard-iii-hunt-131828214.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AFVtS7brBzKtvTgNz7YvGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f5bc490e3b558804280f6a70670051c7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Undated photo made available by the University of Leicester, England, Monday Feb. 4 2013 of the skull found at the Grey Friars excavation in Leicester, potentially the long lost remains of England&#039;s King Richard III, ahead of an announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath a car park last September. Richard was immortalized in a play by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two young nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester)" align="left" title="Undated photo made available by the University of Leicester, England, Monday Feb. 4 2013 of the skull found at the Grey Friars excavation in Leicester, potentially the long lost remains of England&#039;s King Richard III, ahead of an announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath a car park last September. Richard was immortalized in a play by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two young nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Has Britain&#039;s lost king been found?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-reveal-result-richard-iii-hunt-131828214.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 03:49:55 -0500Associated Pressscientists-reveal-result-richard-iii-hunt-131828214<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-reveal-result-richard-iii-hunt-131828214.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AFVtS7brBzKtvTgNz7YvGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f5bc490e3b558804280f6a70670051c7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Undated photo made available by the University of Leicester, England, Monday Feb. 4 2013 of the skull found at the Grey Friars excavation in Leicester, potentially the long lost remains of England&#039;s King Richard III, ahead of an announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath a car park last September. Richard was immortalized in a play by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two young nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester)" align="left" title="Undated photo made available by the University of Leicester, England, Monday Feb. 4 2013 of the skull found at the Grey Friars excavation in Leicester, potentially the long lost remains of England&#039;s King Richard III, ahead of an announcement about the identity of the skeleton found underneath a car park last September. Richard was immortalized in a play by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies ? including those of his two young nephews, murdered in the Tower of London ? on his way to the throne. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Has Britain&#039;s lost king been found?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-awards-national-medals-science-technology-white-161600451.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cXdsWMlXjs_bg3qr22C8rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Obama1-300x225.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Obama Awards National Medals of Science and Technology at the White House" align="left" title="President Obama Awards National Medals of Science and Technology at the White House" border="0" /></a>President Obama Awards National Medals of Science and Technology at the White House</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-awards-national-medals-science-technology-white-161600451.htmlSat, 02 Feb 2013 11:16:00 -0500Scientific Americanpresident-obama-awards-national-medals-science-technology-white-161600451<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-awards-national-medals-science-technology-white-161600451.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cXdsWMlXjs_bg3qr22C8rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Obama1-300x225.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Obama Awards National Medals of Science and Technology at the White House" align="left" title="President Obama Awards National Medals of Science and Technology at the White House" border="0" /></a>President Obama Awards National Medals of Science and Technology at the White House</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-slime-covered-seabirds-wash-ashore-puzzle-scientists-031432427.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9krgBbmniX_Mup4pkTI7_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/seabird.jpg1359761161" width="130" height="86" alt="Hundreds of Slime-Covered Seabirds Wash Ashore, Puzzle Scientists" align="left" title="Hundreds of Slime-Covered Seabirds Wash Ashore, Puzzle Scientists" border="0" /></a>A mysterious greasy substance has been found on hundreds of seabirds ? some dead, others injured ? that have been washing up along England&#039;s south coast.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-slime-covered-seabirds-wash-ashore-puzzle-scientists-031432427.htmlFri, 01 Feb 2013 22:14:32 -0500LiveScience.comhundreds-slime-covered-seabirds-wash-ashore-puzzle-scientists-031432427<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-slime-covered-seabirds-wash-ashore-puzzle-scientists-031432427.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9krgBbmniX_Mup4pkTI7_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/seabird.jpg1359761161" width="130" height="86" alt="Hundreds of Slime-Covered Seabirds Wash Ashore, Puzzle Scientists" align="left" title="Hundreds of Slime-Covered Seabirds Wash Ashore, Puzzle Scientists" border="0" /></a>A mysterious greasy substance has been found on hundreds of seabirds ? some dead, others injured ? that have been washing up along England&#039;s south coast.</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed nearly two dozen researchers and innovators at the White House Friday (Feb. 1) to receive the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation.http://news.yahoo.com/obama-awards-top-honors-scientists-232521308.htmlFri, 01 Feb 2013 18:25:21 -0500LiveScience.comobama-awards-top-honors-scientists-232521308(Corrects web address in 13th paragraph to sciencecafes.org from sciencecafe.org) ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Americans may be turning away from the hard sciences at universities, but they are increasingly showing up at "science cafes" in local bars and restaurants to listen to scientific talks over a drink or a meal. ...http://news.yahoo.com/corrected-science-cafes-offer-sip-learning-163612338.htmlFri, 01 Feb 2013 11:36:12 -0500Reuterscorrected-science-cafes-offer-sip-learning-163612338ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Americans may be turning away from the hard sciences at universities, but they are increasingly showing up at "science cafes" in local bars and restaurants to listen to scientific talks over a drink or a meal. Want a beer with that biology? Or perhaps a burger with the works to complement the theory of everything? Science cafes have sprouted in almost every state including a tapas restaurant near downtown Orlando where Sean Walsh, 27, a graphic designer, describes himself and his friends as some of the laymen in the crowd. ...http://news.yahoo.com/science-cafes-offer-sip-learning-163427683.htmlFri, 01 Feb 2013 11:34:27 -0500Reutersscience-cafes-offer-sip-learning-163427683<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sea-urchin-teeth-trippy-clamshell-snag-science-visualization-195411191.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4.5SzfE9sCIyFZEcbjs7nA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/visualization-awards.jpg1359639693" width="130" height="86" alt="Sea Urchin Teeth &amp; Trippy Clamshell Snag Science Visualization Awards" align="left" title="Sea Urchin Teeth &amp; Trippy Clamshell Snag Science Visualization Awards" border="0" /></a>From a surrealist view of a sea urchin&#039;s tooth to a trippy clamshell, the world&#039;s most stunning science images of the year have been released.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sea-urchin-teeth-trippy-clamshell-snag-science-visualization-195411191.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2013 14:54:11 -0500LiveScience.comsea-urchin-teeth-trippy-clamshell-snag-science-visualization-195411191<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sea-urchin-teeth-trippy-clamshell-snag-science-visualization-195411191.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4.5SzfE9sCIyFZEcbjs7nA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/visualization-awards.jpg1359639693" width="130" height="86" alt="Sea Urchin Teeth &amp; Trippy Clamshell Snag Science Visualization Awards" align="left" title="Sea Urchin Teeth &amp; Trippy Clamshell Snag Science Visualization Awards" border="0" /></a>From a surrealist view of a sea urchin&#039;s tooth to a trippy clamshell, the world&#039;s most stunning science images of the year have been released.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rock-pigeons-got-mullets-191029807.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gz8adkB7W9F126Im.epl2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/dutch-capuchine-pigeon.jpg1359605771" width="130" height="86" alt="How Rock Pigeons Got Their Mullets" align="left" title="How Rock Pigeons Got Their Mullets" border="0" /></a>The rock pigeon&#039;s funky hairdos have been pinned to a single gene mutation that signals head and neck feathers to grow up rather than down in a tamer fashion, report researchers who have just decoded the bird&#039;s genome.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rock-pigeons-got-mullets-191029807.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2013 14:10:29 -0500LiveScience.comrock-pigeons-got-mullets-191029807<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rock-pigeons-got-mullets-191029807.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gz8adkB7W9F126Im.epl2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/dutch-capuchine-pigeon.jpg1359605771" width="130" height="86" alt="How Rock Pigeons Got Their Mullets" align="left" title="How Rock Pigeons Got Their Mullets" border="0" /></a>The rock pigeon&#039;s funky hairdos have been pinned to a single gene mutation that signals head and neck feathers to grow up rather than down in a tamer fashion, report researchers who have just decoded the bird&#039;s genome.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-watch-fish-think-180317727.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SvGBqMDTQ6B5pyxnBMqU9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/fishthought.png1359654491" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists Watch a Fish Think" align="left" title="Scientists Watch a Fish Think" border="0" /></a>For the first time, scientists have imaged the brain activity of a fish watching its prey.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-watch-fish-think-180317727.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2013 13:03:17 -0500LiveScience.comscientists-watch-fish-think-180317727<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-watch-fish-think-180317727.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SvGBqMDTQ6B5pyxnBMqU9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/fishthought.png1359654491" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists Watch a Fish Think" align="left" title="Scientists Watch a Fish Think" border="0" /></a>For the first time, scientists have imaged the brain activity of a fish watching its prey.</p><br clear="all"/>BRUSSELS (AP) ? In a story Jan. 28 about a European Union science award, The Associated Press reported erroneously that ?1 billion euros was equivalent to $1.34 million. The correct conversion is that ?1 billion euros equals $1.34 billion.http://news.yahoo.com/correction-europe-science-bonanza-story-165941939--finance.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2013 11:59:41 -0500Associated Presscorrection-europe-science-bonanza-story-165941939--financeDecelerating American Physics: Panel Advises Shutdown of Last U.S. Colliderhttp://news.yahoo.com/decelerating-american-physics-panel-advises-shutdown-last-u-164000471.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2013 11:40:00 -0500Scientific Americandecelerating-american-physics-panel-advises-shutdown-last-u-164000471<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-genetic-clue-severe-flu-among-chinese-171059780.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sAFwoVSWcfPznDt8k.2OhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T171059Z_1_CDEE90S1BQE00_RTROPTP_2_FLU-H1N1-CHINESE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British and Chinese scientists have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The discovery of the variant could help doctors find those people at high risk of severe flu and prioritise them for treatment, researchers said. It may also help explain why new strains of flu virus often emerge first in Asia, where the variant known as rs12252-C is more common in the population than elsewhere, they said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-genetic-clue-severe-flu-among-chinese-171059780.htmlTue, 29 Jan 2013 12:10:59 -0500Reutersscientists-genetic-clue-severe-flu-among-chinese-171059780<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-genetic-clue-severe-flu-among-chinese-171059780.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sAFwoVSWcfPznDt8k.2OhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T171059Z_1_CDEE90S1BQE00_RTROPTP_2_FLU-H1N1-CHINESE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British and Chinese scientists have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The discovery of the variant could help doctors find those people at high risk of severe flu and prioritise them for treatment, researchers said. It may also help explain why new strains of flu virus often emerge first in Asia, where the variant known as rs12252-C is more common in the population than elsewhere, they said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ariel-sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-114720534.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xh_3cYMn9unE.O2SNlK9cw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T114720Z_1_CDEE90S0WR000_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-SHARON-BRAIN-COMA-SCAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a memorial ceremony at the &quot;Wall of Names&quot; October 3, 2002 at the Israeli army&#039;s Armored Corps&#039; Memorial at Latrun, Israel. More than 4,800 soldiers from the corps have died since the Jewish state was founded in 1948. REUTERS/David Silverman/POOL" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a memorial ceremony at the &quot;Wall of Names&quot; October 3, 2002 at the Israeli army&#039;s Armored Corps&#039; Memorial at Latrun, Israel. More than 4,800 soldiers from the corps have died since the Jewish state was founded in 1948. REUTERS/David Silverman/POOL" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The state-of-the-art brain scans that allowed doctors to look inside the head of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon show how advances in neuroscience are forcing a rethink of what it means to be in a long-term coma. Neurologists who performed the tests said they hinted that Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke in 2006, may have a degree of consciousness and be able to hear sounds or make out pictures. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ariel-sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-114720534.htmlTue, 29 Jan 2013 06:47:20 -0500Reutersariel-sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-114720534<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ariel-sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-114720534.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xh_3cYMn9unE.O2SNlK9cw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T114720Z_1_CDEE90S0WR000_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-SHARON-BRAIN-COMA-SCAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a memorial ceremony at the &quot;Wall of Names&quot; October 3, 2002 at the Israeli army&#039;s Armored Corps&#039; Memorial at Latrun, Israel. More than 4,800 soldiers from the corps have died since the Jewish state was founded in 1948. REUTERS/David Silverman/POOL" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a memorial ceremony at the &quot;Wall of Names&quot; October 3, 2002 at the Israeli army&#039;s Armored Corps&#039; Memorial at Latrun, Israel. More than 4,800 soldiers from the corps have died since the Jewish state was founded in 1948. REUTERS/David Silverman/POOL" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The state-of-the-art brain scans that allowed doctors to look inside the head of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon show how advances in neuroscience are forcing a rethink of what it means to be in a long-term coma. Neurologists who performed the tests said they hinted that Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke in 2006, may have a degree of consciousness and be able to hear sounds or make out pictures. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-113820189.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qda7BHxpGi1bEVQxL_np.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T121322Z_1_CBRE90S0XYD00_RTROPTP_2_MIDEAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looks on during meeting in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looks on during meeting in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The state-of-the-art brain scans that allowed doctors to look inside the head of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon show how advances in neuroscience are forcing a rethink of what it means to be in a long-term coma. Neurologists who performed the tests said they hinted that Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke in 2006, may have a degree of consciousness and be able to hear sounds or make out pictures. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-113820189.htmlTue, 29 Jan 2013 06:38:20 -0500Reuterssharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-113820189<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sharons-brain-scans-show-leaps-science-comas-113820189.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qda7BHxpGi1bEVQxL_np.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T121322Z_1_CBRE90S0XYD00_RTROPTP_2_MIDEAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looks on during meeting in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looks on during meeting in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The state-of-the-art brain scans that allowed doctors to look inside the head of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon show how advances in neuroscience are forcing a rethink of what it means to be in a long-term coma. Neurologists who performed the tests said they hinted that Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke in 2006, may have a degree of consciousness and be able to hear sounds or make out pictures. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-science-projects-win-1-3-billion-141405757--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nSAl6mnk0tK.sMSQCB8Xeg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1754332e64a9e803270f6a7067007f55.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file picture people use a infrared-DIC microscopy to do multi-neuron patch-clamp recording in the Blue Brain team and the Human Brain Project (HBP) laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Two European science projects - one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene ? won an EU technology contest Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, getting up to euro1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade. The projects were selected from 26 proposals. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)" align="left" title="FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file picture people use a infrared-DIC microscopy to do multi-neuron patch-clamp recording in the Blue Brain team and the Human Brain Project (HBP) laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Two European science projects - one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene ? won an EU technology contest Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, getting up to euro1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade. The projects were selected from 26 proposals. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)" border="0" /></a>BRUSSELS (AP) ? Two European science projects ? one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene ? won an EU technology contest Monday, getting up to ?1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2-science-projects-win-1-3-billion-141405757--finance.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 11:31:28 -0500Associated Press2-science-projects-win-1-3-billion-141405757--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-science-projects-win-1-3-billion-141405757--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nSAl6mnk0tK.sMSQCB8Xeg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1754332e64a9e803270f6a7067007f55.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file picture people use a infrared-DIC microscopy to do multi-neuron patch-clamp recording in the Blue Brain team and the Human Brain Project (HBP) laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Two European science projects - one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene ? won an EU technology contest Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, getting up to euro1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade. The projects were selected from 26 proposals. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)" align="left" title="FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file picture people use a infrared-DIC microscopy to do multi-neuron patch-clamp recording in the Blue Brain team and the Human Brain Project (HBP) laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Two European science projects - one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene ? won an EU technology contest Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, getting up to euro1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade. The projects were selected from 26 proposals. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)" border="0" /></a>BRUSSELS (AP) ? Two European science projects ? one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene ? won an EU technology contest Monday, getting up to ?1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade.</p><br clear="all"/>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will award a total of 2 billion euros for research into brain disease and into the "miracle material" graphene which could be used to make flexible electronic devices and could lead to superfast Internet speeds. The funding will be distributed over 10 years, with more than half of it coming from the Commission's research funds and the rest from EU member countries and the private sector, officials said on Monday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-win-2-billion-euros-fight-brain-disease-125539553--finance.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 07:55:39 -0500Reutersscientists-win-2-billion-euros-fight-brain-disease-125539553--financeBRUSSELS (AP) ? Two science projects ? one to map the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary properties of the carbon-based material graphene ? were declared the winners Monday of an EU technologies contest and will receive up to ?1 billion ($1.35 billion) each over the next 10 years.http://news.yahoo.com/2-science-projects-win-billion-euros-093227519.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 05:45:12 -0500Associated Press2-science-projects-win-billion-euros-093227519<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-ten-hundred-words-goer-five-challenge-220200580.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iyJ8bpNmuAgbkReloBTPhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/xkcd.png" width="130" height="86" alt="Science in Ten Hundred Words: The `Up-Goer Five&#039; challenge." align="left" title="Science in Ten Hundred Words: The `Up-Goer Five&#039; challenge." border="0" /></a>Science in Ten Hundred Words: The `Up-Goer Five&#039; challenge.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/science-ten-hundred-words-goer-five-challenge-220200580.htmlSun, 27 Jan 2013 17:02:00 -0500Scientific Americanscience-ten-hundred-words-goer-five-challenge-220200580<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-ten-hundred-words-goer-five-challenge-220200580.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iyJ8bpNmuAgbkReloBTPhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/xkcd.png" width="130" height="86" alt="Science in Ten Hundred Words: The `Up-Goer Five&#039; challenge." align="left" title="Science in Ten Hundred Words: The `Up-Goer Five&#039; challenge." border="0" /></a>Science in Ten Hundred Words: The `Up-Goer Five&#039; challenge.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-see-big-rewards-risk-private-spaceflight-131334368.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v18WEtg5_923X0BpgsUEQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Scientists_See_Big_Rewards_(and-19f0964936c7829f90b8201970ccb8df" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists See Big Rewards (and Risk) in Private Spaceflight" align="left" title="Scientists See Big Rewards (and Risk) in Private Spaceflight" border="0" /></a>Private spaceflight should create many opportunities for scientific progress, though risk will have to be minimized for the field to really take off, a panel of experts stressed earlier this month.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-see-big-rewards-risk-private-spaceflight-131334368.htmlSun, 27 Jan 2013 08:13:34 -0500SPACE.comscientists-see-big-rewards-risk-private-spaceflight-131334368<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-see-big-rewards-risk-private-spaceflight-131334368.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v18WEtg5_923X0BpgsUEQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Scientists_See_Big_Rewards_(and-19f0964936c7829f90b8201970ccb8df" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists See Big Rewards (and Risk) in Private Spaceflight" align="left" title="Scientists See Big Rewards (and Risk) in Private Spaceflight" border="0" /></a>Private spaceflight should create many opportunities for scientific progress, though risk will have to be minimized for the field to really take off, a panel of experts stressed earlier this month.</p><br clear="all"/>With two private companies, Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, proposing to set up asteroid mining, the prospect of accessing limitless wealth beyond the Earth has caused a bit of media speculation about what that could mean.http://news.yahoo.com/asteroid-resources-could-science-fiction-dreams-nightmares-reality-184500496.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 13:45:00 -0500Yahoo! Contributor Networkasteroid-resources-could-science-fiction-dreams-nightmares-reality-184500496<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/adopt-pet-fox-sciences-sake-183159514.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lL4L1fB_F9pNze8dKxkTrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/fox.jpg1359131818" width="130" height="86" alt="Adopt a Pet Fox, for Science&#039;s Sake" align="left" title="Adopt a Pet Fox, for Science&#039;s Sake" border="0" /></a>Humans have an almost absurd affinity for turning wild animals into unlikely pets: Elephants, Burmese pythons and Siberian tigers have been kept as household pets, with limited success.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/adopt-pet-fox-sciences-sake-183159514.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 13:31:59 -0500LiveScience.comadopt-pet-fox-sciences-sake-183159514<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/adopt-pet-fox-sciences-sake-183159514.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lL4L1fB_F9pNze8dKxkTrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/fox.jpg1359131818" width="130" height="86" alt="Adopt a Pet Fox, for Science&#039;s Sake" align="left" title="Adopt a Pet Fox, for Science&#039;s Sake" border="0" /></a>Humans have an almost absurd affinity for turning wild animals into unlikely pets: Elephants, Burmese pythons and Siberian tigers have been kept as household pets, with limited success.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/antarctica-big-bang-science-worlds-bottom-173331012.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EUyhVoNigyGa6UaTNxN2cg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Antarctica_and_the_Big_Bang-7343058fce6f13f36ad0f0b0c2cffff0" width="130" height="86" alt="Antarctica and the Big Bang: Science at the World&#039;s Bottom" align="left" title="Antarctica and the Big Bang: Science at the World&#039;s Bottom" border="0" /></a>Dutch science journalist Govert Schilling recently visited Antarctica&#039;s McMurdo research station on a National Science Foundation-sponsored trip for reporters. 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Here, the writer offers his first-hand take on science at the bottom of the world.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-thin-ice-polar-missions-sample-extreme-life-164819507.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lLG6lg5z5m7FRTPinNYX6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/frost-flowers-9.jpg1359004339" width="130" height="86" alt="Science on Thin Ice: Polar Missions Sample Extreme Life" align="left" title="Science on Thin Ice: Polar Missions Sample Extreme Life" border="0" /></a>Jeff Bowman was walking on thin ice in Barrow, Alaska ? literally. In search of a sample of sea ice for his research project, he took one step too many and crashed through the ice. A native fisherman pulled him out of the water. Bowman was soaked, freezing and a two-hour snowmobile ride away from the research station where he was based.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/science-thin-ice-polar-missions-sample-extreme-life-164819507.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 11:48:19 -0500LiveScience.comscience-thin-ice-polar-missions-sample-extreme-life-164819507<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-thin-ice-polar-missions-sample-extreme-life-164819507.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lLG6lg5z5m7FRTPinNYX6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/frost-flowers-9.jpg1359004339" width="130" height="86

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