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San Francisco rattled by magnitude 4.0 earthquakeThe earthquake, with a depth of about 7 miles, was centered about a mile north of Fremont, which is located about 35 miles southeast of San Francisco.
With unprecedented $100 million effort, hunt for alien life ramps upBreakthrough Listen, a 10-year project announced Monday, is in the best position yet to make advances in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Here's how it aims to answer the question, Are we alone?
- European engineers struggle to resume contact with comet lander
The European Space Agency's Philae lander hasn't communicated with is mothership since July 9. Engineers have sent a software patch to help the lander get by with a broken transmitter.
- This is what we look like from a million miles away
NASA's DSCOVR spacecraft has snapped a photo of our planet from a distance of nearly a million miles.
Why Smithsonian joined Kickstarter to save Neil Armstrong's space suitIn its first crowd-funding campaign, the Smithsonian Institution is seeking $500,000 to conserve and display the spacesuit worn by the Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong as he became the first human to set foot on the moon.
Stephen Hawking helps kick off unprecedented search for alien intelligenceThe renowned physicist announced the launch of a $100 million, 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence financed by a Russian billionaire.
- NASA probe spots mysterious ice plains on Pluto
NASA's New Horizon's spacecraft has captured images of a stretch of icy plains crisscrossed with snaking trenches.
Smithsonian turns to Kickstarter to preserve Neil Armstrong's spacesuitThe 'Reboot the Suit' campaign seeks $500,000 in crowdfunding to restore, display, and digitize the iconic pressure suit worn by the first man to walk on the moon.
- Is a 'mini Ice Age' on the way?
One scientist says that a change in solar activity will usher in colder temperatures in the next 15 years, but others are not convinced.
Science NotebookIs there anybody out there? Quest for alien life gets $100 million boostA Russian billionaire is dedicating $100 million to the search for extraterrestrial life, injecting much-needed funding into efforts to answer one of science's biggest questions.
Russian billionaire joins search for alien intelligenceRussian billionaire Yuri Milner announced on Monday that he plans to invest $100 million to listen for signals from intelligent life on other planets.
Oldest? Youngest? Birth order doesn't influence personality, study says.Researchers have found that the birth order among siblings doesn't matter when it comes to personality, and only very little when it comes to intelligence.
Does Pluto have a tail?NASA's New Horizons space probe has detected signs of a 'tail' on Pluto, created by the dwarf planet's escaping atmosphere.
Scientists develop bacon-flavored algae. What took them so long?Researchers at the Oregon State University have developed a domesticated strain of red algae that, they say, naturally tastes like bacon.
Slick Nix pics depict bricksNASA's New Horizon's space probe's close-up of Nix may look like little more than a cluster of gray pixels, yet scientists have been able to glean important information about Pluto's 25-mile-wide moon.
Science NotebookHow tiny plankton brighten the clouds over Southern OceanScientists have used NASA satellite data to determine why clouds are more reflective in the Southern Ocean than in other regions.
Science NotebookMysterious shipwreck discovered off North Carolina coastArtifacts on the wreck indicate it might date as far back as the late 1700s – the time of the American Revolution.
Orca baby boom: Enough to save the endangered whales?Four newborn orcas have been spotted off the coast of Washington and British Columbia, including one apparently midwifed by other orcas.
In latest close-up images of Pluto, details of big heart take center stageAs it hurtles away from Pluto, New Horizons has returned only about 1 to 2 percent of the data it has on board. And it continues to gather more on the outbound leg of its journey.
Anatomy of a scream: What’s the science behind a shriek?A new study explains how screams, through special acoustic properties, fulfil a unique biological niche.
