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SpaceX plans third launch attempt for Tuesday eveningThe planned launch of the Falcon 9 rocket tonight is expected to jumpstart SpaceX's vie for a place in the booming commercial satellite launch industry.
Why this praying mantis looks like an orchidA team of scientists reports that an unusual, highly aggressive praying mantis mimics a flower to lure in its prey.
Forget 'selfie.' The Merriam-Webster word of 2013: 'Science'Merriam-Webster reported a 176 percent increase in look-ups of the word 'science' on its website this year. A Merriam-Webster editor says that the most looked-up words in the dictionary reflect the big ideas that are lurking behind the headlines.
How the hummingbird ended up in the AndesHummingbirds, fast and busy birds, live full lives – and some species do so even in thin air of the Andes. How do they do it?
How the python got its big gulpThe first-ever complete sequence of a snake genome reveals that Burmese pythons evolved to be able to eat prey as big as their own bodies. Gulp!
Did Comet ISON just ruin Christmas?Comet ISON never lived up to its early hype as the 'Comet of the Century,' and now astronomers are debating whether it can still be classified as a comet at all. Comet ISON – or what's left of it – will be closest to the Earth on December 26.
Scientists discover bizarre 'organ' in koalasHow are koalas, not known for their large size, emit such deep bellowing sounds? Researchers have spotted an extra set of vocal folds outside the larynx that lets them do so.
In one big step for China, 'Jade Rabbit' heads to the moonChina launched its first lunar rover Monday morning, in what is being called a big step forward for the Asian superpower’s ambitions in space.
SpaceX postpones satellite launch until TuesdayThe private space company has now twice scrubbed the much anticipated launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, citing technical issues.
- Jade Rabbit: Next step in China's space program
Jade Rabbit is the name China has given its robotic lunar rover. The Jade Rabbit is designed to collect soil samples and send photos back to Earth. If the Chang'e 3 spaceship successfully soft-lands on the moon, China will become only the third country to land on the moon.
India's Mars mission leaves Earth's orbit, surpasses Chinese ambitionsIndia's first mission to Mars is now en route to the red planet, putting it far ahead of China's ambitions in space.
Zombie comet: Is Comet ISON really dead? Maybe not.'Zombie comet' is what some scientists are calling Comet ISON, which appeared to disintegrate on Thanksgiving Day when it swooped near the sun. But new images suggest it might have survived.
Cooking a turkey? Not exactly. How astronauts eat Thanksgiving dinner.NASA astronauts on the International Space Station describe their not-so-traditional Thanksgiving dinner, eaten 260 miles above the surface of the Earth.
Why your gut is right about your marriageBefore getting married, check in with your gut, suggests a new paper published in the journal Science.
Comet ISON speeds toward the sun: 'Giving us quite a ride'There are three possible ways the comet could react to the sun's gravitational pull: it could survive, break up into chunks, or dissolve into dust. If one of the first two happens, viewers will be able to catch a glimpse.
Peering inside a supernova – with a Mach 1000 shock waveA supernova first discovered in 1572 has yielded new secrets to astrophysicist Hiroya Yamaguchi, who mapped the leading edge of a 'reverse shock wave' that heats the exploding star fragments as it moves backward, toward the center of the supernova.
Potential 'missing link' black hole only confuses scientists moreScientists hoping to find a midsize black hole, which might be a precursor to a supermassive black hole, instead found a small one that was acting oddly.
Patients drive new wheelchair with their tonguesA paper published this week in Science Translation Medicine describes a wearable system that allows paralyzed people to navigate the world by flicking their tongues. But first, they need a tongue piercing.
New 'little tiger cat' species found in BrazilWhat was believed to be one species of spotted, housecat-sized felines is in fact two, scientists have found.
Scientists see unreported fish traps from spaceIran has not reported any fish caught in fishing traps called weirs, but Google Earth data shows that it has 728 such traps, representing 39 percent of the total regional haul from weirs.
