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Global warming: Record heat of today could be new norm in 2047, study saysA new study suggests that, globally, the maximum temperatures of the past 150 years will be the new minimum by 2047. It also pinpoints when this shift will take place in 26 cities.
Plastic debris in freshwater lakes rivals concentrations in oceansNew research suggests that plastic is not just an oceanic problem – scientists found that sediments from Italy's alpine Lake Garda had about the same levels of microplastics as those found in saltwater beaches.
Government shutdown leaves Antarctic researchers out in the coldHalf a world a way from the US capital, the US Antarctica Program is now in 'caretaker status,' suspending numerous projects underway on the continent.
2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry for mixing quantum and Newtonian physicsThe Nobel Prize was awarded to three scientists who developed computer simulations that model complex chemical reactions, a feat that helped improve pharmaceutical research and build more efficient industrial products.
Jupiter-bound probe to snag speed boost from EarthJuno, a NASA spacecraft en route to Jupiter, will pass Earth on Wednesday, picking up a gravity speed boost that will help fling it out toward the gas giant.
Moon mission LADEE arrives after an 'amazingly precise' looping flightLADEE, NASA's latest mission to the moon, successfully slipped into lunar orbit on Sunday. LADEE's looping trajectory offers a low-cost, dependable path to the moon.
Higgs boson work leads to one Nobel Prize. Could there be another?Two physicists won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their theories 50 years ago on the Brout-Englert-Higgs field and its particle, the Higgs boson, which scientists reported discovering last year.
Most Ashkenazi Jews trace maternal lineage to Europe, study findsA new study suggests that Ashkenazi Jews' maternal lineage may derive largely from Europe, not from the Middle East.
Why a sixth-grader wants to brew beer in spaceMichal Bodzianowski, 11, is among the winners of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education’s six installment of its Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. Brewing beer is a test of a water purification process.
How the moon jellyfish wonA paper published this week in Proceedings on the National Academy of Sciences reports that jellyfish are unusually efficient swimmers, allowing them to divert their energy into growth and reproduction
Government shutdown stops T. rex from coming to WashingtonGovernment shutdown: The Smithsonian museum was all set to welcome a nearly complete T. rex fossil on Oct. 16. But it looks like it's going to have to wait.
Higgs boson discovery lands 2013 Nobel Prize for two physicistsHiggs boson: Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics for their work on how subatomic particles acquire mass. Their theory was confirmed last year by the discovery of the the Higgs boson, at CERN.
MIT's self-assembling robots: the building blocks of the futureThese small whirring cube bots could potentially assemble into various objects on command, likening them to Terminator 2's mutable, liquid-metal material.
Planet poseurs could confuse the search for extraterrestrial lifePlanets in the habitable zones of a certain kind of star smaller than the sun might show key signatures of life in their atmospheres but actually be lifeless.
Draconids peak tonight: Tips for dragon-watchingDraconids 2013 will peak Monday evening, so your best chance to spot the Draconid meteor shower will be shortly after the sun and moon set.
No lie: Pinocchio lizard turns up in EcuadorLong thought to be extinct, the long-nosed Pinocchio anole has been spotted in a cloud forest in northwest Ecuador.
Humongous hidden passages discovered beneath Antarctic ice shelfDeep furrows on the tops of Antarctic ice shelf indicate meltwater channels, suggests new research.
'Gravity': Find the 5 'Easter Eggs' in the movie The Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Gravituy' is a visual spectacle, in no small part due to director Alfonso Cuarón's desire to pay tribute to space exploration. The film includes some obvious and not so obvious nods to real space history – and even past space films. These may not be "easter eggs" in the traditional sense, but here are five details that space enthusiasts might only notice in "Gravity."
Would you join a reality show for a chance to visit space?NBC announced on Thursday that it is partnering with Virgin Galactic and TV producer Mark Burnett to produce 'Space Race,' a space-themed reality show. The winner will enjoy a thrill ride on Virgin Galactic’s forthcoming commercial spaceship.
Some 60 new species found in remote SurinameThe creatures that could be new to science include a type of poison dart frog, which secretes powerful toxins employed by local people for hunting.
