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- How did the chest-hair-farming Hoff crab evolve? Scientists solve mystery
Named for the hairy-chested actor David Hasselhoff, the Hoff crab is now thought to have originated in the Pacific Ocean. Today it is threatened by global warming, say scientists.
Cambodian lost city not so lost after allCambodian lost city: Researchers clarified that the Mahendraparvata was not lost, but that it was found to be unexpectedly large.
NASA wants your help lassoing an asteroidNASA has issued The Asteroid Grand Challenge, an effort to solicit ideas for how to capture an asteroid and, later, send humans to asteroids.
Peru earthquake: Small offshore earthquake rumbles LimaA small earthquake hit Peru at 1:40 p.m. local time Tuesday, just off the coast near Lima, Peru's capital city. No injuries or damage have been reported.
'Seeing' with sound: There's an app for thatA team of researchers have developed an algorithm that can map a room based on acoustic echoes, essentially using echolocation like a bat.
What's that thing in Uranus's orbit – and how did it get there?Scientists have located three Centaurs – asteroid-comet hybrids – in Uranus's orbit, including one that's moving oddly in the planet's wake.
Albino gorilla was inbred, say scientistsAlbino gorilla: A genetic study of Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla, found that he was likely the product of a pairing between an uncle and a niece.
Mars rover engineer to give us LEGO versionOne of the Curiosity rover’s designers has won a fan-based competition to create LEGO version of the Curiosity Mars rover.
Revolutionary technique lets scientists 'see' with sound – underwaterWith a powerful acoustic transmitter and receiver, researchers can take detailed and almost instantaneous pictures of ocean waves, currents, and the underwater structure of the sea.
NASA's new astronaut class marks changing of guard for US spaceflightNASA named its first new astronauts in four years Monday. Of the eight new recruits, four are women, and all are members of the 'space shuttle generation.'
In Cambodia's jungles, a lost world is foundA team of archaeologists from Australia has found an ancient city buried for more than 1,000 years beneath Cambodia's soupy jungles.
Albino gorilla was product of inbreeding, finds studySpanish researchers have sequenced the genome of Snowflake, an albino Western lowland gorilla that lived for 40 years at the Barcelona Zoo. His mutation, found the scientists was likely the result of a pairing between an uncle and a niece.
Europe, America to collide, say geologistsGeologists have spotted a new subduction zone off the coast of Portugal that is slowly tugging Europe toward the New World.
- NASA chooses eight new astronauts, four of them women
The eight new astronauts are expected to man some of NASA's boldest, most anticipated new missions, including travel to Mars.
China supercomputer clocks in as world's most powerfulChina supercomputer: China's Tianhe-2 has bested its American counterpart in a semi-annual ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
- Robotic cat could be future of search-and-rescue missions
Researchers have invented a fast, cat-like robot that could be a prototype for fleet-footed search-and-rescue robots.
How to move giant magnet from New York to ChicagoThis 50-foot-wide magnet is going nowhere fast: It will take more than a month for scientists to roll the magnet across land and sea to its new home.
East Antarctic ice shelves melting at surprising pace, study suggestsBreakup of the shelves can accelerate the flow of continental ice to the sea, contributing to sea-level rise, and the Antarctic shelves 'are melting too fast,' the study's lead author says.
First woman in space: Miserable cosmonaut or triumphant pioneer?Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, flew 50 years ago today. After her problem-plagued flight, it took almost two decades for another woman to go into space.
Unusual new planet casts doubt on how planets formA distant, baby planet is challenging the reigning theory about how planets are made.
