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NASA astronauts fix leak on International Space StationAstronauts Thomas Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy conducted a spacewalk Saturday to fix an ammonia leak. They replaced a suspected faulty pump on the International Space Station.
- Google Earth Engine unveils how Earth has altered
For the first time, the public can track back the environmental changes occurring on our planet's surface over time via Google Earth Engine.
Fish seeks mate: London Zoo seeking open-minded female cichlidOfficials at the London Zoo are desperately seeking a female mate for two male Mangarahara cichlids, two of the last known remaining members of their species.
78,000 to live on Mars: Have you signed up?78,000 people have applied to live on Mars. Up to 3,000 will make the first cut, and the 28-40 finalists will spend seven years training before 4 finally get selected for a one-way trip to live on Mars.
Ancient Arctic was warm, wet, and green. What that says about the future.A 1,000-foot core sample taken from a lake in Russia's northeast Arctic documents a period when the region was 14 degrees warmer than today, but with similar atmospheric CO levels.
Why hasn't everything been annihilated yet? Pear-shaped atomic nuclei could hold answer.Why are you currently reading this on your screen, instead of having had all your atoms completely obliterated at the dawn of time? A pear-shaped nucleus might explain.
Colossal hydrogen bridge between galaxies could be fuel line for new starsResearchers studying a filament of hydrogen between the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies found rotating clumps of gas the size of dwarf galaxies. But questions remain.
How closely related are we to each other?If you are of European ancestry, a European stranger could be a not-too-distant relative, a new genetic study suggests. Indeed, all humans share a set of common ancestors who may not be as ancient as you might think.
Wearable computers: Marty McFly, meet your jacketClothing will not just be embedded with devices, but actually will be devices, from belly band fetal monitors to shirts that charge your cell phone to dresses that release insecticide on command.
All Europeans related? Genes reveal a continent of cousins.All Europeans are related, sharing a common ancestor as recently as 1,000 years ago, according to a gene study published today.
NASA satellite snaps spectacular images of volcanic eruptionLaunched in February and now 438 miles above the Earth's surface, NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite took several photos of an erupting Indonesian volcano.
Brood II: After 17 years, billions of eastern US cicadas rise againAfter 17 years out of sight and under foot, billions of noisy, bulge-eyed Brood II cicadas are crawling out of the ground in the eastern US to mate, hatch offspring, and start the cycle anew.
Record-breaking star explosion is most powerful ever seenTwo NASA space telescopes have captured what appears to be the most powerful star explosion ever detected, a cosmic event so luminous that scientists dubbed it 'eye-wateringly bright' despite being 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.
- Cicadas return: How do they know when it's time to emerge?
17-year cicadas spend almost their whole lives burrowed under the ground, suckling on the roots of trees. How do they keep track of the time?
How greenhouse gases might make humongous super-Earths habitableOn Earth, greenhouse gases are blamed for climate change, but elsewhere in the cosmos, they could help a planet not at all like Earth be habitable, one scientist suggests.
Are 3-D printers worth it?You can build nearly anything in 3-D, thanks to the increasingly affordable 3-D printers. That raises interesting new questions for designers and hobbyists.
- Fungus in Capri Sun? Yes, but so what?
Yes, scientists found five types of fungus in Capri Sun beverages after consumers reported finding mats of mold in the popular kids' drinks. But they're mostly harmless.
Spring break over, Curiosity rover goes back to workCuriosity's one-month spring vacation, caused by Mars slipping behind the sun, is now over. "Can you hear me now? Conjunction is over," tweeted Curiosity's handlers today.
Jamestown settlers resorted to cannibalism, skeleton revealsFacing starvation, Jamestown colonists resorted to consuming the flesh of a deceased 14-year-old girl, reveals an analysis of remains found at America's first permanent English settlement.
Flight of the RoboBee: Tiny hovering robot creates buzzThe successful controlled flight of the tiny RoboBee – designed by a team at Harvard – represents a key step in the development of insect-size drones with a range of potential uses.
