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'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus' are favorite names for Pluto's moonsThe online poll for naming Pluto's moons – P4 and P5 – is now over and the winning names are 'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus.' This result, however, doesn't guarantee that P4 and P5 will actually get these names.
Francis Crick's Nobel Prize medal to be auctionedThe family of Francis Crick, one of three men who received the Nobel Prize for discovering DNA structure, announced a plan to auction his 23-carat gold medal. Part of the proceeds are to be offered to research institutions.
- Ultra-stretchy battery to power bionic life
An experimental type of tiny lithium-based batteries promised to wirelessly charge wearable gadgets, implantable brain-wave monitors, or other bionic devices.
Little telescope to hunt big game: hard-to-see near-Earth asteroidsCanada's NEOSSat space telescope was launched Monday atop an Indian rocket. It will monitor two groups of asteroids whose proximity to the sun makes them hard to see from Earth.
Mars might still harbor life, say scientistsLiquid water might flow seasonally at some places on Mars, potentially supporting microbial life, say some researchers.
Scientists link extreme weather to giant atmospheric wavesA new study links extreme weather events to interference in global air-flow patterns.
- Did scientists find a lost continent beneath the Indian Ocean?
Analyzing beach sand from Mauritius, scientists discovered minerals between 660 million and 1,970 million years old, suggesting an ancient, lost continent beneath the Indian Ocean.
How did those dinosaurs get such long necks anyway?A British study found that the 50-foot necks of sauropods, thought to be the largest land animals ever, were made mostly of air.
Looks like Pluto will have a moon named 'Vulcan'The votes are in for the SETI Institute's Pluto Rocks Poll, and, thanks in part to William Shatner, Mr. Spock's home planet is a clear winner.
Ranulph Fiennes pulls out of 'Coldest Journey' expeditionBritish polar adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, known as the oldest person to summit Mount Everest in 2009, couldn't continue his winter Antarctica crossing expedition, dubbed 'The Coldest Journey,' due to frostbite.
Unsuspecting target chosen for asteroid-smashing missionA joint European/US mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid now has a target: the asteroid Didymos, which poses no threat to Earth and has no idea what's coming.
Chimpanzees enjoy brainteasers, say scientistsResearchers observed chimpanzees in a London zoo solving puzzle games, even when doing so offered no reward.
Small Canadian satellite to hunt big space rocksA suitcase-sized Canadian spacecraft launched Monday aboard an Indian rocket is designed to spot large asteroids that cross paths with our planet.
Warming climate could cut labor capacity by 10 percent, study findsUS scientists warned that heat stress-related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 if the Earth's temperature rises by another 1.8 degrees F.
Naming Pluto's moon 'Vulcan' only logical, says William ShatnerWilliam Shatner proposed 'Vulcan' as the name of one of Pluto's recently discovered moons, and more than 100,000 'Star Trek' fans seem to concur.
India launches asteroid-hunting spacecraft, tiny telescopesIndia launched seven satellites on Monday, including the first spacecraft designed to hunt large space rocks.
'Thx,' 'tweetable,' 'dumbphone' now in Oxford DictionaryMore hi-tech words have found their way into Oxford Dictionary's online English version, and some of them couldn't be shorter.
- People worldwide hang out with astronauts on Google+
Via Twitter, Google+ and YouTube, people from over the world joined the first-ever live online video conference with three astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Bees use the 'force' to choose the best flowers, study findsBees can alter the electrical charge of the flowers they touch. A new study finds that bees use these electrical cues to help them choose flowers with the most nectar and pollen.
Toxic mice air drop: Dead poisoned mice to target Guam tree snakesToxic mice air drop: The US government is about target invasive brown tree snakes in Guam by bombing the island with dead mice laced with acetaminophen, which is toxic to the reptiles.
