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College Women Don't Need to Binge to Over-Drink LiveScience.com - 15 hours agoCollege guys may outdrink women on any given night, but new research finds that the ladies are more likely than their male counterparts to exceed More »
- Private Mars Flyby Mission Ponders NASA & Commercial Rockets SPACE.com - 16 hours ago
The organizers of a private plan to send two people on a round-trip flyby of Mars in 2018 are choosing between a variety of commercial rockets and a More »
- Is Tornado Intensity Increasing? (Op-Ed) LiveScience.com - 16 hours ago
- Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today SPACE.com - 17 hours ago
A huge explosion on the sun will deal Earth a glancing blow today (May 17) but should not pose a threat to the planet, scientists say. More »
- Sci-Fi Film 'After Earth' Presents Dark Future for Humanity LiveScience.com - 19 hours ago
The Earth is a pretty bleak place for humans in the new science fiction movie, "After Earth." More »
- Why Was the Ottawa Earthquake Felt So Widely? LiveScience.com - 19 hours ago
The moderate magnitude-4.4 earthquake that rattled Canada and the Northeast this morning (May 17) made a big impact thanks to old bedrock. More »
- 'Star Trek' at Fusion Lab: When Fantasy Meets Real Life LiveScience.com - 19 hours ago
If the Starship Enterprise's warp drive looks especially realistic in the new "Star Trek" film, that's because it was shot in a real-life laboratory More »
- 'Doomsday Planet' Nibiru Has Cameo in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' SPACE.com - 19 hours ago
The new "Star Trek" film warped into on Thursday (May 16) and space enthusiasts may find something familiar in the opening scenes of the fictional More »
- Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion SPACE.com - 22 hours ago
The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the More »
- Why the Blues Are Blue LiveScience.com - 22 hours ago
When you listen to a lively Mozart piece in a major key, what colors do you see? If bright yellows and oranges swirled in your mind, it wouldn't More »
- Smuggled Dinosaur's Return May Boost Mongolian Paleontology LiveScience.com - 22 hours ago
When Mongolia’s most famous dinosaur, a relative of , returns to the Asian country on May 18, it returns to a homeland rich in dinosaur fossils, but More »
- Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth This Month SPACE.com - 23 hours ago
A big asteroid will cruise by Earth at the end of the month, making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries. More »
- Frogs Swallow Using Eyeballs: Exhibit Reveals Creatures' Quirks LiveScience.com - 23 hours ago
NEW YORK — Neon green, vivid orange, striped and spotted — the frogs are back! An exhibit featuring live frogs from around the world is returning to More »
- Wildlife Bandits: How Criminology Can Fight Poaching LiveScience.com - 23 hours ago
Newark, N.J. — With no shortage of human-on-human misdeeds, criminologists haven't typically concerned themselves with crimes against wildlife and More »
- Computer Games May Improve 'Chemo Brain' in Cancer Patients LiveScience.com - Fri, May 17, 2013
Doing computer puzzles may improve thinking skills in women who've undergone chemotherapy, according to a Stanford study. More »
- Could Human Beings Be Cloned? LiveScience.com - Fri, May 17, 2013
The news that researchers have used cloning to make human embryos for the purpose of producing stem cells may have some people wondering if it would More »
- Could Humans Be Cloned? LiveScience.com - Fri, May 17, 2013
The news that researchers have used cloning to make human embryos for the purpose of producing stem cells may have some people wondering if it would More »
- Cemetery Reveals Baby-Making Season in Ancient Egypt LiveScience.com - Fri, May 17, 2013
The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest. More »
- NASA Tests Orion Spaceship's Parachutes with Mock Glitch SPACE.com - Fri, May 17, 2013
NASA conducted a successful test of its next-generation spaceship last week, in an exercise designed to simulate two different types of parachute More »
- New GPS Satellite Launched on Atlas 5 Rocket SPACE.com - Fri, May 17, 2013
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully powered a replacement Global Positioning System satellite into space Wednesday to bolster the navigation utility for More »
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Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today
A huge explosion on the sun will deal Earth a glancing blow today (May 17) but should not pose a threat to More »
Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion
The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the More »
Private Mars Flyby Mission Ponders NASA & Commercial Rockets
The organizers of a private plan to send two people on a round-trip flyby of Mars in 2018 are choosing More »
Property of Rarest Element on Earth Measured for 1st Time
A fundamental property of the rarest element on Earth, astatine, has been discovered for the first time, More »
Cemetery Reveals Baby-Making Season in Ancient Egypt
The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its More »