Earth’s Moon and Huge Asteroid Vesta Share Violent History
The same population of space rocks that battered Earth’s moon during the early days of the solar system also slammed the huge asteroid Vesta, scientists say. While the cosmic bombardment – which...
View ArticleBuzz Aldrin’s Vision for Mars Exploration Detailed in New Book
Pioneering astronaut Buzz Aldrin made history as the second man to walk on the moon in 1969, just after Neil Armstrong during the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. More than four decades later,...
View ArticleTrove of Neanderthal Bones Found in Greek Cave
A trove of Neanderthal fossils including bones of children and adults, discovered in a cave in Greece hints the area may have been a key crossroad for ancient humans, researchers say. The timing of the...
View ArticleHow ‘Disease’ Label in Kids Affects Treatment
Once a child’s behavior is labeled as a “disease,” parents are more willing to use medications to treat their child, even if they are told the medications aren’t effective, a new study suggests. In the...
View ArticleStrange Sleep Disorder Makes People See ‘Demons’
When filmmaker Carla MacKinnon started waking up several times a week unable to move, with the sense that a disturbing presence was in the room with her, she didn’t call up her local ghost hunter. She...
View ArticleSpace Grenades and Mustaches? No, a Cosmic April Fools’ Day
Astronauts may take space travel seriously, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to cut loose on April Fools’ Day. Take, for example, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the current commander of...
View ArticleWeather Radio Sales To Benefit Salvation Army Disaster Relief Program
CBS 11 is partnering with Midland Radio Corporation to offer NOAA weather radios for sale at a reduced price at all Dallas-Fort Worth area Academy, Kroger and Walgreens locations. A portion of the...
View ArticleAstronaut’s Home Videos Show How to Cook in Space
It’s not all peanut butter and honey sandwiches at the International Space Station. Astronauts have to eat their veggies, too, and one space man has created a zero gravity cooking video guide to show...
View ArticleEarth From Space to Star in 3D Film by Disney, IMAX
IMAX, the large-format film company, has announced it will again launch moviegoers into outer space, this time in a 3D feature to be produced with The Walt Disney Studios. The still-to-be-titled film...
View ArticleMale Bats Caught Performing Oral Sex on Females
Male bats perform oral sex on females, apparently to make sex last longer, researchers say. These findings, the first discovery of male-to-female oral sex in bats, match prior studies revealing that...
View ArticleCougars Narrowly Escape Coyotes’ Wrath
Two young mountain lions spent a miserable hour trapped on a fence by five coyotes last Thursday (March 28) in Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge. Refuge staffer Lori Iverson snapped photos of the...
View ArticleTeen Sex Fears Overblown
Despite periodic media scares, young teens are remarkably unlikely to be sexually active, new research finds. And even older teens are delaying sex more frequently than in the past. The study,...
View ArticleWhy Lake Erie is Under Attack from Algae Blooms
Lake Erie is under attack from noxious algae blooms, and the problem only looks likely to get worse if something isn’t done to reverse the trend, new research suggests. In the summer of 2011, western...
View ArticleTree-Killing Insects Adapting to Warmer Cities
Bizarre-looking bugs known as scale insects may be tiny but they can take down an oak tree. Considered pests, the creatures tend to flock to cities where they weaken, and in some cases, kill trees by...
View ArticleAstronaut Catches Alien on Space Station in April Fools’ Prank
When an alien parked a flying saucer at the International Space Station to say hello, astronaut Chris Hadfield turned to Twitter to report the earthshaking news. And if that sounds too good to be true...
View ArticleDeep-Sea Vent Life Not Living Fossils
Deep in the ocean, bizarre creatures colonize deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where boiling water laden with minerals builds otherworldly towers. The animals and bacteria thrive on chemicals and live...
View ArticleClimate Paradox: Longer Antarctic Melt Season May Mean Less Global Warming
Normally, the news that Antarctica’s summer melt season is getting longer might just be added to an endless compilation of scientific evidence that confirms the reality of global climate change. A...
View ArticleWeather was changing before deadly Colorado crash
SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) — Federal investigators say the weather was changing rapidly over Silverton, Colo., before a small passenger plane crashed in December 2011, killing all four people on board. The...
View ArticleWill Allergies Be Worse in 2013?
As the weather warms and plant pollination begins this spring, allergy sufferers are likely to feel worse than in past years. Unfortunately, a number of environmental factors are likely to keep the...
View ArticleHas NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found Clues to Life’s Building Blocks on Mars?
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity just might be the latest in a long line of Mars-exploring robots to discover the building blocks for primitive life on the Red Planet. The Curiosity rover may have gathered...
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