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Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and moon to put on rare spectacle in skyThis past weekend, three planets joined the moon in a rare alignment. On Monday, these celestial bodies will be joined by Mercury.聽
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear about asian carpThe US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from five US states seeking to stop the spread of invasive asian carp into the Great Lakes.聽
Have scientists unraveled the mystery of the northern lights?Science is closer to explaining how electrons in the earth's upper atmosphere can generate spectacular auroras.聽
Dream job? Live in a capsule in Hawaii eating astronaut food.Has it always been your dream to live like an astronaut without actually going into space? Now is your chance. Scientists at Cornell and the University of Hawaii are looking for participants for a study on nutrition in space.
Could global warming turn us all into hobbits?A study of prehistoric horses has found that rising temperatures tend to make mammals shrink. Does that apply to humans too?聽
Faster-than-light neutrinos? Why nobody is surprised it might be an error.Last year, European particle physicists observed neutrinos apparently聽traveling聽faster than the speed of light. But now it seems that it was a bad measurement, which is no surprise to the physics community.聽
Could free-floating 'nomad' planets carry seeds of life in the universe?A 'nomad' planet of the right mass, with the right atmosphere, and some source of heat 鈥� perhaps radioactive decay or tectonic activity 鈥� could allow for life either on the surface or underground.
Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury to align in the late skyThe two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus are projected to crowd the sky this weekend with their paler cousin, Mercury, along with a bonus crescent moon.
Climate change may have caused Mayan civilization's collapseFor unknown reasons, the ancient Mayan civilization then disintegrated more than a millennium ago. The number of people declined catastrophically to a fraction of the empire's former size, and the ruins of its great cities are now largely overgrown by jungle.
Marsquake? How rumblings could bolster hope for life on Mars.If seismic activity on Mars is recent, and it can be traced to a volcano, it could mean that there is a source of heat to melt ice and provide potential habitats for simple forms of life.
27-pound lobster caught in MaineA massive lobster was nabbed off the coast of Maine earlier this month. It's now being held at the state's aquarium, though it will be released soon.
Men not on verge of extinction, report scientistsA new study suggests that the Y chromosome, previously thought to be evolving into oblivion, will persist.聽
How global warming created tiny horsesAbout 56 million years ago, a massive release of carbon dioxide heated the earth's surface by about 10 degrees over 175,000 years. Many mammals responded to this by shrinking.聽
CERN researchers find flaw in faster-than-light measurementLast year, scientists at CERN clocked neutrinos traveling faster than light, a speed widely regarded as physically impossible. Now they say the measurement might have been flawed.聽
Sky actually falling, report scientistsA study of clouds over the last 10 years has found that their altitude has been declining, perhaps聽offsetting聽some global warming.聽
NASA telescope detects massive cloud of 'buckyballs' hurtling through spaceSpace carbon spheres, known as buckyballs have recently been discovered by NASA astronomers. Scientists compare these tiny particle clouds to soccer balls, or oranges in a crate.
Einstein vindicated? Neutrinos probably not faster than light.Researchers last year thought they witnessed neutrinos traveling faster than light 鈥� overturning a fundamental tenet of Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. Now, they're not so sure.
NASA clocks 20 million mph winds near black holeScientists report record-breaking winds arising from a black hole called IGR J17091-3624. The wind's speed, 20 million miles per hour, would be expected in much larger black holes.
Did CERN's neutrinos break the cosmic speed limit? Faulty wiring could be more likely.Last year CERN researchers clocked neutrinos moving faster than light, in an apparent violation of the laws of physics. Now it seems that it was actually a bad measurement caused by a loose fiber optic cable.聽
Why Einstein's special theory of relativity is probably still correctLast year, European physicists measured a neutrino moving faster than light, in apparent violation of our current understanding of physics. Now it turns out it could be a bad measurement caused by a loose fiber optic cable.聽
