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Will men go extinct? New research says it's unlikely.A recent study from the Whitehead Institute indicates that the male Y chromosome is unlikely to disappear, as was previously thought.
NASA's dazzling northern lights launch aims to study 'space weather'The two-stage suborbital rocket was part of a NASA-funded study into how the northern lights can affect signals from GPS satellites and other spacecraft.
Black hole produces 'cosmic Category 5 hurricane'A stellar-mass black hole, which is born when an extremely massive star collapses, typically contains about five to 10 times the mass of our sun.- Elephants in Arabia? Scientists find prehistoric footprints.The fossilized gigantic footprints detected in the Arabian dessert belong to a herd of elephants, scientists say.聽 The seven-million-year-old discovery marks the world鈥檚 oldest evidence on how these ancient mammals lived.聽聽
Climategate sequel? Scientist lies to get Heartland Institute documents.Climate scientist,聽Peter Gleick, lied to acquire 鈥� then leak to the press 鈥� documents from the Heartland Institute, an聽organization that argues that global warming poses no threat.聽
John Glenn's first spaceflight was fraught with risks and unknownsBefore Glenn completed three laps of Earth on Feb. 20, 1962, no American had spent more than 15 minutes in space.
Hubble telescope spots new class of planet: a steamy 'waterworld'The planet聽GJ 1214b is a watery planet covered in a thick, steamy atmosphere, a new study of Hubble data suggests.- How scientists brought 30,000-year-old flower back to lifeIn what is being hailed as the oldest successful regeneration of a living plant, researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences used cells from a 30,000-year-old plant buried in permafrost to create living seedlings.
300-million-year-old 'Chinese Pompeii' found buried under volcanic ashResearchers near Wuda, China, have uncovered a tropical forest that was preserved by ash from a volcanic eruption during the early Permian era.
Moon may contain magma, say scientistsAlthough the Earth's crust is still shifting, driven by the churning semimolten rock underneath it, researchers had thought the moon had cooled off much too long ago to still have any such tectonic activity.
John Glenn reflects on NASA's space legacy 50 years after first orbitOn Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn piloted NASA's Mercury capsule, known as Friendship 7, three times around Earth, matching the groundbreaking achievement of the rival Soviet Union, which launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit 10 months earlier. 聽
Explainer: What is the Heartland Institute?Leaked documents from the Heartland Institute, which seeks to promote global warming skepticism, show an array of unlikely donors.- Heartland's leaked documents show how climate skepticism spreadsLeaked internal documents from The Heartland Institute show how one organization is working to promote global warming denial.
Supermassive black holes are cannibals, new research suggestsAstronomers have found black holes and supermassive black holes. But the discovery of a mid-size black hole could support the idea that supermassive black holes grow by eating others.
Goats apparently have accents, report goat expertsA study of young goats found that the animals'聽social environment helps shape their calls.聽
Why are so many dolphins beaching themselves on Cape Cod?In the past month, 177 short-beaked common聽dolphins聽have beached themselves on Massachusetts's Cape Cod, and, despite rescue efforts, 124 have died.
How a black hole survived the destruction of its galaxyThe Hubble telescope has spotted the remains of a destroyed galaxy, whose sole remains consist of a black hole and a cloud of gas, which has spawned a cluster of new stars.聽
Obama's NASA budget: Mars takes a hit, but space science isn't deadTwo major Mars missions lost out to the James Web Space Telescope in Obama's proposed NASA budget, but there's still money for other ambitious space-science missions.
Swiss scientists to build 'janitor satellite' to mop up space junkA team of scientists in Lausanne,聽Switzerland, have announced a plan to build a satellite that would clear Earth's orbit of space debris.聽
World's tiniest chameleon: How did it get so small?Scientists recently discovered four new species of chameleons in Madagascar. One of them 鈥� Brookesia micra 鈥撀爄s the smallest chameleon in the world. This species may have evolved through a phenomenon known as island dwarfism.