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How SpaceX will crowdsource the investigation of its rocket explosionFollowing the SpaceX explosion on Sept. 1, Elon Musk is asking the public and NASA to help him figure it out. How common is scientific crowdsourcing 鈥� and is it a step forward for research?
First LookMeteor explodes in fiery blaze over Cyprus: How unusual?Meteors are common. Sometimes they hit Earth. But given that 70 percent of the planet is covered with water, most of these go unnoticed by humans.
First LookParasite named for Barack Obama: That's a compliment, right?Baracktrema obamai is a 2-inch long flatworm that lives in the lungs of turtles. And there have been other creatures named after President Obama.
First LookGone Bennu hunting: The OSIRIS-REx launchThe goal of NASA's asteroid mission is to bring back a priceless trove of space rocks and data.
Science NotebookNASA spacecraft on way to asteroid to bring back samplesThe 4 billion-mile mission, ending in 2023, could help us learn about the origins of the solar system and protect the planet from future collisions with space rocks.
We've been looking at giraffes all wrong for 100 yearsWhen geneticists dug into giraffes' genomes, they found something surprising: not just one species of the long-necked animal, but four.聽
Police may someday identify suspects by their hair, say scientistsVariations of the proteins found in hair may be as valid an identification method as DNA, say researchers, which could aid in analyzing crime-scene evidence.
Will teenage tetrapods change the story of leap from sea to land?A new technique helps scientists bring picture of earliest limbed vertebrates into focus.
Are there aliens in our backyard? NASA astronaut weighs in.The discovery of a planet within the habitable zone of a star just 4.22 light-years from our solar system has prompted scientists to speculate that life may exist there. But perhaps we should be looking even closer to home.
The science behind NASA's asteroid sampling missionNASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is set to launch Thursday, and it promises to deepen our understanding of the origins of our solar system, and, perhaps, life itself.
First Look After 2,000 years, archaeologists restore Temple Mount tile patternsResearches say they聽used geometric principles and similarities found in tile design used by King Herod at other sites to reconstruct the pattern.
Scientists will be studying NASA鈥檚 asteroid samples for decadesLike the Apollo lunar samples, rock聽from asteroid Bennu could initiate decades of continuous scientific research.
First LookUS companies pledged to fight climate change, but will they really?Some of the largest US companies, including Verizon and Google, pledged their support for President Obama's climate policies. A recent study, however, reveals that what those companies do with their political money sends the opposite message.聽- NASA's asteroid sampling mission to launch ThursdayThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is set to sample material from the asteroid Bennu in 2018 and return it to Earth in 2023.
Did a planetary smashup deliver the key ingredients for life?A recent study suggests that carbon, a key building block of all life on Earth, could have come from a Mercury-sized protoplanet's collision with a young Earth.
First LookEarth welcomes the return of three astronauts from the ISSOutgoing International Space Station commander American Jeff Williams and two Russian cosmonauts will plunge back to Earth Tuesday night.
First LookWhy climate change could be fatal for lizardsPrevious studies may have underestimated the risk of climate change to lizards. A 2010 study showed that 20 percent of lizard species would likely be extinct by 2080. Now the researchers say it may be much worse.
First LookWhat did the 'real' Loch Ness Monster look like?Scotland's real aquatic 'monster,' an ichthyosaur fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye, has spent decades in storage, waiting for modern technology to help paleontologists understand its mysteries.聽
First LookIs climate change generating stronger, more frequent typhoons?Thanks to ocean warming, over the past 40 years聽tropical cyclones in East and Southeast Asia have increased 鈥� both in strength and frequency, say scientists.聽
First LookLost and found: Tiny Philae space probe discovered on cometAfter a two-year hunt for the missing Philae spacecraft, scientists now know exactly where the lander ended up on Comet 67P.