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9/14/2012 2:48:58 PM

In this Dec. 1, 2006 photo released by Fish Eye Films, a small group of emperor penguin stand on the edge of an ice drift in the Ross Sea in the Antarctic. Antarctica's Ross Sea is often described as the most isolated and pristine ocean on Earth, a place where seals and penguins still rule the waves and humans are about as far away as they could be. But even here it has proven difficult, and maybe impossible, for nations to agree on how strongly to protect the environment. (AP Photo/Fish Eye Films, John Weller) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAntarctica's Ross Sea is often described as the most isolated and pristine ocean on Earth, a place where seals and penguins still rule the waves and humans are about as far away as they could be. But even there it has proven difficult, and maybe impossible, for nations to agree on how strongly to protect the environment.


9/14/2012 4:21:19 AM

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 18, 2011 photo provided by NASA taken by one of the Expedition 27 crew members aboard the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavour prepares to dock with the facility. At sunrise Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, the spacecraft will depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center for California, with stops in Texas. The retired shuttle will be bolted to the top of a modified jumbo jet for the four-day trip to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/NASA)The baby of NASA's space shuttle fleet is about to leave home — for good.


9/14/2012 12:44:38 AM

Undated images released by the Public Library of Science and available Thursday Sept 13 2012 show a captive adult male Cercopithecus hamlyni, left, and an adult male Cercopithecus lomamiensis, right. Researchers have identified a new species of African monkey, locally known as the Lesula, right, described in the Sep. 12 issue of the open access journal PLOS ONE. This is only the second new species of African monkey discovered in the last 28 years. The monkey bears a resemblance to the owl faced monkey, left, but its coloration was unlike that of any other known species. (AP Photo/ Public Library of Science, Noel Rowe (left) and Maurice Emetshu, right)A team of scientists has identified a new species of monkey in central Africa that had been known to the locals simply as lesula, a medium-sized, slender animal that looks similar to an owl-faced monkey that was already known to scientists.


9/14/2012 4:58:05 AM

Former astronauts Buzz Aldrin, center, Annie Glenn, and her husband, astronaut, and former Ohio Sen. Sen. John Glenn, second from right, take part in a memorial service for Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at the National Cathedral in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)The nation bid farewell Thursday to Neil Armstrong, the first man to take a giant leap on to the moon.


9/13/2012 7:09:58 AM

This image provided by NASA shows the Curiosity rover's three left wheels. Since landing on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, Curiosity has driven more than the length of a football field. It will resume driving this week after it completes its health checkups. (AP Photo/NASA)The Mars rover Curiosity is preparing to roll again after it completes its health checkups this week, project managers said Wednesday.


9/14/2012 7:00:46 AM

'Mama's Boys' May Explain Killer Whale MenopauseMenopause is a rare phenomenon in the animal world. Besides humans, killer whales are among the few species whose females lose their ability to reproduce well before the end of their natural life span. But to what advantage?


9/14/2012 5:14:59 AM

Computer Program Identifies Rough SketchesA new computer program can identify doodles of objects almost as well as humans.


9/14/2012 5:07:26 AM

5 Face-Shaping Genes IdentifiedResearchers have identified five of the genes that shape a person's face, work that could help scientists better understand facial abnormalities like cleft palate and someday might even help forensic investigators determine what a criminal suspect looks like from crime-scene DNA.


9/14/2012 7:07:54 AM

Neil Armstrong Inspired Canadian Astronaut's Giant LeapLate astronaut Neil Armstrong's historic 1969 moonwalk put dreams of spaceflight in the heads of countless kids around the world — including one Canadian nine-year-old who would grow up to become his nation's first International Space Station commander.


9/14/2012 6:34:29 AM

Secret US Spy Satellite Launches Into Space After 6-Week DelayA secret U.S. spy satellite launched into space atop a 19-story rocket Thursday (Sept. 13), ending a six-week delay for the latest clandestine space mission by the National Reconnaissance Office.


9/14/2012 9:11:11 AM

A box with excluded non-standard cigarettes is seen at the cigarette-maker Philip Morris International Inc. in Kutna HoraREUTERS - Smokers may get fewer hours of sleep and have less restful slumber than non-smokers, according to a German study that looked at more than two thousand people. Researchers whose work appeared in the journal Addiction Biology found that of nearly 1,100 smokers surveyed, 17 percent got fewer than six hours of sleep each night and 28 percent reported "disturbed" sleep quality. That compared with rates of seven percent and 19 percent respectively among more than 1,200 non-smokers who were also surveyed, said lead researcher Stefan Cohrs, of Charite Berlin medical school in Germany. ...


9/14/2012 6:07:38 AM

The International Space Station is pictured on a computer monitor at the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Payload Operations and Command Center at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in MeyrinGENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists at CERN have smashed together various particles for the first time, moving closer to learning what was in the super-hot plasma wonderland that formed right after the primeval Big Bang, the European physics research centre said on Thursday. The announcement followed another boost for physicists at CERN near Geneva with the effective endorsement by independent experts in a key journal of their claimed discovery of a new particle, the Higgs Boson. ...


9/14/2012 12:44:38 AM

Undated images released by the Public Library of Science and available Thursday Sept 13 2012 show a captive adult male Cercopithecus hamlyni, left, and an adult male Cercopithecus lomamiensis, right. Researchers have identified a new species of African monkey, locally known as the Lesula, right, described in the Sep. 12 issue of the open access journal PLOS ONE. This is only the second new species of African monkey discovered in the last 28 years. The monkey bears a resemblance to the owl faced monkey, left, but its coloration was unlike that of any other known species. (AP Photo/ Public Library of Science, Noel Rowe (left) and Maurice Emetshu, right)A team of scientists has identified a new species of monkey in central Africa that had been known to the locals simply as lesula, a medium-sized, slender animal that looks similar to an owl-faced monkey that was already known to scientists.


9/12/2012 4:52:23 PM
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian scientists have developed a genetic test to predict autism spectrum disorder in children, which could provide a long-sought way for early detection and intervention, according to a study published on Wednesday. About one in 150 children has autism, with symptoms ranging from social awkwardness and narrow interests to severe communication and intellectual disabilities, said researchers led by the University of Melbourne. The researchers used U.S. ...
9/12/2012 4:17:41 AM
Singer Sheryl Crow has said she believes her benign brain tumor was caused by frequent cellphone use, but the science to date does not support her theory.
9/12/2012 1:31:51 AM

Supercomputer Recreates Universe From Big Bang to TodayScientists would love to be able to rewind the universe and watch what happened from the start. Since that's not possible, researchers must create their own mini-universes inside computers and unleash the laws of physics on them, to study their evolution.


9/11/2012 4:42:10 AM

Crowdfunding Push by Space Science Funding Start-Up Uwingu Enters Final DaysWith government funding for science and spaceflight waning these days, a new start-up hopes to fill the gap by providing private funding for spaceflight, space research and education. Only five days remain in an online campaign to raise seed money for the company, called Uwingu ("sky" in Swahili).


9/11/2012 3:14:39 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found nature's way of creating color that never fades, a technique they say could replace pigments used in industry with natural plant extracts in products from food coloring to security features in banknotes. Layers of cellulose that reflect specific wavelengths of light - 'structural color' found in peacock feathers, scarab beetles and butterflies - make a particularly intense blue in the Pollia condensata plant, scientists say. Samples of the fruit in plant collections dating back to the 19th century had not lost any shine or intensity, they found. ...
9/10/2012 11:02:24 PM
(Reuters) - Biotechnology company Biogen Idec sold its royalty rights on the lupus treatment Benlysta to Canadian investment firm DRI Capital Inc in exchange for a multiple of the royalty amount it was due to receive over three years. Human Genome Sciences and its acquirer GlaxoSmithKline Plc , which own Benlysta, will now pay royalty payments directly to DRI Capital, according to the deal. GlaxoSmithKline pays Biogen royalty for a patent that covers the use of an antibody as a treatment for auto-immune diseases. ...
9/10/2012 10:12:41 PM
Seven scientists have won prestigious medical awards for development of liver transplantation, discoveries about the inner workings of cells, and leadership in biomedical science.


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