Read the latest and breaking science news and stories - June 7
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From a spectacular solar eruption to breathtaking images from NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for June 7, 2014.
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From the Milky Way glittering over an Earthly rock arch to a majestic full "Flower Moon" rising, don't miss these amazing objects to watch in the night sky.
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The remains of at least 26 Japanese soldiers from World War II have been washed away on the Marshall Islands due to rising sea levesl in the Pacific Ocean, media reports said Friday, citing a minister of the Republic of the Marshall Isla...
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They look like snakes, but don't be fooled: Legless, slithering amphisbaenians are more closely related to lizards than to boa constrictors. Now, the first complete skull of the ancestor of today's bizarre " worm lizards " reveals that t...
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It’s often used as a quick weight loss method – but fasting could also help the body to fight off disease.
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Scientists are still unraveling nature’s secret olfactory signals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Her mum frowns on it. Cancer experts once all warned against it. But these days you’ll find Vandana Verma, a 29-year-old secretary in Melbourne, Australia, sitting outside at lunch wearing no hat, no sunscreen, her arms and legs exposed ...
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A massive formation on the sun made of super-hot magnetic plasma erupted this week in an explosive solar storm captured on video by NASA spacecraft. The huge plasma tendril, known as a solar filament, erupted on Wednesday (June 4), blowi...
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California Chrome lacks a prestigious pedigree, but bears genes that make him born to run -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers have developed a method to recreate supernova explosions in the lab using high-intensity lasers.
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Confirmation of a moon-creating blast and an insight into why koalas do what they do make the list: Finally, Evidence of Other World That Helped Form Moon : A new analysis of three lunar rocks bolsters an old theory some thought too simp...
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As you read this, we are flying home to Los Angeles after an exhausting but exhilarating trip: 10 days, 2 continents, 3 flights, 2 trains, 4 hotels, 18 car rides, 7 panel discussions, 3 interviews,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Harvard University scientists have confirmed that a 19th century French treatise in its libraries is bound in human skin, Harvard University said this week, after a bevvy of scientific testing.
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The first video of life on Arctic sea ice from a polar bear point of view has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Sony have topped worldwide sales of video game consoles for the first time in eight years, a newspaper reported on Saturday, pipping struggling rival Nintendo and signalling the Playstation manufacturer's comeback.
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Five intact eggs belonging to the prehistoric pterosaur, a winged reptile that lived among dinosaurs some 120 million years ago, were found among dozens of fossils that were recently excavated in northwestern China.
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A group of German scientists have examined moon rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts and found evidence that lends strength to the theory that the moon was formed after the Earth collided with a planet-sized body named Theia 4.5 billi...
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Rising sea levels have disturbed the skeletons of soldiers killed on the Marshall Islands during World War Two.
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Don't bet all your chips on crypto coins yet, but Apple's app acceptance makes things interesting. Larry Greenemeier reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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If implemented, will the proposed E.P.A. regulations on power plant carbon pollution matter to the global climate?
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Isotope composition within fish tails found in London archaeological digs shows that the city began importing cod from northern Scandinavia some 800 years ago. Cynthia Graber reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Kids have a word for it when you land face-first: "Fail." An an Internet meme, it's called faceplanting. But what really happens when people use their face for breaks? At BoingBoing , Maggie Koerth-Baker looks at the physical results—whi...
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(Phys.org) —Sometimes a cell has to die—when it's done with its job or inflicted with injury that could otherwise harm an organism. Conversely, cells that refuse to die when expected can lead to cancer. So scientists interested in fighti...
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In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study in the June 5 issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Stem Cell shows that cycles of prolonged fasting not only protect a...
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O3b Satellites mounted to launch dispenser Google recently hired O3b Networks Ltd's founder and chief technology officer. This is the kind of satellite they make. O3b Networks Ltd $1 billion : money Google is spending to spread internet ...
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Bricksy This is no ordinary Lego piece—it's a work of “ Bricksy .” Photographer Jeff Friesen used his daughter's Lego collection to recreate Banksy's iconic street art. The actual British artist posted the Bricksy works on his own Instag...
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The 12 proposals range from a submarine that would explore the hydrocarbon seas of Saturn's huge moon Titan to a probe that would travel around the solar system by hitching rides on comets.
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In 1970, fewer than one in five professional photographers were female. Times have changed: (Source: Institute for Women’s Policy Research, with data from the U.S. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The past 12 months have been the warmest in Australia's recorded history, where average temperature has warmed by 1.6-degrees F since 1910 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Thinking about starting a family? It might be wise to cut the cannabis--at least if you're a guy. That's the apparent takeaway of a new study by scientists at the University of Sheffield linking marijuana use to sperm abnormalities that ...
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This may be the most exciting time to be alive. Though poverty and disease are not yet eradicated and wars still persist, a lower percentage of people die from illness or violence than ever before. And our inter-connectedness is leaving ...
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Astronomers have apparently discovered the first of a class of strange hybrid stars, confirming theoretical predictions made four decades ago. The stars, known as Thorne-Zytkow objects, are hybrids between red supergiants and neutron stars.
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This story originally appeared on Climate Central. The new Clean Power Plan the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled this week will affect about 1,000 fossil fuel-fired power plants across the country, and now the EPA has a new ...
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What might be the effects if a large asteroid collided with Earth? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The bay is normally lit up by microscopic plankton — an important tourist attraction — but in January it abruptly lost its glow, alarming scientists.
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Jun 6 2014 - 3:30pm By: Cynthia McKelvey, Contributor Hubble Ultra Deep Field, 2014 | NASA | http://1.usa.gov/1olhYtl (Inside Science) -- Results are just coming in from an ultraviolet camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope in 20...
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Everyone has heard the statistics on the incarceration of black Americans, but they bear repeating. Blacks make up nearly 40 percent of the inmates in the nation's prisons, although they are only 12 percent of the U.S. population. Some e...
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Genetic researchers from the International Sheep Genomics Consortium have sequenced the complete genome of domestic sheep (Ovis aries). The mapping of the sheep genome is a breakthrough that could have a massive impact for the rural econ...
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I adore the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and that is why I implore you: Don’t burn through the entire thing this weekend.
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When stem cells are used to regenerate bone tissue, many wind up migrating away from the repair site, which disrupts the healing process. But a technique employed by a University of Rochester research team keeps the stem cells in place, ...
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New York is poised to become the 23rd state to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The Compassionate Care Act , sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D) and state Sen. Diane Savino (D), was passed in the state Senat...
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A robotic hand working with a Kinect depth-sensing camera can adjust its fingers to grasp any object it is presented with, from a lightbulb to a copy of New Scientist
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As you sleep, your brain is actually forming new neural connections, helping you retain the things you learned during the day, according to a new study. Researchers in China and the US used advanced microscopy to peer inside the brains o...
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Professor Robert Winston warns that a new genetic engineering technique he has pioneered could lead to countries like North Korea embarking on risky eugenics programmes
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Three-person IVF is a critical departure from the traditional kind. This new and biologically extreme technique, which has generated scientific and bioethical controversy on both sides of the Atlantic, would combine genetic material from...
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The feat is a landmark achievement in synthetic biology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
