http://www.newsvine.com/sciNewsvine - scien-usCopyright 2013Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:48:12 +0000Sun, 26 May 2013 08:44:02 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17715586-greenhouse-gases-make-high-temps-hotter-in-chinahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17715586-greenhouse-gases-make-high-temps-hotter-in-chinauschinasciencechangingscitemperaturesFri, 12 Apr 2013 07:30:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Smoke is emitted from chimneys of a cement plant in Binzhou city, in eastern China's Shandong province on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. The study appeared online in late March 2013 in the peer reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT</p><p>A vendor rides his tricycle near a coal-fired power plant in Beijing on Friday, April 12, 2013. China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>A woman walks through a neighborhood near a coal-fired power plant in Beijing on Friday, April 12, 2013. China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708960-report-global-warming-didnt-cause-big-us-droughthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708960-report-global-warming-didnt-cause-big-us-droughtuscausesdroughtsciencesciThu, 11 Apr 2013 21:15:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, drought-damaged corn is seen in a field near Nickerson, Neb. A new federal science report looking at last year's Midwestern drought says it was a freak of nature that wasn't caused by man-made global warming. The 50-page drought task force report written by dozens of scientists from five different federal agencies looked into why forecasters didn't see the more than $12 billion drought coming. The researchers concluded that it was so unusual and unpredictable that it couldn't have been forecast. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707848-soviet-mars-spacecraft-possibly-spotted-in-photoshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707848-soviet-mars-spacecraft-possibly-spotted-in-photostechnologyusoldmarssciencesoviet-unionscilanderThu, 11 Apr 2013 19:07:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image released by NASA shows a set of pictures taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing what may be parts of a Soviet spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1971. Scientists say more work is needed to confirm that it is hardware from the Mars 3 lander. The spacecraft transmitted for 14.5 seconds on the Martian surface. (AP Photo/NASA)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707554-ancient-creature-mixed-human-apelike-traitshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707554-ancient-creature-mixed-human-apelike-traitsussciencescisouth-africancreatureprehumanThu, 11 Apr 2013 18:34:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated image provided by Lee R. Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand shows a reconstructed skull and jaw of Australopithecus sediba. The newly-studied species lived some 2 million years ago, and it both climbed in trees and walked upright. Scientists are getting a more comprehensive look at the extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human-like and primitive traits, but scientists say they still haven't pinned down where it fits on our evolutionary family tree. Results were published in the journal Science on Thursday, April 11, 2013. (AP Photo/University of the Witwatersrand, Lee R. Berger)</p><p>This undated image provided by Lee R. Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand shows a reconstruction of the skeleton of Australopithecus sediba, center, next to a small-bodied modern human female, left, and a male chimpanzee. The newly-studied species lived some 2 million years ago, and it both climbed in trees and walked upright. Scientists are getting a more comprehensive look at the extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human-like and primitive traits, but scientists say they still haven't pinned down where it fits on our evolutionary family tree. Results were published in the journal Science on Thursday, April 11, 2013. (AP Photo/University of the Witwatersrand, Lee R. Berger)</p><p>This undated image provided by Lee R. Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand shows a composite reconstruction of the skeleton of Australopithecus sediba. The newly-studied species lived some 2 million years ago, and it both climbed in trees and walked upright. Scientists are getting a more comprehensive look at the extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human-like and primitive traits, but scientists say they still haven't pinned down where it fits on our evolutionary family tree. Results were published in the journal Science on Thursday, April 11, 2013. (AP Photo/University of the Witwatersrand, Lee R. Berger)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17690099-190m-year-old-dino-bones-shed-light-on-developmenthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17690099-190m-year-old-dino-bones-shed-light-on-developmentussciencesciembryosdinosaur-embryosWed, 10 Apr 2013 17:10:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image released by the University of Toronto shows a preserved femora, thigh bone, in cross section in middle of the shaft. The purple color is caused by the lamba filter used for effective visualization. The honeycomb like external area is embryonic bone tissue with large primary spaces for blood vessels, bone making cells called osteoblasts, and other soft tissues needed for growth. The central portion is the medullary cavity, but in this case filled with crystals that formed during fossilization. An international team of scientists discovered a cache of dinosaur embryos near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China . Estimated to be 190 million years old, the fossilized bones are among the oldest dinosaur embryos in the world. (AP Photo/University of Toronto, A. LeBlanc) </p><p>This image released by the University of Toronto shows a close-up of embryonic humerus, as it is preserved in the sediments. An international team of scientists discovered a cache of dinosaur embryos near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China. Estimated to be 190 million years old, the fossilized bones are among the oldest dinosaur embryos in the world. (AP Photo/University of Toronto, R. Reisz)</p><p>This image released by the University of Toronto shows field crew and volunteers working at the Dawa embryonic bonebed site near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China. An international team of scientists discovered a cache of dinosaur embryos estimated to be 190 million years old, the fossilized bones are among the oldest dinosaur embryos in the world. (AP Photo/University of Toronto, R. Reisz) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689990-mouse-brains-made-transparent-revealing-anatomyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689990-mouse-brains-made-transparent-revealing-anatomyusbrainssciencestanford-universityscitransparentWed, 10 Apr 2013 17:01:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated image provided by Karl Deisseroth's lab shows a three-dimensional rendering of clarified mouse brain seen from below. Scientists have made mouse brains transparent, permitting a comprehensive and exquisitely detailed view of their inner structures, providing a major new tool for research. "You get the big picture without losing track of the details,'' said Dr. Karl Deisseroth, who led the Stanford team that reported the work online Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in the journal Nature. Some other labs are already working to apply the technique on other kinds of tissue, such as for studying breast cancer biopsies, Deisseroth said. (AP Photo/Karl Deisseroth)</p><p>This undated image provided by Karl Deisseroth's lab shows a combination of photos of an intact adult mouse brain before and after the two-day CLARITY process. Scientists have made mouse brains transparent, permitting a comprehensive and exquisitely detailed view of their inner structures, providing a major new tool for research. "You get the big picture without losing track of the details,'' said Dr. Karl Deisseroth, who led the Stanford team that reported the work online Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in the journal Nature. Some other labs are already working to apply the technique on other kinds of tissue, such as for studying breast cancer biopsies, Deisseroth said. (AP Photo/Karl Deisseroth)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17677003-stephen-hawking-explore-space-for-humanitys-sakehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17677003-stephen-hawking-explore-space-for-humanitys-sakeussciencelos-angelesscihawkinglou-gehrigstephen-hawkingWed, 10 Apr 2013 00:45:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo provided by Cedars-Sinai, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who has motor neuron disease, gives a talk titled "A Brief History of Mine," to workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Cedars-Sinai, Eric Reed)</p><p>In this photo provided by Cedars-Sinai, Clive Svendsen, PhD, left, director of the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, leads Stephen Hawking, third from left, on a tour of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Cedars-Sinai, Eric Reed)</p><p>In this photo provided by Cedars-Sinai, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who has motor neuron disease, gives a talk titled "A Brief History of Mine," to workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Cedars-Sinai, Eric Reed)</p><p>In this photo provided by Cedars-Sinai, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking, left, listens to a presentation by Robert H. Baloh, MD, PhD, the Director of Neuromuscular Medicine in the Department of Neurology, center, and Clive Svendsen, PhD, director of the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, as they give him a tour of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Cedars-Sinai, Eric Reed)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619611-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-it-closerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619611-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-it-closerussciencebarack-obamaasteroidscicapturingFri, 5 Apr 2013 20:13:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1crew module is seen in the Operations and Checkout building during a media tour at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Senate Science and Space subcommittee Chairman Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. says President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon. Then astronauts would explore it in 2021. Nelson said the plan would speed up by four years an existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space rock closer to Earth. (AP Photo/John Raoux)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17595583-mars-missions-scaled-back-in-april-because-of-sunhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17595583-mars-missions-scaled-back-in-april-because-of-sunusmarsscienceblackoutsciThu, 4 Apr 2013 08:27:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the positions of the sun, Earth and Mars, at left. Radio communications between Earth and Mars are limited during this planetary alignment, which occurs in April. Spacecraft in orbit around Mars and on the surface will not receive new commands during this period. Next month, Mars will be passing almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective. The sun can easily disrupt radio transmissions between the two planets during that near-alignment. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17508669-russian-spaceship-docks-with-orbiting-stationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17508669-russian-spaceship-docks-with-orbiting-stationsciencestationspace-stationscidockingFri, 29 Mar 2013 02:43:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo provided by NASA, the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket is carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. (AP Photo/NASA, Carla Cioffi)</p><p>In this photo taken with a fisheye lens and with long time exposure the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, early Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>The moon is seen above the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasting off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the view from the Soyuz capsule as it approaches the International Space Station Thursday March 28, 2013. Chris Cassidy of the United States and Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin traveled six hours in the capsule before linking up with the space station's Russian Rassvet research module over the Pacific Ocean, just off Peru. It was the first time a space crew has taken such a direct route to the orbiting lab. Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin are the first crew to reach the station after only four orbits instead of the standard 50-hour flight to reach the station. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>In this image provided by NASA Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin, top, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, and Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, bottom, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. It was the first time a space crew has taken such a direct route to the orbiting lab. Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin are the first crew to reach the station after only four orbits instead of the standard 50-hour flight to reach the station. (AP PHOTO/NASA, Carla Cioffi)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505747-americans-oppose-paying-for-storm-ravaged-beacheshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505747-americans-oppose-paying-for-storm-ravaged-beachesuspollscienceclimatesciThu, 28 Mar 2013 20:58:19 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505621-us-russian-crew-blasts-off-for-space-stationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505621-us-russian-crew-blasts-off-for-space-stationsciencestationspace-stationinternational-space-stationsciThu, 28 Mar 2013 20:45:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, left, and Pavel Vinogradov, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), walk to the rocket prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)</p><p>U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), waves prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)</p><p>Russian Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, bottom, and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), wave prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)</p><p>The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, right, Pavel Vinogradov, center, and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, walk prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)</p><p>The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)</p><p>Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, right, and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, wave prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)</p><p>In this picture taken through a safety glass, Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is seen during inspection of his space suit prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Ramil Sitdikov, Pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17483029-states-answer-help-wanted-ad-to-be-drone-test-sitehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17483029-states-answer-help-wanted-ad-to-be-drone-test-siteussciencesciluringdroneschuck-yeagerWed, 27 Mar 2013 08:35:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2009 , file photo The Global Hawk, is unveiled at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for six sites to test drones before they are integrated into the civilian airspace. Fifty teams from 39 states have applied for the chance to boost their economies. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)</p><p>File-This April 13,2010 file photo shows a NASA Global Hawk robotic jet siting in a hangar at Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for six sites to test drones before they are integrated into the civilian airspace. Fifty teams from 39 states have applied for the chance to boost their economies. (AP Photo/John Antczak,File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17476028-report-big-okla-quake-in-2011-likely-man-madehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17476028-report-big-okla-quake-in-2011-likely-man-madeusquakemansciencescimademan-madeTue, 26 Mar 2013 20:15:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - Chad Devereaux examines bricks that fell from three sides of his in-laws home in Sparks, Okla. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 after two earthquakes hit the area in less than 24 hours. A team of scientists have determined that a 5.6 magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was caused when oil drilling waste was injected deep underground. The report was released Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by the journal Geology. That makes it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater, although not everyone agrees. Oklahoma’s state seismologists say the quake was natural. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)</p><p>FILE - Maintenance workers inspect the damage to one of the spires on Benedictine Hall at St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Okla. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Two earthquakes in the area in less than 24 hours caused one of the towers to topple, and damaged the remaining three. A team of scientists have determined that a 5.6 magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was caused when oil drilling waste was injected deep underground. The report was released Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by the journal Geology. That makes it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater, although not everyone agrees. Oklahoma’s state seismologists say the quake was natural. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p><p>FILE - Joe Reneau, right, gets a hug from friend Cody Parsons in his family room in Sparks, Okla. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 after the room was damaged when the chimney collapsed during an earthquake and fell partially through the roof, at upper right. Neither Joe nor his wife were in the room at the time, and were not injured. A team of scientists have determined that a 5.6 magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was caused when oil drilling waste was injected deep underground. The report was released Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by the journal Geology. That makes it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater, although not everyone agrees. Oklahoma’s state seismologists say the quake was natural. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17470292-budget-cuts-could-slow-commercial-space-progresshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17470292-budget-cuts-could-slow-commercial-space-progressusspaceprivatescienceinternational-space-stationscispacex-dragonTue, 26 Mar 2013 11:09:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft as it is backed away from the International Space Station early Tuesday March 26, 2013 by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif., later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft after it was detached from the International Space Station early Tuesday March 26, 2013 by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The two spacecraft were traveling Canada at the time. The rising sun and the curvature of the earth can be seen behind the spacecraft. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif., later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft as it is backed away from the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm early Tuesday March 26, 2013 on it's return to earth. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif., later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft after it was detached from the International Space Station at 4:10 a.m. EDT Tuesday March 26, 2013 by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The two spacecraft were traveling over the western edge of California at the time. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximatel 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif. later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft as it is backed away from the International Space Station early Tuesday March 26, 2013 by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif., later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft after it was detached from the International Space Station early Tuesday March 26, 2013 by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The two spacecraft were traveling Canada at the time. The rising sun and the curvature of the earth can be seen behind the spacecraft. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif., later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft as it is backed away from the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm early Tuesday March 26, 2013 on it's return to earth. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif., later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft after it was detached from the International Space Station at 4:10 a.m. EDT Tuesday March 26, 2013 by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. The two spacecraft were traveling over the western edge of California at the time. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific ocean approximatel 246 miles off the coast of Baja Calif. later this morning. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>In this image provided by SpaceX, the Dragon capsule uses parachutes to descend to the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula after leaving the International Space Station. The vehicle brought back more than 1 ton of science experiments and old station equipment. It's the only supply ship capable of two-way delivery. NASA is paying SpaceX more than $1 billion for a dozen resupply missions. (AP Photo/SpaceX)</p><p>This image released by NASA shows the SpaceX Dragon capsule in orbit around Earth. The unmanned capsule splashed down in the Pacific on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 after a supply run to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17460134-mars-rover-back-in-action-after-computer-problemshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17460134-mars-rover-back-in-action-after-computer-problemsusmarssciencescicuriosityMon, 25 Mar 2013 21:16:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>File - An undated file image released by NASA shows a self-portrait of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. After back-to-back computer problems, the six-wheel rover has resumed its science experiments. (AP Photo/NASA)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402812-warm-spring-continued-drought-predicted-for-ushttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402812-warm-spring-continued-drought-predicted-for-ususscienceunited-statesscispring-outlookThu, 21 Mar 2013 16:51:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - The sun sets behind the downtown Kansas City, Mo. skyline as above average temperatures returned to the region Thursday, March 14, 2013. Government forecasters say much of the United States can expect a warm spring and persistent drought. The National Weather Service said Thursday, March 21, 2013 above-normal temperatures are predicted across most of the Lower 48 states and northern Alaska. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389216-amazon-ceo-recovers-apollo-engines-from-atlantichttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389216-amazon-ceo-recovers-apollo-engines-from-atlantictechnologyussciencesciapolloenginesamazoncom-ceo-jeff-bezosWed, 20 Mar 2013 18:49:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this image provided by Bezos Expeditions, workers inspect a thrust chamber of an Apollo F-1 engine recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in March 2013. An expedition led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pulled up two rocket engines, including this one, that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon. Bezos and NASA announced the recovery on Wednesday, March 19, 2013. The sunken engines were part of the Saturn V rocket used to bring astronauts to the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. After liftoff, they fell into the ocean as planned. (AP Photo/Bezos Expeditions)</p><p>This image provided by Bezos Expeditions shows a thrust chamber of an Apollo F-1 engine on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in March 2013. An expedition led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pulled up two rocket engines, including this one, that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon. Bezos and NASA announced the recovery on Wednesday, March 19, 2013. The sunken engines were part of the Saturn V rocket used to bring astronauts to the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. After liftoff, they fell into the ocean as planned. (AP Photo/Bezos Expeditions)</p><p>This image provided by Bezos Expeditions shows growths on a Saturn V rocket stage structure on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in March 2013. An expedition led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pulled up two rocket engines that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon. Bezos and NASA announced the recovery on Wednesday, March 19, 2013. The sunken engines were part of the Saturn V rocket used to bring astronauts to the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. After liftoff, they fell into the ocean as planned. (AP Photo/Bezos Expeditions)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17373997-nasa-moon-craft-spots-ebb-and-flow-crash-siteshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17373997-nasa-moon-craft-spots-ebb-and-flow-crash-sitesusnasasciencescimoonshotwhen-nasaTue, 19 Mar 2013 18:18:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This composite image released NASA taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a region of the moon before and after the twin Grail spacecraft deliberately crashed into in December 2012. The spacecraft called Ebb and Flow mapped the lunar gravity in greater detail than previous missions. (AP Photo/NASA)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17332144-3-astronauts-return-to-earth-from-space-stationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17332144-3-astronauts-return-to-earth-from-space-stationsciencespace-stationinternational-space-stationsciSat, 16 Mar 2013 03:39:16 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Russian cosmonauts Yevgeny Tarelkin, left, Oleg Novitsky, center, and NASA's astronaut Kevin Ford pose for a photo at the airport of the Kazakh city of Kostanai after their landing in northern Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 16, 2013. A Soyuz space capsule carrying a Russian-American crew members landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station. The crew members had been scheduled to return on Friday, but the landing was postponed by a day because of bad weather. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)</p><p>Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, left, and Yevgeny Tarelkin, second left, are greeted with flowers upon arrival at an airport in Kostanai, Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 16, 2013, after they return to the earth with NASA's astronaut Kevin Ford, not in the photo, in a Soyuz space capsule. The Soyuz space capsule carrying the three men landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan after 144 days aboard the International Space Station, ISS. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)</p><p>NASA's astronaut Kevin Ford, wearing a Kazakh traditional costume, poses for a photo with Matryoshka wooden doll with his portrait after his return to the earth with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin in a Soyuz space capsule in northern Kazakhstan, at an airport of the Kazakh city of Kostanai, Saturday, March 16, 2013. The Soyuz space capsule carrying the three men landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan after 144 days aboard the ISS. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)</p><p>NASA's astronaut Kevin Ford walks after he arrived back to the earth with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin, not in the photo, in a Soyuz space capsule, at an airport of Kazakh city of Kostanai, Saturday, March 16, 2013. The Soyuz space capsule carrying the three men landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan after 144 days aboard the International Space Station, ISS. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)</p><p>NASA's astronaut Kevin Ford arrives back to the earth with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin, not in the photo, in a Soyuz space capsule, at an airport of Kazakh city of Kostanai, Saturday, March 16, 2013. The Soyuz space capsule carrying the three men landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan after 144 days aboard the International Space Station, ISS. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)</p><p>Russian cosmonauts Yevgeny Tarelkin, left, Oleg Novitsky, center, and NASA's astronaut Kevin Ford have light moments as they pose for a photo at the airport of the Kazakh city of Kostanai after their landing in northern Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 16, 2013. A Soyuz space capsule carrying a Russian-American crew landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station. The crew members had been scheduled to return on Friday, but the landing was postponed by a day because of bad weather. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, Pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328245-could-global-warming-change-tornado-season-toohttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328245-could-global-warming-change-tornado-season-toousglobal-warmingsciencescitornadoesFri, 15 Mar 2013 18:42:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this May 22, 2011 file photo, a man carries a young girl who was rescued after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. In 2011 the United States saw one of the busiest tornado seasons in generations: Nearly 1,700 tornadoes that killed 553 people. With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But as the traditional season nears, scientists are still trying to figure out if there be more or fewer tornadoes as global warming increases. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett, File)</p><p>FILE - This May 24, 2011 file photo shows the path of a powerful tornado through Joplin, Mo. In 2011, the United States saw one of the busiest tornado seasons in generations: Nearly 1,700 tornadoes that killed 553 people. With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But as the traditional season nears, scientists are still trying to figure out if there be more or fewer tornadoes as global warming increases. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) </p><p>FILE - In this May 22, 2011 file photo, emergency personnel walk through a severely damaged neighborhood after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. In 2011 the United States saw one of the busiest tornado seasons in generations: Nearly 1,700 tornadoes that killed 553 people. With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But as the traditional season nears, scientists are still trying to figure out if there be more or fewer tornadoes as global warming increases. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)</p><p>Chart shows the number of tornadoes by year</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315510-bad-weather-postpones-return-of-3-astronautshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315510-bad-weather-postpones-return-of-3-astronautseudelaysciencespace-stationinternational-space-stationsciThu, 14 Mar 2013 21:51:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17279790-mars-rover-curiosity-stands-down-after-new-problemhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17279790-mars-rover-curiosity-stands-down-after-new-problemtechnologyusmarssciencescicuriosityTue, 12 Mar 2013 09:08:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image released by NASA shows the Curiosity rover holding a scoop of powdered rock on Mars. The rover recently drilled into a Martian rock for the first time and transferred a pinch of powder to its instruments to analyze the chemical makeup. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This composite image released by NASA shows a panoramic view of Mount Sharp, made from dozens of images. The Martian mountain is the ultimate destination for the Curiosity rover. NASA scientists said Monday March 18, 2013, the rover went into safe mode over the weekend, further delaying the restart of science experiments. (AP Photo/NASA)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226024-recent-heat-spike-unlike-anything-in-11000-yearshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226024-recent-heat-spike-unlike-anything-in-11000-yearsusscienceassociated-pressscitemperaturespikescripps-institutionclimate-temperaturejeff-severinghausThu, 7 Mar 2013 19:11:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Aug. 29, 1938 file photo, smoke rises from smokestacks at Skoda’s main foundry in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike. It shows how the globe for several thousands of years was cooling until an unprecedented reversal in the 20th century, which scientists say is further evidence that global warming isn’t natural but man-made since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The research was released Thursday, March 7, 2013 in the journal Science. (AP Photo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225955-radar-reveals-apparent-buried-channels-on-marshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225955-radar-reveals-apparent-buried-channels-on-marsusmarsfloodsciencescichannelsThu, 7 Mar 2013 19:03:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image provided by NASA and taken by a camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the equatorial plains region known as Elysium Planitia on Mars. Using a radar instrument aboard the spacecraft, scientists made a 3-D map of flood channels below the surface of Mars, apparently created by past flooding. The findings were reported online Thursday, March 7, 2013 in the journal Science. (AP Photo/NASA)</p>