http://www.newsvine.com/scienceNewsvine - scienceen-usCopyright 2013Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:32:32 +0000Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:59 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17779653-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prizehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17779653-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prizeussciencemedicalprizebiomedical-researchalbany-medical-center-prizeTue, 16 Apr 2013 15:22:52 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17761744-newtown-parents-back-study-for-clues-to-violencehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17761744-newtown-parents-back-study-for-clues-to-violenceusscienceschoolviolenceshootingunderstandingschool-shootingjennifer-henseljeremy-richmanMon, 15 Apr 2013 14:11:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated photo provided by the Avielle Foundation shows Jeremy Richman, Jennifer Hensel and their daughter Avielle, 6, who was killed in the shooting massacre by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. As scientists, the couple wanted answers about what could lead a person to commit such violence. On Monday, April 15, 2013, they announced a scientific advisory board for the Avielle Foundation, which was established with the goal of reducing violence. (AP Photo/The Avielle Foundation)</p><p>This undated photo provided by the Avielle Foundation shows Avielle Richman, 6, who was killed in the shooting massacre by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. As scientists, her parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel, wanted answers about what could lead a person to commit such violence. On Monday, April 15, 2013, they announced a scientific advisory board for the Avielle Foundation, which was established with the goal of reducing violence. (AP Photo/The Avielle Foundation)</p><p>This undated photo provided by the Avielle Foundation shows Avielle Richman, 6, who was killed in the shooting massacre by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. As scientists, her parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel, wanted answers about what could lead a person to commit such violence. On Monday, April 15, 2013, they announced a scientific advisory board for the Avielle Foundation, which was established with the goal of reducing violence. (AP Photo/The Avielle Foundation)</p><p>This undated photo provided by the Avielle Foundation shows Avielle Richman, 6, who was killed in the shooting massacre by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. As scientists, her parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel, wanted answers about what could lead a person to commit such violence. On Monday, April 15, 2013, they announced a scientific advisory board for the Avielle Foundation, which was established with the goal of reducing violence. (AP Photo/The Avielle Foundation)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739898-polio-vaccine-developer-koprowski-dies-in-pahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739898-polio-vaccine-developer-koprowski-dies-in-pausscienceobitjonas-salkhilary-koprowskikoprowskiSun, 14 Apr 2013 02:21:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Feb. 1961 file photo show Dr. Hilary Koprowski. Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his suburban Philadelphia home. He was 96. (AP Photo/File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17726467-hawaii-land-board-approves-thirty-meter-telescopehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17726467-hawaii-land-board-approves-thirty-meter-telescopeussciencegianttelescopenatural-resourcesmauna-keaSat, 13 Apr 2013 02:39:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post 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-chinaussciencechinascichangingtemperaturesFri, 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/2013/04/12/17714474-russia-to-continue-using-kazakhstans-space-centerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17714474-russia-to-continue-using-kazakhstans-space-centerworld-newssciencespaceeurussiavladimir-putinrussia-spaceFri, 12 Apr 2013 06:27:16 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a live video link with the International Space Station from a construction site of new cosmodrome Vostochny ( Eastern) at Eastern Siberia on Friday, April 12, 2013. Russia celebrates 52nd anniversary of the first manned space flight on April 12. Putin said on Friday Russia would continue to lease the Baikonur space complex in Kazakhstan despite recent statements from space officials that Russia may suspend its lease. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens during a live video link with the International Space Station from a construction site of new cosmodrome Vostochny ( Eastern) at Eastern Siberia on Friday, April 12, 2013. Russia celebrates 52nd anniversary of the first manned space flight on April 12. Cosmodrome Vostochny is written in Cyrillic in the middle. Putin said on Friday Russia would continue to lease the Baikonur space complex in Kazakhstan despite recent statements from space officials that Russia may suspend its lease. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, Pool)</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-droughtussciencecausesdroughtsciThu, 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-photostechnologyusscienceoldmarsscisoviet-unionlanderThu, 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/2013/04/11/17706335-correction-superstorm-hurricane-warnings-storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17706335-correction-superstorm-hurricane-warnings-storyusscienceassociated-presswarningssuperstorm-sandysuperstormnational-hurricane-centerhurricane-warningsThu, 11 Apr 2013 16:20:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post 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-anatomyussciencescistanford-universitybrainstransparentWed, 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/2013/04/10/17689954-correction-nobel-prize-winner-auction-storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689954-correction-nobel-prize-winner-auction-storyussciencenew-yorkassociated-pressnew-york-cityauctionwinnernobel-prizefrancis-crickniels-bohraage-niels-bohrnobel-prize-winning-dnaWed, 10 Apr 2013 16:58:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts at Heritage Auctions, shows a lab coat worn by Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, the1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine winner, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in New York. On Thursday, his coat and other items including his Nobel Prize medal and accompanying diploma, left, will be sold by Heritage Auctions, which estimates it could fetch at least $500,000. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts at Heritage Auctions, holds the1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in New York. On Thursday, the molecular biologist's medal and accompanying diploma will be sold by Heritage Auctions, which estimates it could fetch at least $500,000. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Kendra Crick pose with her father Michael Crick as he holds the 1962 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to his father Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in New York. On Thursday, the molecular biologist's 1962 Nobel Prize medal in physiology or medicine and diploma will be sold by Heritage Auctions, which estimates it could fetch at least $500,000. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17684589-feelin-queasy-more-air-turbulence-over-atlantichttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17684589-feelin-queasy-more-air-turbulence-over-atlanticworld-newsscienceeubritainairturbulenceWed, 10 Apr 2013 09:34:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - A man watches as a British Airways plane lands at London's Heathrow Airport, in this Monday Jan. 10, 2011 photo. More pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, researchers say, predicting increased turbulence over the north Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000 file photo, a meteorologist uses the Northwest Airlines' Turbulence Plot System software, to track areas of turbulent air over the Pacific at the System Operations Center in Minneapolis. More pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, researchers say in a report published Monday April 8 2013, predicting increased turbulence over the north Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)</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-angelesscistephen-hawkinghawkinglou-gehrigWed, 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/2013/04/09/17666288-robot-hot-among-surgeons-but-fda-taking-fresh-lookhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17666288-robot-hot-among-surgeons-but-fda-taking-fresh-lookussciencesurgerymedrobotic-surgeryTue, 9 Apr 2013 07:28:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this March 22, 2013 photo, Dr. Pier Giulianotti, chief of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago, sits at the control panel of the da Vinci robot system. Surgeons say the advantages of the system include allowing them to operate sitting down, using small robotic hands with no tremor. But critics say a big increase in robot operations nationwide is due to heavy marketing and hype, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into problems and deaths that may be linked with robotic surgery. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>In this March 22, 2013 photo, Dr. Pier Giulianotti, chief of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago, shows off a robotic arm of the da Vinci robot system. Surgeons say the advantages of the system include allowing them to operate sitting down, using small robotic hands with no tremor. But critics say a big increase in robot operations nationwide is due to heavy marketing and hype, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into problems and deaths that may be linked with robotic surgery. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>In this photo from video provided by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., maker of the da Vinci robotic system, doctors are seen using the device to perform a surgery. Surgeons say the advantages of the system include allowing them to operate sitting down, using small robotic hands with no tremor. But critics say a big increase in robot operations nationwide is due to heavy marketing and hype, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into problems and deaths that may be linked with robotic surgery. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.)</p><p>FOR STORY BY LINDSEY TANNER TO MOVE PRIMETIME, TUESDAY, APRIL 9 - In this March 26, 2013 photo, Aidee Diaz, 36, is seen at the Rauner Family YMCA on Chicago's South Side before a workout with a personal trainer. Diaz has lost 100 pounds since a simultaneous robotic kidney transplant and obesity surgery in July 2012 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago. Diaz says the YMCA workouts are helping her get in shape. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>In this March 26, 2013 photo, Aidee Diaz, 36, right, exercises with personal trainer Angela Appleton at the Rauner Family YMCA on Chicago's South Side. Diaz has lost 100 pounds since a simultaneous robotic kidney transplant and obesity surgery in July 2012 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago. Diaz says the YMCA workouts are helping her get in shape. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>In this March 26, 2013 photo, Aidee Diaz, 36, right, exercises with personal trainer Angela Appleton at the Rauner Family YMCA on Chicago's South Side. Diaz has lost 100 pounds since a simultaneous robotic kidney transplant and obesity surgery in July 2012 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago. Diaz says the YMCA workouts are helping her get in shape. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>In this March 26, 2013 photo, Aidee Diaz, 36, center, exercises with personal trainer Angela Appleton, left, at the Rauner Family YMCA on Chicago's South Side. Diaz has lost 100 pounds since a simultaneous robotic kidney transplant and obesity surgery in July 2012 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago. Diaz says the YMCA workouts are helping her get in shape. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>In this March 26, 2013 photo, Aidee Diaz, 36, shows off personal photographs before she lost over 100 pounds working out with a personal trainer at the Rauner Family YMCA on Chicago's South Side. Diaz lost all the weight since a simultaneous robotic kidney transplant and obesity surgery in July 2012 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago. Diaz says the YMCA workouts are helping her get in shape. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)</p><p>This undated family photo provided by an attorney for the Fernandez family shows Juan Fernandez, 49, of Chicago, pictured with his family in a photo shortly before his 2007 death following robotic surgery to remove his spleen. His family won a $7.5 million jury award in 2012 in a lawsuit claiming the main surgeon had never done robot surgery before. The surgeons argued that the death had nothing to do with the robotic operation. (AP Photo/Fernandez family photo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17632727-national-beekeeper-of-year-focuses-on-dying-beeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17632727-national-beekeeper-of-year-focuses-on-dying-beesusscienceofyearbeesdyingbeekeeper-ofSat, 6 Apr 2013 21:09:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17628998-antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-futurehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17628998-antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-futurescienceasantarcticacoresice-coresnancy-bertlerSat, 6 Apr 2013 00:19:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken on Friday, March 8, 2013, scientist Nancy Bertler stands in a laboratory freezer in front of boxes of ice she collected from Antarctica, near Wellington, New Zealand. Antarctica's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)</p><p>In this photo taken on March 20, 2013, scientist Nancy Bertler holds the final section of ice she collected from a half-mile under Antarctica's surface in a laboratory freezer, near Wellington, New Zealand. Antarctica's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)</p><p>In this Dec. 9, 2012 photo released by Thomas Beer, emperor penguins walk across sea ice near Ross Island, Antarctica. The continent's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Courtesy Thomas Beer)</p><p>In this Nov. 22, 2012 photo released by scientist Nancy Bertler, scientists and staff work on ice cores they've collected, on Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. The team dug a trench in the snow to work from. Antarctica's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Courtesy Nancy Bertler)</p><p>In this Nov. 22, 2012 photo released by scientist Nancy Bertler, doctoral students, Holly Winton, left, and Aja Ellis, work on an ice core on Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. The continent's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nancy Bertler)</p><p>In this Dec. 3, 2012 photo released by scientist Nancy Bertler, electrician Hedley Berge walks through fog at his team's isolated camp on Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. The continent's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nancy Bertler)</p><p>In this Dec. 4, 2012 photo released by scientist Nancy Bertler, scientists and staff work on ice cores they've collected on Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. The continent's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nancy Bertler)</p><p>In this Jan. 18, 2013 photo released by scientist Nancy Bertler, a solar halo brightens the sky over the remote camp where Bertler and 13 others worked, on Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. Caused by light reflecting and refracting from ice crystals, such halos are spectacular but typically presage bad weather. Antarctica's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nancy Bertler)</p><p>In this Dec. 17, 2012 photo released by scientist Nancy Bertler, scientists and staff push a sled containing crates of ice they've collected in order to load them on a plane on Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. The continent's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Nancy Bertler)</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-obamasciasteroidcapturingFri, 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/2013/04/04/17600859-sandy-criticism-prompts-change-in-storm-warningshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600859-sandy-criticism-prompts-change-in-storm-warningsussciencehurricanewarningssuperstorm-sandysuperstormnational-hurricane-centerhurricane-warningsThu, 4 Apr 2013 15:52:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>James Franklin, Branch Chief of Hurricane Forecast Operations, gestures as he talks to a reporter at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The National Weather Service is now changing how it issues hurricane and tropical storm warnings. Starting June 1, watches and warning will be issued for storms that threaten life and property even after they are no longer hurricanes or tropical storms. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)</p><p>James Franklin, Branch Chief of Hurricane Forecast Operations, points to a weather satellite map as he talks to a reporter at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The National Weather Service is now changing how it issues hurricane and tropical storm warnings. Starting June 1, watches and warning will be issued for storms that threaten life and property even after they are no longer hurricanes or tropical storms. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)</p><p>James Franklin, Branch Chief of Hurricane Forecast Operations, gestures as he talks to a reporter at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The National Weather Service is now changing how it issues hurricane and tropical storm warnings. Starting June 1, watches and warning will be issued for storms that threaten life and property even after they are no longer hurricanes or tropical storms. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)</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-sunussciencemarssciblackoutThu, 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/2013/04/03/17589768-rare-florida-panther-released-back-into-the-wildhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589768-rare-florida-panther-released-back-into-the-wildussciencefloridareleasepantherWed, 3 Apr 2013 22:54:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Florida game offiicals film a Florida panther, rescued as a kitten, as it was released back into the wild in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials reported its sister had been released earlier, after the two cats grew to maturity. They were found in 2011 after their mother was found dead. Only 160 panthers are believed to remain in southern Florida (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)</p><p>Florida game offiicals film a Florida panther, rescued as a kitten, as it was released back into the wild in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials reported its sister had been released earlier, after the two cats grew to maturity. They were found in 2011 after their mother was found dead. Only 160 panthers are believed to remain in southern Florida (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)</p><p>A Florida panther, rescued as a kitten,released back into the wild in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, runs away from its game officials and photographers. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials reported its sister had been released earlier, after the two cats grew to maturity. They were found in 2011 after their mother was found dead. Only 160 panthers are believed to remain in southern Florida (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)</p><p>A Florida panther, rescued as a kitten,released back into the wild in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, runs away from its game officials and photographers. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials reported its sister had been released earlier, after the two cats grew to maturity. They were found in 2011 after their mother was found dead. Only 160 panthers are believed to remain in southern Florida (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585703-scientists-find-possible-hint-of-dark-matterhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585703-scientists-find-possible-hint-of-dark-matterscienceeuswitzerlandraysinternational-space-stationcosmiccosmic-raysWed, 3 Apr 2013 15:01:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE -In this undated picture made available by NASA, a technician examines the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. The cosmic ray detector was mounted on the International Space Station, searched the universe and shall help to explain how everything came to be. CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, released first results of the experiment Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA, Glenn Benson)</p><p>FILE - This undated image shows an artist's concept of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, rounded module at left, installed on the International Space Station provided by NASA. The cosmic ray detector searched the universe and shall help to explain how everything came to be. CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, released first results of the experiment Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. But the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, known by its acronym AMS, are almost as enigmatic as dark matter itself. They show evidence of new physics phenomena that could be the strange and unknown dark matter or could be energy that originates from pulsars, scientists at the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva announced Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571326-northeast-drilling-boom-threatens-forest-wildlifehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571326-northeast-drilling-boom-threatens-forest-wildlifeussciencewildlifedrillinggas-drillingTue, 2 Apr 2013 17:37:43 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569860-nm-governor-signs-space-travel-liability-billhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569860-nm-governor-signs-space-travel-liability-billtechnologyusscienceliabilitynew-mexicorichard-bransonvirgin-galacticspaceportsusana-martinezTue, 2 Apr 2013 14:56:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post