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Wildfire Expected to Burn Deeper into Yosemite National Park 27 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - A wildfire raging in the northwest part of Yosemite National Park was expected to advance farther into the park on Tuesday and continue to threaten a reservoir that... --...
Sky Map Satellite Becomes Asteroid Hunter 27 Aug 2013 | 04:46 am
Last week we told you about the end of an era: NASA ended the Kepler spacecraft's exoplanet-hunting mission , following an irreparable mechanical failure. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.co...
Crickets dance differently with an audience 26 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
Humans love their victory displays. You only have to watch a game of football (or soccer to US-readers) to see some victory displays of the most ridiculous kind. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmer...
Yosemite Wildfire Grows, Fueling Dangerous Winds 26 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - A colossal wildfire raging across the western edge of Yosemite National Park swept further into the park on Sunday and forced the evacuation of some its camps due to... -...
Sensation Seekers Stomach Spicier Sustenance 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
The more adventurous the risk-taker, the hotter the wings. That's according to a study presented at the 2012 Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting in Chicago. [ Nadia Byrnes and John... -- R...
Mnemodystopia: A Little Context 26 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
We’ve been here before. Two or three times a year, a team of neuroscientists comes along and tightropes over the chasm that is dystopian research. Across the valley lies some pinnacle of human... -- ...
23 Signs You're Secretly a Narcissist Masquerading as a Sensitive Introvert 26 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
If I see one more listicle about introversion, I’m going to cry. It started out with the fairly reasonable “ 31 Unmistakable Signs That You’re An Introvert .” Sure, many of... -- Read more on Scienti...
Crows Show Off Their Social Skills 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The intelligence of the corvid family--a group of birds that includes crows, ravens, magpies, rooks and jackdaws--rivals that of apes and dolphins. Recent studies are revealing impressive details... ...
The Truth about Genetically Modified Food (preview) 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Robert Goldberg sags into his desk chair and gestures at the air. “Frankenstein monsters, things crawling out of the lab,” he says. “This the most depressing thing I've ever... -- Read more on Scient...
Space Station Astronauts to Test 3-D Printing in Microgravity 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The infamous NASA tool bag lost in space during a November 2008 International Space Station (ISS) maintenance mission left the crew with one less grease gun and no way to replace the missing tool.... ...
