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Milky Way could have megaplanets made of diamond: scientists

Dec 7, 2011
Scientists find monster black holes, biggest yet

Dec 6, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) _ Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist _ each one 10 billion times the size of our sun.A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered the two gigantic black holes in clusters of elliptical galaxies more than 300 mi
Planet in sweet spot of Goldilocks zone for life

Dec 6, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside Earth's solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It is a bit too big.The planet is smack in the middle of what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone, that hard to fin
Geoengineering could save Earth, or destroy it

Dec 4, 2011

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) -- Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning ``sun shades'' over the Earth?At a time of deep concern over global warming, a group of scientists, philosophers and legal scho
US report: Arctic much worse since 2006

Dec 2, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. officials say the Arctic region has changed dramatically for the worse in the past five years.It is melting at a near record pace, and it is darkening and absorbing too much of the sun's heat.A new report card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rates the
Creative thinkers more likely to cheat

Nov 29, 2011
NASA launches super-size rover to Mars

Nov 27, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- A super-size rover zoomed toward Mars on an 8{-month, 354 million-mile (570 million-kilometer) journey Saturday, the biggest, best equipped robot ever sent to explore another planet.NASA's six-wheeled, one-armed wonder, Curiosity, will reach Mars next summer and use i
Scientists create light from vacuum

Nov 21, 2011
Forgetting why you entered a room studied

Nov 21, 2011
Metal 100 times lighter than Styrofoam created

Nov 20, 2011
Scientists: Faster-than-light finding still holds

Nov 20, 2011

GENEVA (AP) -- The chances have risen that Einstein was wrong about a fundamental law of the universe.Scientists at the world's biggest physics lab said Friday they have ruled out one possible error that could have distorted their startling measurements that appeared to show particles traveling fast
Massive lakes could lie beneath ice of Jupiter moon

Nov 17, 2011

A body of water as big as North America's Great Lakes could lie beneath Europa, a shining enigmatic moon of Jupiter, astronomers reported on Wednesday.(NASA)The finding -- if backed by a hoped-for unmanned robot mission -- is exciting, for water is one of the key ingredients for life.Its white
Milk does a body good -- even when worn

Nov 16, 2011

The 28-year-old German is the designer of an award-winning new textile made entirely from milk that's environmentally friendly as well as soothing to people with skin allergies. Called “Qmilch,” it drapes and folds like silk, but can be washed and dried like cotton. In this photo taken Tuesday
Hungry mosquitoes fly farther than you think

Nov 15, 2011

(AP) How far does a mosquito fly? Harry Boerema wants to know.Boerema lives near a drainage project, where Dutch authorities are dredging a huge meter-deep (3-foot) basin in the northern rural landscape to head off flood waters and protect towns and villages from disaster.The project threatens to in
Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs

Nov 14, 2011