Huge asteroid to fly safely by Earth Monday – Fox News
Fox NewsAn asteroid the size of three football fields is set to make a close brush of Earth on Monday, and you can watch the flyby in a live webcast. Near-Earth asteroid 2000 EM26 poses…
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Top techs behind moviemaking get their star turn from Academy – Reuters
ReutersBEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – From the inventors of the pneumatic car flipper to the software developers who replaced clay modeling with digital sculpture, dozens of behind-the-scenes cinematic innovators turned out on Saturday to receive…
Mystery of Mars ‘doughnut rock’ solved – CNN
CNN(CNN) — The “jelly doughnut” rock that seemed to appear out of nowhere on Mars last month did not fall out of an extraterrestrial pastry box. The rock had been mysterious to scientists because Mars…
Cat parasite found in Arctic Beluga – BBC News
BBC NewsThe cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause blindness in people, has been identified in Beluga in the western Arctic. The discovery by University of British Columbia scientists has prompted a health advisory to…
State of the Gulf: BP Oil Spill Daily Beach Pollution Report for Friday, February … – Legal Examiner
Legal ExaminerThe following is a summary of the 2/14/14 daily beach oiling report issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). I will endeavour to publish this summary each day the FDEP issues such…
Mesozoic Fossil Of Chaohusaurus Discovered; Reveals Live Birth – The Almagest
The AlmagestA new discovery of 248 million-year-old fossil in china suggests the earliest live birth from Mesozoic marine reptile. The skeleton of Chaohusaurus is assumed to have died in labor. Published in the PLOS ONE…
Washington, DC Is Officially OBSESSED With ‘House Of Cards’ – ABC News (blog)
ABC News (blog)Plagued by drug, sex and snooping scandals, Washington really should be so over political intrigue. But D.C. apparently hasn’t had its fill of illicit activity. The capitol city is officially obsessed with Netflix…
Sochi Games Are Officially Under Way – ABC News
NASA, nation salute fallen astronauts – Florida Today
Florida TodayKSC leaders lay wreath on NASA’s Day of Remembranc…: KSC Director Bob Cabana and Deputy Center Director Janet Petro lay a wreath at the Visitor Complex’s Space Mirror Memorial on NASA’s annual Day of…
Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife, dies at 92 – U.S. News & World Report
Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife, dies at 92U.S. News & World ReportDETROIT (AP) — Anna Gordy Gaye, who was married to soul singer Marvin Gaye and whose brother founded Motown Records, has died. A…
Polar Bears ‘More Resilient’ To Climate Change Than Thought, Can Survive Ice … – International Business Times
International Business TimesResearchers have witnessed polar bears feasting on everything from birds to caribou, and even plants and berries. Creative Commons. Polar bears are regularly thought of as being among the animals most burdened by…
How Fish Evolved Limbs Millions of Years Ago – Science World Report
Science World ReportMillions of years ago, animals made the transition from water to land. Yet exactly how they managed this feat has long been a source of controversy and study. The evolution of limbs in…
Is Chris Christie from Jersey or Jupiter? – Daily Beast
Daily BeastChris Christie, when the passive voice was clearly used in comments that were clearly said in his address that was clearly delivered on Tuesday. But after his mea kinda culpa, his message was clearly…
Google to make smart contact lenses – CNN
CNNIf successful, Google’s newest venture could help to eliminate one of the most painful and intrusive daily routines of diabetics. People with diabetes have difficulty controlling the level of sugar in their blood stream, so…
Obama to Democrats: Put off new Iran sanctions – USA TODAY
USA TODAYPresident Obama laid out his legislative agenda for Senate Democrats at a White House meeting on Wednesday, but also asked them not to do something. Don’t slap new sanctions on Iran. Monday is the…
Mogadishu hotel targeted by bombs, at least one killed – Reuters
ReutersMOGADISHU (Reuters) – Three bombs exploded within an hour outside the front of a hotel popular with government officials in a heavily fortified district of the Somali capital on Wednesday, killing at least one person….
AFC playoffs battle of finesse teams – ESPN
ESPNQ: Although the dreaded 1 p.m. ET game time for West Coast visiting teams (10 a.m. West Coast time) has been less of a factor this year, it still annoys me that the games are…
Manager: Michael Schumacher in stable condition after skiing accident – CNN
CNN(CNN) — Former world champion racing driver Michael Schumacher, who suffered severe head injuries in a weekend skiing accident in France, remained in stable condition Wednesday, his manager said. Sabine Kehm said Schumacher had been…
Where Is Tim Tebow Now? Rumors Have SEC Network TV Job, Cleveland … – Sports World Report
Sports World ReportNew England Patriots quarterback Tim Tebow prays with his teammates and members of the New York Giants after their NFL preseason game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, August 29, 2013. (Photo : Reuters) “. The…
Arctic Mercury Levels Lower Than Previously Thought! Thanks To Collapse Of … – Design & Trend
Design & TrendThe most recent research suggests mercury concentration in fish is much lower than expected in much of the continental Arctic, and the Soviet Union may have something to do with it.The burbot is…
Amborella Genome Yields Evolutionary Insight into Flowering Plants – Guardian Express
Guardian ExpressThis is neither the website of, nor affiliated in any way with, Guardian News and Media. Amborella genome yields evolutionary insight into flowering plants. A slew of scientific papers are due for publication on…
Exclusive: Newly Sequenced Plant Genome Solves Darwin’s ‘Abominable … – Design & Trend
Design & TrendThe flower is the only link to the ancient flowers that covered the planet and is helping scientists understand the evolutionary processes that led to the 300,000 species of flowers that currently cover…
DNA of Oldest Flowering Plant Solves Darwin’s Evolution Mystery – Science World Report
Science World ReportOne of Darwin’s mysteries may have been solved thanks to the sequenced genome of the Amborella plant. Scientists have discovered why flowers suddenly proliferated on Earth millions of years ago. In fact, the…
Scientists Find Less Mercury in the Arctic Than Expected – Science World Report
Science World ReportFor years, researchers have thought that if mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, then the same must be true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic….
‘Nashville’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 10 – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World ReportKimberly Williams-Paisley plays Peggy Kenter and Eric Close plays Teddy Conrad in Season 2, Episode 10 of ABC’s “Nashville.” In its mid-season cliffhanger episode, “Nashville” proves it can do soap opera…
NSA director defends surveillance programs as necessary – USA TODAY
USA TODAYWASHINGTON — National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said Wednesday that “there isn’t a better way” to help defend the country from potential terror threats than the ongoing and controversial bulk collection of telephone…
Scary smart! Clever crocodiles, alligators use sticks to lure prey – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesAs if crocodiles and alligators weren’t terrifying enough, scientists have discovered that these ancient, sharp-toothed beasts are incredibly cunning. So clever that they use lures to trap and gobble unsuspecting birds. The discovery…
The planet that shouldn’t exist: Bizarre world orbiting its star from a staggering … – Daily Mail
Daily MailAstronomers have found a distant planet so strange, that according to current planet formation theories, it shouldn’t even exist. The planet is 11 times Jupiter’s mass and orbits its star at an incredible 650…
‘Out of the Furnace’ Review: The Brothers Grim – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World ReportThe brothers Russell (Christian Bale) and Rodney (Casey Affleck) Baze in the very grim “Out of the Furnace.” “Out of the Furnace” starts as a bleak portrait of two brothers’ struggles…
Slippery clay intensified Japan 2011 tsunami-quake – Khaleej Times
Khaleej TimesExperts have warned the trough, which marks the place where the Philippine Sea plate slides under the Eurasian plate, is the likely source of a monster earthquake sometime in the near future. Khaleej Times…
Oakland’s Michael A Lenoir 114th President Of The National Medical Association
Oakland’s Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., a well-known practicing Pediatrician and Allergist in the San Francisco Bay Area, was installed as the 114th president of the National Medical Association during the organization’s 111th Annual Convention and…
