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Obesity, Diabetes Linked to Autism in Children

Posted Mon Apr 9, 2012 12:10 PM ET   |   0

A mother's health during pregnancy might affect her child's chances of having autism or developmental disorders. Read more

Diabetes and obesity in mothers have been linked to developmental issues by new research.

Will Earth 'Be Wiped Out' by a Supernova?

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Wed Jan 6, 2010 04:16 PM ET   |   0

It's very easy to get worried when you hear that a star could explode "with the force of 20 billion billion billion megatons of TNT" and the explosion is going to detonate so close to us that it "could strip ... Read more

Will Earth 'Be Wiped Out' by a Supernova?

Wide Angle: Massive Cosmic Explosions

Posted Mon Aug 3, 2009 08:10 AM ET

Hold tight, Discovery News is about to take you on a tour of some of the most violent ways a star can die. We've got novae, supernovae and gamma-ray bursts... this is as destructive as it gets! Read more

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The Recurrent Nova of RS Ophiuchi

Posted by  Ian O'Neill  Mon Aug 3, 2009 07:19 AM ET   |   0

Ian O'Neill chats with Dr. Richard Barry, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, about the fascinating recurrent nova, RS Ophiuchi and it's beautiful dust spiral. Read more

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Probe to Examine Our Space in Space: Discovery News

Posted Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:54 AM ET

As the solar system carts around our little section of the Milky Way galaxy, it disturbs the relative calm and cold fabric of intergalactic space. Read more

The Heliosphere

Discovery News : Discovery Channel : World's First Phone Book Surfaces

Posted Sun Jun 8, 2008 08:28 AM ET

The first known phone directory included instructions for users on how to commence, and conclude, a conversation. Read more

World's First Phone Book

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri Jan 4, 2008 04:45 AM ET

A giant supernova leaves behind 10,000 Earths' worth of dust. Was the universe's first dust created by the violent deaths of giant stars? Read more

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Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Wed Nov 7, 2007 04:01 AM ET

Tiny songbirds caught midway through the annual migration and shipped three thousand kilometers away could figure out which way to fly to reach their winter nesting grounds, a study released Monday found. Read more

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