http://news.discovery.com/ Lead daily science news stories from Discovery News en-us Copyright 2008, Discovery Communications Inc. http://news.discovery.com/images/icons/rss-feed-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/ 144 19 Wed Feb 10 2010 05:50:05 GMT Wed Feb 10 2010 05:50:05 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/space/welcome-to-our-honeycomb-centered-interstellar-cavity.html 50b3e49a-3c2d-4b92-a77d-7c79c40f246a Ian O'Neill Astronomy Cosmology Galaxies Nebula Supernova Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:18:34 EST Welcome To Our Honeycomb-Centered Interstellar Cavity A map of the Local Cavity (white region) with the sun located in the center. Dark regions represent dense interstellar gases and the small triangles represent the locations of the stars used in the analysis. From this perspective we are ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/snowmageddon-brings-icicles-of-doom.html a2e5a8da-e573-4114-b64e-8dd9d9aced0b Jorge Ribas Everyday Science Meteorology Water Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:16:22 EST Snowmageddon Brings Icicles of Doom Snowmageddon churns along here in the Washington, DC metro area, preparing to bring us a possible 6-16 inches more of the white stuff (argh, Snowverdose!) today and tomorrow. And as we prepare to break some snowiest winter records (just 10 ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/nuclear-sustainable-survival.html 551ce47e-89df-4a8f-9513-b6b6626a618f Business Clean Energy Climate Climate Change Coal Earth Electricity Energy Efficiency Energy Production Environment Fear Fossil Fuels Government Green Natural Gas Nuclear Science Renewable Energy Safety Skepticism Solar Power Survival Technology Waste Wind Wind Power Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST IM Interview: Nuclear Energy and the Future of Humanity Does human civilization need nuclear energy if it's to survive the next century? Michael Reilly chats with nuclear scientist Hae-Yong Jeong to find out. http://news.discovery.com/human/haiti-health-crisis-earthquake.html 3fd7975a-586c-4365-8cff-6623cbb450f1 Casualties Disasters and Accidents Earthquakes Government Nutrition Vaccine Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:00 EST Haiti Facing New Phase of Health Crisis Nearly a month after the quake, Haiti's people -- particularly children -- are vulnerable to malnutrition and severe illness. http://news.discovery.com/earth/for-the-big-storm-no-certain-terms.html 0a71f79f-6b63-4e0c-9370-1d042a6f42bd John D. Cox Geophysics Meteorology Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:15:00 EST For the Big Storm, No Certain Terms Meteorologists would like nothing better than to be able to tell you in no uncertain terms about the causes and effects of major weather events, but the truth is, day in and day out, the system they are trying to ... http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/thousands-of-dinosaur-tracks-discovered-in-china.html e67d76ea-130f-4492-ae46-4cd216322a10 Jennifer Viegas Dinosaurs Extinct Animals Paleontology Prehistoric Animals Prehistoric Era Tyrannosaurus Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:27:58 EST Thousands of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered in China Over 3,000 dinosaur tracks have been discovered in a gully at Zhucheng, China, according to a recent AFP report. I haven't seen any journal studies yet on this find, but it certainly sounds like one of the largest collections of ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/winter-snowstorm-mid-atlantic.html 09038b08-fd59-44cc-a30d-ba481e04ee43 Air Travel Snow Sports Storms Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:46:00 EST Mid-Atlantic Bracing for Another Major Storm Powerful winds and heavy snow are expected to hit the eastern U.S. by this evening. http://news.discovery.com/earth/antibiotics-inhibit-plant-growth.html d8c0dfd0-828d-4b72-a741-8d7ee4ab0d70 Jessica Marshall Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Antibiotics Environment Plants Waste Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:23:00 EST Antibiotics Inhibit Plant Growth A common antibiotic that can be found in wastewater reduces the ability of plant leaves to capture sunlight. http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-commercial-space-race.html 22da1f5c-540b-407a-8c62-613e2135e47e Irene Klotz Astronauts NASA Rockets Space Exploration Space Station Space Travel Spacecraft Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:00 EST NASA Launches Private Firms into Space Race Astronauts may be hitching rides on commercial spaceships by 2014. http://news.discovery.com/space/water-ice-confirmed-on-saturns-moon-enceladus.html 140d5d5d-e500-44d8-b611-7627a7cac2cb Ian O'Neill Alien Life Enceladus (moon) Life Science NASA Cassini Equinox Saturn Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:50:12 EST Evidence of Liquid Water on Saturn's Moon Enceladus Enceladus' icy plumes glow as the small moon passes in front of the sun from Cassini's point of view in 2007 (NASA) Saturn's moon Enceladus contains a large body of water under its surface, new research has confirmed. This has ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/afghan-avalanches-hundreds-stranded.html 08224c09-c800-4a1f-9b4b-e222f7f4a8b1 Avalanches and Mudslides Disaster Recovery Disasters and Accidents Storms Survival Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 EST Afghan Avalanches Kill 28, Strand Hundreds Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 28 people and leaving hundreds more stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads. http://news.discovery.com/tech/sex-robot-initially-health-aid.html 346dc155-1af1-4c4c-90ce-6c28bb0b996c Autonomous Robots Robotics Robots Sex and Reproduction Sexual Intercourse Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:23:00 EST Sex Robot Initially Designed as a Health Aid Thanks to Medicare, which wouldn’t reimburse for the cost of a help-mate robot, Roxxxy the robot is now seeking employment in the adult entertainment business. http://news.discovery.com/animals/earliest-bull-beef-fossil.html 64ffbd5b-1912-426b-b355-9932dcf10e58 Larry O'Hanlon Anthropology Beef Dishes Cows Food Unwrapped Fossils Organic Beef Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:05:00 EST Steak Dinners Go Back 2.5 Million Years A new fossil skull of a bull confirms that beef has been "what's for dinner" since the dawn of humans. http://news.discovery.com/human/botox-negative-emotions.html 826383f8-f0ae-4a6c-b9c6-076f4ea3295c Cristen Conger Cosmetic Treatments Emotions Skin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST Botox May Delay Anger, Sadness Are emotions only skin deep? http://news.discovery.com/human/celebrity-deaths-homicidal-and-accidental.html 3755d28f-706f-4782-a488-5e7ad792a94f Benjamin Radford Crime Current Events Drugs and Alcohol Mental Health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:02:25 EST Celebrity Deaths: Homicidal and Accidental Everybody dies, but even after celebrities shuffle off this mortal coil their deaths get the Hollywood gloss. The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, didn’t die of a drug overdose; he was killed. This morning, one of Jackson’s physicians, Dr. Conrad ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/computer-chip-cyber-security-hacking.html 5bb221e8-1067-4ce8-b60d-6cd34827c491 Army Computers Laptops Military Spies Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:00 EST Digital 'Fort Knox' Hacked A hacking specialist reveals a weakness that can force heavily secured computers to spill their secrets. http://news.discovery.com/earth/when-earth-swallows-a-continent.html d434abad-ff93-4005-8212-3ac39ff45d19 Michael Reilly Geology Geophysics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:10 EST When Earth Swallows a Continent Earth can do strange things to continents. Like eat them, for example. Previously, the planet's hot interior was only known to have an appetite for ocean crust, consuming it in subduction zones around the world. Continental crust was thought to ... http://news.discovery.com/space/spaced-out-super-bowl-ads-2010.html d20d60bf-3660-4739-bc52-0781303060cc Ian O'Neill Asteroids Humor Meteorites Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:03:04 EST Spaced-Out Super Bowl Ads 2010 The Super Bowl is over, the Saints won, but most importantly, were the commercials any good? (Is it me, or is Danica Patrick wearing less and less clothing every year?) On Friday I gave a brief rundown of some of ... http://news.discovery.com/human/cigarette-tobacco-thirdhand-smoke.html 70a9ecc7-7bd9-4477-8db1-320724972058 Emily Sohn Cancer Health Health and Illness Lung Cancer Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:01:00 EST 'Thirdhand Smoke' May Pose Health Risk If smokers needed yet another reason to take it outside, here it is. http://news.discovery.com/human/autism-older-mothers.html dbd73a66-5c41-441e-ba7d-f2df8ef50b59 Father Infant Mother Pregnancy Pregnancy Issues Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:10:00 EST Older Mothers More Likely to Bear Autistic Children As births to older mothers have increased, so has the number of autism cases.