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 Sat Nov 21 2009 00:00:05 GMT Sat Nov 21 2009 00:00:05 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/history/shroud-turin-death-certificate.html a70d1403-2231-4da5-b820-74adaba55bad Artifacts Christianity Forgery Jesus Shroud of Turin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:00 EST Shroud of Turin May Hold Death Certificate The debate over the Shroud of Turin is reignited by alleged writing on the artifact. http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-unleashes-the-galactic-ghoul.html f051b11d-3712-4020-9383-7a4245d10a98 Robert Lamb Alien Life Mars NASA Space Culture Space Travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:22 EST NASA unleashes the Galactic Ghoul? As I've mentioned before, I love a good outrageous space headline -- and the more they personify science or mold it to sound like a space opera, the better. But it's interesting to note that the "great galactic ghoul" traces ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/firing-up-the-large-hadron-collider-again.html be17fc2f-9a5f-4d16-8935-d04a703ce94a Jonathan Strickland Buildings and Structures Engineering Physics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:47 EST Firing Up the Large Hadron Collider... Again If all goes well, the Large Hadron Collider will soon be smashing subatomic particles together as they travel near the speed of light around the 16.8 mile circumference of the world's most complicated machine. Scientists hope the Large Hadron Collider ... http://news.discovery.com/human/behind-oprah-winfreys-power-of-persuasion.html 40f2c9ef-d8b0-4da2-865c-4115f2c671c4 Kasey-Dee Gardner Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:12 EST Behind Oprah Winfrey's Power of Persuasion Oprah Winfrey announced yesterday that after 25 years on the air, she would end her beloved talk show in September 2011. This announcement caused visceral reactions among my Facebook "friends." Several status updates read "Oprah, NOOOOOOOOOOOO," or "Why Oprah, Why?" ... http://news.discovery.com/space/one-tiny-step-for-spirit.html 73a0ffb9-f6f0-4235-a87e-25e6c1493cfc Irene Klotz Mars NASA Planets Robotics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:59 EST One Tiny Step for Spirit NASA’s stuck Mars rover Spirit took the tiniest of steps to free itself from a sand trap that brought it to a standstill six months ago. After spinning its wheels for the equivalent of 8.2 feet, the rover moved about ... http://news.discovery.com/space/large-hadron-collider-circulates-proton-beam.html f47aab1f-eabf-4090-9eeb-ffc765ce1b85 Ian O'Neill Laboratories Large Hadron Collider Particle Physics Physics Standard Model Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:36 EST Large Hadron Collider Circulates Proton Beam For the first time since September 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated a beam of protons fully around its 17 mile-long ring of supercooled electromagnets. The last time this happened was shortly before the LHC suffered a devastating ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/serving-up-solar-tech-treats.html 2d8f2547-0258-47e1-bafb-2f73a0275481 Alyssa Danigelis Green Tech Nanomaterials Nanotech Solar Power Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:30 EST Serving Up Solar Tech Treats Think thin-film solar is still eons away from ubiquity? Think again. Seattle-based company LivinGreen has some sweet solar tech that could make manufacturing solar cells cheaper and easier. Dye sensitized solar cells work like photosynthesis in plants. A nanoparticle dye ... http://news.discovery.com/space/introducing-the-mandelbulb.html 8c314e96-f085-4346-b2b0-09b0d382d367 Jennifer Ouellette Computer Simulation Physics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:37:04 EST Introducing the Mandelbulb Fractal geometry has broad appeal because of the amazing colorful shapes that can be created, but it's easy to forget that there is actual information -- and some pretty rigorous math -- underlying the pretty pictures. Algebra and geometry are ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/mammoth-mastodon-extinction-climate.html 3aa1a24b-2e6e-41da-a7ef-91cbf80db344 Climate Ice Age Mammals Mammoth Mass Extinction North America Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:00 EST Climate Not Culprit of Megafauna Extinction About 15,000 years ago, some of the largest mammals in North America disappeared off the face of the Earth. http://news.discovery.com/animals/thanksgiving-food-sources-can-be-tracked-online.html f8e45ebe-29f1-4ccf-a2f3-53d1f6cb6660 Jennifer Viegas Current Events Food Food and Culture Food and Lifestyle Plants Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:28:17 EST Thanksgiving Food Sources Can Be Tracked Online From Western Illinois University: Once upon a time, in order to trace the path of a meal from your table to the source, you may only have had to take a short jaunt to a nearby field. But in these ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/university-of-georgia-bulldog-mascot-dies-at-age-4.html d71d5861-bd9b-40b3-b62f-3a2413e81237 Jennifer Viegas Dogs Games Humans Pets Sports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:48 EST University of Georgia Bulldog Mascot Dies at Age 4 From the University of Georgia: Uga VII, the legendary Georgia mascot who roamed the sidelines at Bulldog football games, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in Savannah. He died of heart-related causes according to owner Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler. He was four ... http://news.discovery.com/history/galileo-fingers-tooth-remains.html 80f1aeae-1db2-4d53-b7b1-b306408ec724 Rossella Lorenzi Astronomy History Telescopes The Sun Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:24:00 EST Galileo's Fingers and Tooth Recovered by Collector The macabre remains of the famous, once-damned astronomer were spotted at an auction. http://news.discovery.com/tech/computer-conscious-mind-emerge.html 2dbe9427-bde4-45db-a205-072ea338710b Computer Simulation Computers Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:48:00 EST Will a Computer's Conscious Mind Emerge? If the human brain is data being passed from neuron to neuron at its basic level and we can simulate that in a computer, shouldn’t a conscious mind start to emerge? http://news.discovery.com/animals/ten-tips-for-staying-healthy-and-h1n1-free-this-holiday-season.html 471fcdff-8498-4a20-9461-bdda3d4f178d Jennifer Viegas Current Events Food and Lifestyle Health Humans Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:25 EST Ten Tips for Staying Healthy and H1N1-Free This Holiday Season From Saint Louis University Medical Center: The holidays are here and with them family, friends, parties and germs. This year, in light of the H1N1 outbreak, many fear that the most wonderful time of the year will end up being ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaur-fossils-helicoptered-out-of-southern-utah.html bd389150-d510-4cc5-83f8-7415f416a1bf Jennifer Viegas Dinosaur Era Animals Dinosaurs Extinct Animals Paleontology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:58 EST Dinosaur Fossils Helicoptered Out of Southern Utah Late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils were helicoptered out of The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah this week. The bones transported from the site represent a Gryposaurus monumentensis, an ankylosaur, a pterosaur, dinosaur-era turtles and a crocodile, along with other ... http://news.discovery.com/space/jonathan-butterworth-lhc-higgs.html 78b6e694-e920-47a8-88bf-f0913bd36202 Ian O'Neill Black Hole Large Hadron Collider Particle Physics Quantum Physics Standard Model Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST The LHC Higgs Boson Hunter The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is about to be fired up and Professor Jonathan Butterworth hopes that the ATLAS detector uncovers far more exotic physics than just the Higgs particle. http://news.discovery.com/tech/spray-on-skin-burn-victims.html bc74cdcb-b5df-4785-ae39-10a401a861a6 Eric Bland Skin Stem Cells Technology Tissue Engineering Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:00 EST Spray-on Skin Offers Fast Healing for Burns Spray-on skin might sound like science fiction, but the new tech could spare burn victims from painful skin grafts. http://news.discovery.com/tech/hyperlens-sound-imaging-metamaterial.html 9a58783c-0ec4-4b37-865e-938d671067ce Eric Bland Babies Materials Parents Ship Submarine Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST Hyperlens Sharpens Sights With Sound High-resolution ultrasound and sonar imaging is now possible with a new metamaterial. http://news.discovery.com/space/atlantis-astronauts-first-spacewalk.html eee4d657-069e-4939-b04a-603eb1101009 Astronauts NASA Space Missions Space Station Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:59:00 EST Atlantis Astronauts Embark on First Spacewalk A pair of spacewalking astronauts hustled through work outside the International Space Station. http://news.discovery.com/tech/sucking-up-hurricane-storm.html fbc480af-42da-47ee-9769-1fc4984f92b8 Gene Charleton Engineering Hurricanes Urban Planning Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:00 EST Sucking Up the Storm In New Orleans, engineers are installing a giant pump they say should keep the city dry in the event of another big hurricane. 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