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Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
FILE - This Oct. 2008, file photo, provided by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation shows a brown bat with white nose fungus in New York. Federal officials are granting $1.4 million to scientists investigating deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. The fungal infection has killed more than 5.5 million bats in eastern North America since it was first detected in upstate New York in 2006. (AP Photo/New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Ryan von Linden, File)The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday.
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Start of 2012, March shatter US heat records
Monday, April 09, 2012 9:15 PM
FILE - In this March 25, 2012, file photo a couple enjoy a sunny afternoon against the backdrop of the Midtown skyline from Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to calculations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with both March and the first three months of the year far exceeding the country’s old records.(AP Photo/David Goldman)It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried.
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Study ties oil, gas production to Midwest quakes
Saturday, April 07, 2012 4:10 AM
Oil and gas production may explain a sharp increase in small earthquakes in the nation's midsection, a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests.
Drilling fees pay for new national forest lands
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:06 PM
This undated photo provided by Trust For Public Lands shows a portion of the Fleming Ranch, purchased by the U.S. Forest Service for $1.5 million for to add to the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California. The purchase is one of 28 in 15 states financed by the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is funded by Congress with fees paid by companies drilling for offshore oil and gas. (AP Photo/Trust for Public Lands, Maria Grants)Offshore drilling fees are financing the purchase of $41.6 million worth of new national forest lands in 15 states.
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2 salmon-eating sea lions killed at Bonneville Dam
Friday, April 06, 2012 3:53 PM
A Washington state wildlife spokesman says two salmon-eating California sea lions have been captured this week at Bonneville Dam and killed by lethal injection.
Doctors Appalled By 10-Year-Old Giving Birth
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:08 PM
A 10-year-old girl in Colombia recently gave birth via caesarian section, placing her among the youngest mothers in the world. Though the girl is now recovering, her case highlights the dangers of pregnancy before maturity, doctors say.
Niceness is in Your DNA, Scientists Find
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:00 AM
Many times, two siblings raised by the same parents, and subject to similar environmental influences, can turn out to be polar opposites: one kind and generous, the other mean-spirited. A new study reveals that the latter might simply have been dealt the wrong hormone receptor genes.
Deadly March Tornadoes Are First Billion-Dollar Disaster of 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:24 AM
A swarm of tornadoes that tore through the Midwest and Southeast in early March has earned the grim title of the nation's first billion-dollar weather disaster of 2012.
Mystery of Saturn's Walnut Moon Cracked?
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:51 AM
The giant ridge around the middle of Saturn moon's Iapetus that makes it resemble an oversize walnut may have essentially formed as a "hug" from a dead moon, researchers say.
Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:26 AM
The dried flood of lava over the surface of Mars has created the spitting image of the eye and trunk of an elephant.
Niceness is in Your DNA, Scientists Find
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:00 AM
Many times, two siblings raised by the same parents, and subject to similar environmental influences, can turn out to be polar opposites: one kind and generous, the other mean-spirited. A new study reveals that the latter might simply have been dealt the wrong hormone receptor genes.
Deep science drove discovery of Titanic
Monday, April 09, 2012 2:22 AM
Children look at images of the Titanic wreck on the seabed at the Titanic Belfast visitor centreToday, anyone with a wad of cash and a sense of adventure can dive to the Titanic's deepsea grave, but behind these tourist jaunts lies a long and daunting tale of scientific endeavour.
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Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S
Saturday, April 07, 2012 3:09 PM
A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most famous dissidents at the time of Beijing's June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. Exiled dissident Wang Dan, who topped a list of 21 most-wanted student leaders in 1989, confirmed the news on his Twitter feed after speaking to Fang's wife, Li Shuxian. ...
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Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:20 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most famous dissidents at the time of Beijing's June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. Exiled dissident Wang Dan, who topped a list of 21 most-wanted student leaders in 1989, confirmed the news on his Twitter feed after speaking to Fang's wife, Li Shuxian. ...
Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:19 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most famous dissidents at the time of Beijing's June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. Exiled dissident Wang Dan, who topped a list of 21 most-wanted student leaders in 1989, confirmed the news on his Twitter feed after speaking to Fang's wife, Li Shuxian. ...
Polar bears have symptoms of mystery disease - U.S. agency
Saturday, April 07, 2012 5:36 AM
A polar bear swims underwater in the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-FelicienANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up in polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. Nine polar bears from the Beaufort Sea region near Barrow were found with patchy hair loss and oozing sores on their skin, similar to conditions found in diseased seals and walruses, the agency said in a statement. Unlike the sickened seals and walruses, the affected polar bears seem otherwise healthy, said Tony DeGange, chief of the biology office for the USGS's Alaska Science ...
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Samantha Brick's Claim Reveals Science of Beauty
Saturday, April 07, 2012 5:12 AM
While the Internet is abuzz declaring "she's hot" or "she's not" regarding Samantha Brick, who claimed Monday that she is "too beautiful" and it has been something of a curse for her, scientists may have some hard-and-fast rules about true beauty.
Jesus vs. Scientists: Who's Better at Miracles?
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:42 AM
Much scientific progress has been made in the 2,000 years since Jesus Christ walked the Earth. In all this time, have scientists managed to replicate his miracles, or does the Son of God still have an edge?
Crisis for US Science Is Looming, Physicists Warn
Friday, April 06, 2012 7:32 PM
ATLANTA — The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science, a number of physicists agreed Monday (April 2), though there was less of a consensus on a clear solution to the problem.
Scientists raise energy level at Big Bang machine
Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:08 PM
Scientists say a Big Bang machine, where high-energy beams of protons are sent crashing into each other at incredible speeds, is now able to operate at a record new energy level, improving the prospect of scientific breakthroughs.
Get the latest Science news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Science news, including analysis and opinion on top Science stories.
Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
FILE - This Oct. 2008, file photo, provided by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation shows a brown bat with white nose fungus in New York. Federal officials are granting $1.4 million to scientists investigating deadly white-nose syndrome in bats. The fungal infection has killed more than 5.5 million bats in eastern North America since it was first detected in upstate New York in 2006. (AP Photo/New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Ryan von Linden, File)The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday.
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Start of 2012, March shatter US heat records
Monday, April 09, 2012 9:15 PM
FILE - In this March 25, 2012, file photo a couple enjoy a sunny afternoon against the backdrop of the Midtown skyline from Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to calculations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with both March and the first three months of the year far exceeding the country’s old records.(AP Photo/David Goldman)It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried.
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Study ties oil, gas production to Midwest quakes
Saturday, April 07, 2012 4:10 AM
Oil and gas production may explain a sharp increase in small earthquakes in the nation's midsection, a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests.
Drilling fees pay for new national forest lands
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:06 PM
This undated photo provided by Trust For Public Lands shows a portion of the Fleming Ranch, purchased by the U.S. Forest Service for $1.5 million for to add to the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California. The purchase is one of 28 in 15 states financed by the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is funded by Congress with fees paid by companies drilling for offshore oil and gas. (AP Photo/Trust for Public Lands, Maria Grants)Offshore drilling fees are financing the purchase of $41.6 million worth of new national forest lands in 15 states.
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2 salmon-eating sea lions killed at Bonneville Dam
Friday, April 06, 2012 3:53 PM
A Washington state wildlife spokesman says two salmon-eating California sea lions have been captured this week at Bonneville Dam and killed by lethal injection.
Doctors Appalled By 10-Year-Old Giving Birth
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:08 PM
A 10-year-old girl in Colombia recently gave birth via caesarian section, placing her among the youngest mothers in the world. Though the girl is now recovering, her case highlights the dangers of pregnancy before maturity, doctors say.
Niceness is in Your DNA, Scientists Find
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:00 AM
Many times, two siblings raised by the same parents, and subject to similar environmental influences, can turn out to be polar opposites: one kind and generous, the other mean-spirited. A new study reveals that the latter might simply have been dealt the wrong hormone receptor genes.
Deadly March Tornadoes Are First Billion-Dollar Disaster of 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:24 AM
A swarm of tornadoes that tore through the Midwest and Southeast in early March has earned the grim title of the nation's first billion-dollar weather disaster of 2012.
Mystery of Saturn's Walnut Moon Cracked?
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:51 AM
The giant ridge around the middle of Saturn moon's Iapetus that makes it resemble an oversize walnut may have essentially formed as a "hug" from a dead moon, researchers say.
Elephant on Mars Sculpted by Lava Flow
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:26 AM
The dried flood of lava over the surface of Mars has created the spitting image of the eye and trunk of an elephant.
Niceness is in Your DNA, Scientists Find
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:00 AM
Many times, two siblings raised by the same parents, and subject to similar environmental influences, can turn out to be polar opposites: one kind and generous, the other mean-spirited. A new study reveals that the latter might simply have been dealt the wrong hormone receptor genes.
Deep science drove discovery of Titanic
Monday, April 09, 2012 2:22 AM
Children look at images of the Titanic wreck on the seabed at the Titanic Belfast visitor centreToday, anyone with a wad of cash and a sense of adventure can dive to the Titanic's deepsea grave, but behind these tourist jaunts lies a long and daunting tale of scientific endeavour.
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Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S
Saturday, April 07, 2012 3:09 PM
A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most famous dissidents at the time of Beijing's June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. Exiled dissident Wang Dan, who topped a list of 21 most-wanted student leaders in 1989, confirmed the news on his Twitter feed after speaking to Fang's wife, Li Shuxian. ...
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Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:20 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most famous dissidents at the time of Beijing's June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. Exiled dissident Wang Dan, who topped a list of 21 most-wanted student leaders in 1989, confirmed the news on his Twitter feed after speaking to Fang's wife, Li Shuxian. ...
Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:19 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most famous dissidents at the time of Beijing's June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. Exiled dissident Wang Dan, who topped a list of 21 most-wanted student leaders in 1989, confirmed the news on his Twitter feed after speaking to Fang's wife, Li Shuxian. ...
Polar bears have symptoms of mystery disease - U.S. agency
Saturday, April 07, 2012 5:36 AM
A polar bear swims underwater in the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-FelicienANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up in polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. Nine polar bears from the Beaufort Sea region near Barrow were found with patchy hair loss and oozing sores on their skin, similar to conditions found in diseased seals and walruses, the agency said in a statement. Unlike the sickened seals and walruses, the affected polar bears seem otherwise healthy, said Tony DeGange, chief of the biology office for the USGS's Alaska Science ...
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Samantha Brick's Claim Reveals Science of Beauty
Saturday, April 07, 2012 5:12 AM
While the Internet is abuzz declaring "she's hot" or "she's not" regarding Samantha Brick, who claimed Monday that she is "too beautiful" and it has been something of a curse for her, scientists may have some hard-and-fast rules about true beauty.
Jesus vs. Scientists: Who's Better at Miracles?
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:42 AM
Much scientific progress has been made in the 2,000 years since Jesus Christ walked the Earth. In all this time, have scientists managed to replicate his miracles, or does the Son of God still have an edge?
Crisis for US Science Is Looming, Physicists Warn
Friday, April 06, 2012 7:32 PM
ATLANTA — The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science, a number of physicists agreed Monday (April 2), though there was less of a consensus on a clear solution to the problem.
Scientists raise energy level at Big Bang machine
Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:08 PM
Scientists say a Big Bang machine, where high-energy beams of protons are sent crashing into each other at incredible speeds, is now able to operate at a record new energy level, improving the prospect of scientific breakthroughs.
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