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NASA Scientists Solve 2,000-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery [PHOTOS]

Chinese astronomers recorded a mysterious "guest star" that appeared in the night sky in 185A.D. The ancient cosmic event which was described in the Chinese historical book "Book of the Later Han" had only been determined by scientists in the 1960s as the first ever recorded observation of a supernova. Now observations from NASA's Spritzer Space Telescope and the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have pinpointed the star that the Chinese astronomers saw 2,000 years ago....

74-Year Old Woman Caught Selling a Piece of the Moon on Black Market

NASA caught an old woman selling a piece of moon stone in black markets. Joann Davis, 74, claimed that the little piece of moon rock, smaller than a grain of rice, was owned by her late husband. She said that Neil Armstrong gave the little piece of rock to her late husband when he was still an engineer on a company NASA built during Apollo era.

Foldit: Turning Gamers into Scientists

On the surface Foldit doesn't seem to be any different from any video game. It has cute graphics and a peppy sound. Players have to figure out a puzzle before moving on to another level. However Foldit isn't just some puzzle game, it actually masquerades as a scientific tool that helps fight real life problems, namely viruses.

TIPS: How to Reduce Shark Attack Risk and Stay Safe in the Ocean

A third person has recently been killed by a shark off Australia's west coast, raising fears among swimmers, especially in Cottlesloe and Dunsborough beaches. The three fatal attacks happened within 2 months, alerting officials, who are now hunting the killer white sharks. While one can never tell when a shark would be around to attack, the general advice given by experts is to avoid the shark's feeding schedule, which is at dusk, dawn, and night time hours. It is best to stay on the beach...

Owning Exotic Pets: Should You Get One?

A recent news about a man being killed by his exotic pets in Ohio made people anxious about the country’s law in getting exotic pets like tigers, crocodiles, lions, big bucks, and the like. Each American state has its own rules in owning an exotic pet. But eight among the US States do not have laws at all in governing exotic animals’ ownership.

Bolivia scraps Amazon highway plans

Bolivian president Evo Morales has announced he will be scrapping the controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests.

Japanese Earthquake: Radioactive Cesium Detected in Soil, Debris in Mid-Pacific

Government officials of Kashiwa city in Chiba Prefecture said Saturday that they have detected a high level concentration of radioactive cesium in the soil if city-owned land. About 276,000 Becquerels of cesium per kilogram of soil was found below the surface following the detection of an abnormal level of airborne radiation earlier in the week.

Turkey Quake Death Toll at 138, Frantic Rescue On

More than a thousand rescuers, including six battalions of soldiers, and residents were digging for survivors underneath collapsed apartment buildings in eastern Turkey, where a powerful quake struck Sunday afternoon instantly killing 138 and injuring 350 people.

Estrogen Beta Receptors: A New Treatment Strategy for Alzheimer’s Patients

A study from University of Houston recommends a different approach in developing drugs to treat Alzheimer’s, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other cardiovascular diseases. An interview was published on Nature Reviews Drug Discovery magazine for their October issue stated that the scientists from the Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling (CNRCS) at UH are finalizing the results of their study that was conducted in 1996.

Water, Water Everywhere- Scientists Discover Cache of Water in Outer Space

The mystery of how water was able to survive Earth's fiery past has always baffled scientists. Earth had been a very hot planet and any water would have simply evaporated. A European team of astronomers may have the answer to the age-old riddle with a discovery of a reservoir of water vapor in space.

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