http://ap-89030.new.newsvine.com/en-usCopyright 2012Thu, 17 May 2012 20:42:21 +0000Fri, 18 May 2012 08:16:24 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11746125-us-forecasters-say-heat-will-stay-on-this-summerhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11746125-us-forecasters-say-heat-will-stay-on-this-summerushotsciencescisummerThu, 17 May 2012 17:10:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>The Gladiator Fire burns in the Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott National Forest, Ariz. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Authorities are worried that flames from the Gladiator Fire will get past a fire line that's about a mile west of the historic mining town of Crown King, fire incident spokeswoman Loretta Benavidez said Tuesday night. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES </p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11582489-excuse-me-gassy-dinosaurs-helped-warm-earthhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11582489-excuse-me-gassy-dinosaurs-helped-warm-earthussciencedinosaursciflatulencedinosaur-flatulenceMon, 7 May 2012 19:04:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, visitors to the American Museum of Natural History in New York inspect a detailed model of a 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus on display during the media preview of "The World's Largest Dinosaurs'" exhibit. The exhibition on view at the American Museum of Natural History from April 16, 2011, through January 2, 2012, explores the biology of a group of uniquely super-sized dinosaurs: the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods. And a new study in the journal Current Biology suggests that sauropods produced enough methane, through burps and flatulence, that it helped keep an already warm Earth warmer. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) Visitors to the American Museum of Natural history inspect a detailed model of a 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus on display during the media preview of "The Worldís Largest Dinosaurs'" exhibit, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in New York. The exhibition on view at the American Museum of Natural History from April 16, 20</p><p>FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, visitors to the American Museum of Natural History in New York inspect a detailed model of a 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus on display during the media preview of "The World's Largest Dinosaurs'" exhibit. The exhibition on view at the American Museum of Natural History from April 16, 2011, through January 2, 2012, explores the biology of a group of uniquely super-sized dinosaurs: the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods. And a new study in the journal Current Biology suggests that sauropods produced enough methane, through burps and flatulence, that it helped keep an already warm Earth warmer. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) </p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11525688-noaa-sought-magician-now-wants-plans-to-disappearhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11525688-noaa-sought-magician-now-wants-plans-to-disappearuspoliticssciencenoaamagiciandavid-copperfieldThu, 3 May 2012 21:25:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11523329-greenland-losing-ice-fast-but-not-runaway-pacehttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11523329-greenland-losing-ice-fast-but-not-runaway-paceussciencescigreenlandglaciersThu, 3 May 2012 18:01:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, a large melt pool forms in the Ilulissat ice fjord below the Jakobshavn Glacier, at the fringe of the vast Greenland ice sheet. Greenland's glaciers are hemorrhaging ice at an increasingly faster rate, but it's not the breakneck pace scientists once feared, a new study says. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, pools of melted ice form atop Jakobshavn Glacier, near the edge of the vast Greenland ice sheet. Greenland's glaciers are hemorrhaging ice at an increasingly faster rate, but it's not the breakneck pace scientists once feared, a new study says.. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, rows of pressure ridges stack up, foreground, before tumbling over the ever-collapsing wide front of Jakobshavn Glacier and into the Ilulissat ice fjord, background, in Greenland. Greenland's glaciers are hemorrhaging ice at an increasingly faster rate, but it's not the breakneck pace scientists once feared, a new study says. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11394026-study-antarctic-ice-melting-from-warm-water-belowhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11394026-study-antarctic-ice-melting-from-warm-water-belowussciencesciantarcticameltingWed, 25 Apr 2012 18:59:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11364161-asteroids-may-yield-precious-metals-cosmic-richeshttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11364161-asteroids-may-yield-precious-metals-cosmic-richesus1stscienceminingasteroidscisilicon-valleyldwritethrutom-jonesjames-cameronTue, 24 Apr 2012 07:01:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This computer-generated image provided by Planetary Resources, a group of high-tech tycoons that wants to mine nearby asteroids, shows a conceptual rendering of a spacecraft preparing to capture a water-rich, near-Earth asteroid. The group's mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/Planetary Resources)</p><p>This computer-generated image provided by Planetary Resources, a group of high-tech tycoons that wants to mine nearby asteroids, shows a conceptual rendering of satellites prospecting a water-rich, near-Earth asteroid. The group's mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/Planetary Resources)</p><p>This March 3, 2000 image provided by NASA shows the near-Earth asteroid Eros from the NEAR spacecraft at a distance of 127 miles (204 kilometers). A group of high-tech tycoons wants to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits. The mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This computer-generated image provided by Planetary Resources, a group of high-tech tycoons that wants to mine nearby asteroids, shows a conceptual rendering of several small robotic spacecraft mining a near-Earth asteroid. The group's mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/Planetary Resources)</p><p>With a screen showing different types of asteroids behind, Planetary Resources Inc. advisor Tom Jones speaks at a news conference announcing a plan to mine nearby asteroids Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Seattle. The mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)</p><p>Planetary Resources Inc. mechanical engineer Peter Illsley puts finishing touches on a full-size prototype model of a low-orbit spacecraft before a news conference announcing a plan to mine nearby asteroids Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Seattle. The mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)</p><p>Planetary Resources Inc. mechanical engineer Peter Illsley puts finishing touches on a full-size prototype model of a low-orbit spacecraft before a news conference announcing a plan to mine nearby asteroids Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Seattle. The mega-million dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11247289-space-shuttle-discovery-takes-a-few-victory-lapshttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11247289-space-shuttle-discovery-takes-a-few-victory-lapsuswhite-housespace-shuttleshuttlelastwashington-monumentsciencestopTue, 17 Apr 2012 15:07:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery is being transported to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/John Raoux)</p><p>Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery is being transported to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/John Raoux)</p><p>Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery is being transported to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/John Raoux)</p><p>The space shuttle Discovery, atop a 747 carrier aircraft, makes a flyover at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)</p><p>The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)</p><p>The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the National Mall in Washington,with the Capitol in the background, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)</p><p>The Space Shuttle Discovery, attached to the back of a Boeing 747 airplane, passes over the Washington Monument, in Washington, Tuesday April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)</p><p>Hitching a ride on top a special NASA Boeing 747 jet, the space shuttle Discovery soars past Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, after a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, now becomes an attraction at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., next to Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>Sixth-graders visiting the Capitol from from the Stratford Academy in Macon, Ga., watch the final voyage of the space shuttle Discovery as it soars above Washington after a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery , the world's most traveled spaceship, now becomes an attraction at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., next to Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>The space shuttle Discovery, sitting atop a 747 carrier aircraft lands, at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)</p><p>The space shuttle Discovery, sitting atop a 747 carrier aircraft, lands at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)</p><p>Space shuttle Discovery makes a final pass over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex rocket garden at Cape Canaveral, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Among those gathered at KSC were astronauts Hank Hartsfield, who was Commander on STS-41D, Discovery's maiden voyage, and Charlie Walker, who was a payload specialist on the same mission. (AP Photo/Florida Today,Tim Shortt) NO SALES</p><p>The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport. The oldest surviving shuttle, Discovery holds the all-time record with 39 missions, 148 million miles, 5,830 orbits of Earth, and 365 days spent in space. All that was achieved in under 27 years. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)</p><p>Sixth-graders visiting the Capitol from from the Stratford Academy in Macon, Ga., watch the final voyage of the space shuttle Discovery as it soars above Washington after a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery , the world's most traveled spaceship, now becomes an attraction at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., next to Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>Graphic gives some information on the space shuttle and its missions</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11184330-with-rockets-so-many-things-can-and-do-go-wronghttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11184330-with-rockets-so-many-things-can-and-do-go-wrongusnorth-koreasciencerocket-scienceFri, 13 Apr 2012 17:30:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 8, 2012 file photo, a North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea fired the long-range rocket early Friday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward with a launch widely seen as a provocation. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)</p><p>FILE - In this April 8, 2012 file photo, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket stands at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea fired the long-range rocket early Friday, April 13, 2012, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward with a launch widely seen as a provocation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)</p><p>FILE - In this April 8, 2012 file photo, a North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again. The giant explosion that gets a rocket off the ground isn't that complicated. Controlling that reaction and going where you want, when you want - that's where engineers earn their money and ulcers. And it's where past rockets and spaceships have ended in spectacular and sometimes deadly failures. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)</p><p>FILE - This Sunday April 8, 2012 file photo shows North Korea's Unha-3 rocket at the Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again. The giant explosion that gets a rocket off the ground isn't that complicated. Controlling that reaction and going where you want, when you want - that's where engineers earn their money and ulcers. And it's where past rockets and spaceships have ended in spectacular and sometimes deadly failures. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)</p><p>FILE - In this April 11, 1970 file photo, the Saturn rocket carrying the Apollo 13 spacecraft lifts off the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Fla. It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again. The giant explosion that gets a rocket off the ground isn't that complicated. Controlling that reaction and going where you want, when you want - that's where engineers earn their money and ulcers. And it's where past rockets and spaceships have ended in spectacular and sometimes deadly failures. Former NASA deputy administrator Hans Mark said most failures are from human error. He pointed to a dropped oxygen tank that caused the near-fatal Apollo 13 explosion. (AP Photo)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1986 file photo, debris falls from the sky after the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The seven crew members perished in the explosion. It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again. The giant explosion that gets a rocket off the ground isn't that complicated. Controlling that reaction and going where you want, when you want - that's where engineers earn their money and ulcers. And it's where past rockets and spaceships have ended in spectacular and sometimes deadly failures. One of the shuttle's booster rockets, whose faulty O-rings were blamed for the disaster, shoots off to the right. (AP Photo/NASA)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11164923-see-dan-read-baboons-can-learn-to-spot-real-wordshttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11164923-see-dan-read-baboons-can-learn-to-spot-real-wordsussciencereadingscibaboonsfinally-kiteThu, 12 Apr 2012 18:04:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated handout photo provided by of Joel Fagot, and the journal Science shows Dora during a readng experiment. French researchers are showing that baboons can do what is essentially the first step in reading. They can identify recurring patterns &#8212; in English. This study is important in two fields: It shows that the early steps in reading are far more instinctual than scientists first thought and it also demonstrates that non-human primates may be smarter than we give them credit for. Baboons and other monkeys are good pattern finders and it's more than memorization. What they are doing may be what we first do in recognizing words. But it's still a far cry from real reading. The study is in the journal Science. (AP Photo/Joel Fagot)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/11/11144480-titanics-sinking-was-it-more-than-human-follyhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/11/11144480-titanics-sinking-was-it-more-than-human-follyussciencescititanictheoriesnew-theoriesWed, 11 Apr 2012 18:01:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2005 file photo, a small boat makes its way through the icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland. An entire century, two high-profile government investigations and countless books and movies have passed, yet we're still looking for and debating what really caused the Titanic to hit an iceberg and sink on that crystal-clear chilly night. Physicists Donald Olson and Russell Doescher at Texas State University said that a few months earlier, the moon, sun and Earth lined up in a way that adds extra pull on Earth's tides along with the Earth being its closest to the moon in 1,400 years. The unusual tides caused glaciers to calve icebergs off Greenland. Those southbound icebergs got stuck near Labrador and Newfoundland but then slowly moved south again, floating into the shipping currents just in time to greet the Titanic, the astronomers theorized. (AP Photo/John McConnico)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11099556-start-of-2012-march-shatter-us-heat-recordshttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11099556-start-of-2012-march-shatter-us-heat-recordsusyearhotscienceunited-statessciMon, 9 Apr 2012 14:14:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>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)</p><p>FILE - In this March 13, 2012, file photo a man snaps a photo of a blossoming tree with his iPhone outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia. America this year, especially in March, has been so warm that national records aren’t just broken, they are being deep fried. 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. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 15, 2012, file photo people enjoy the warm weather near the Washington National Monument in Washington. America this year, especially in March, has been so warm that national records aren’t just broken, they are being deep fried. 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/Susan Walsh, File)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11090565-its-already-been-a-very-record-breaking-hot-yearhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11090565-its-already-been-a-very-record-breaking-hot-yearuspoliticsyearhotscienceunited-statessciMon, 9 Apr 2012 04:01:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>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)</p><p>FILE - In this March 13, 2012, file photo a man snaps a photo of a blossoming tree with his iPhone outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia. America this year, especially in March, has been so warm that national records aren’t just broken, they are being deep fried. 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. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 15, 2012, file photo people enjoy the warm weather near the Washington National Monument in Washington. America this year, especially in March, has been so warm that national records aren’t just broken, they are being deep fried. 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/Susan Walsh, File)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/04/11019058-ice-age-data-bolsters-greenhouse-gas-warming-linkhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/04/11019058-ice-age-data-bolsters-greenhouse-gas-warming-linkuswarmingscienceagesciice-age-warmingWed, 4 Apr 2012 17:00:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10984132-feds-meterological-march-madness-mostly-randomhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10984132-feds-meterological-march-madness-mostly-randomushotsciencemarchsciMon, 2 Apr 2012 16:35:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/31/10959001-titanics-legacy-a-fascination-with-disastershttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/31/10959001-titanics-legacy-a-fascination-with-disastersentertainmentusus-newslegacytitanicSat, 31 Mar 2012 19:59:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 10, 1912 file photo, the Titanic departs Southampton, England on its maiden Atlantic voyage. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>FILE - This undated file photo shows the doomed liner the S.S. Titanic. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo/PA,Files)</p><p>This May 31, 1911 photo provided by the Library of Congress, shows the hull of the S.S. Titanic. under construction in dry dock. The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)</p><p>FILE - In this undated file image made available by the Library of Congress the Olympic, right, and the Titanic are surrounded by scaffolding during construction in a shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)</p><p>FILE - This undated photo provided by Ralph White shows the bow of the Titanic at rest on the bottom of the North Atlantic, about 400 miles southeast of Newfoundland. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo/Ralph White)</p><p>FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 file photo shows a pocket watch found in the belongings of a third class passenger named William Henry Allen, found in the Titanic wreckage, among a sampling of Titanic artifacts on preview for auction in New York. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)</p><p>In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, binoculars found among the debris of the Titanic wreck are previewed among a sampling of Titanic artifacts in New York. The complete collection of artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the RMS Titanic will be auctioned by Guernsey's Auction House in April. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthew, File)</p><p>FILE - In this 1998 file image provided by RMS Titanic, Inc. a diver accompanies a 17-ton portion of the hull of the Titanic as it is lifted to the surface in the Atlantic Ocean. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo/RMS Titanic, Inc., File)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday March 13, 2012 file photo, a woman looks at projections of the inside of the Titanic on display in the newTitanic Belfast Visitor's Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland. April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10903845-mumbai-miami-on-list-for-big-weather-disastershttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10903845-mumbai-miami-on-list-for-big-weather-disastersusweatherscienceextremessciweather-extremesWed, 28 Mar 2012 15:01:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Nov. 24, 2007 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, shows an aerial view of shows temporary shelters and damage to a village and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr, which swept into southern Bangladesh Nov. 15, as seen from a U.S.Marine Corps aid helicopter. Extreme storms, droughts and heat waves are getting so much worse because global warming that the world has to prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disaster, an international panel of experts says. (AP Photo/Navy-Marine Corps, Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 18, 2008 file photo, newly built houses made of light materials for Cyclone Nagris victimsare reflected in the water in this file photo of July 18, 2008 in an area outside of Yangon, Myanmar. Extreme storms, droughts and heat waves are getting so much worse because global warming that the world has to prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disaster, an international panel of experts says. (AP Photo/File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, people enjoy the warm weather near the Washington Monument in Washington. Extreme storms, droughts and heat waves are getting so much worse because global warming that the world has to prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disaster, an international panel of experts says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans is seen in this aerial view, which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, sits surrounded by floodwaters. Extreme storms, droughts and heat waves are getting so much worse because global warming that the world has to prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disaster, an international panel of experts says. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10786857-fact-check-more-us-drilling-didnt-drop-gas-pricehttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10786857-fact-check-more-us-drilling-didnt-drop-gas-priceuspoliticsnowcheckfactdrill-nowWed, 21 Mar 2012 06:51:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this March 19, 2012, photo, a motorist pumps gas at a Mount Lebanon, Pa., mini-mart. A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how much oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p><p>In this Friday, March 16, 2012 photo, a sign displays gas prices in Montpelier, Vt. A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how much oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10722255-weird-weather-heat-twisters-250k-tons-of-snowhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10722255-weird-weather-heat-twisters-250k-tons-of-snowusweathersciencesciextremeFri, 16 Mar 2012 20:54:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this combination photo, Doug Hamrick shovels snow off of his family's roof in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, left, and Katie Cramer looks over the front of her destroyed house in Dexter, Mich. on Friday, March 16, 2012 after a tornado touched down on Thursday night. America's weather is stuck on extreme. Nearly 11 feet of snow has fallen on Anchorage this winter, where the city has already hauled away 250,000 tons of snow. Yet not much snow dropped on the Lower 48. The first three months of the year have seen twice the normal number of tornadoes, killing 55 people. And 36 states broke or tied daily high temperature records on Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Loren Holmes, Carlos Osorio)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10704156-spring-flooding-not-this-year-us-forecasters-sayhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10704156-spring-flooding-not-this-year-us-forecasters-sayusweathersciencescispringspring-weatherThu, 15 Mar 2012 18:23:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>People enjoy the warm weather near the Washington Monument in Washington, Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10701313-james-cameron-others-to-explore-the-real-abysshttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10701313-james-cameron-others-to-explore-the-real-abyssbusinessussciencescideepjames-cameronexploringthe-deepexploring-theThu, 15 Mar 2012 14:29:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This February 2012 photo, provided by National Geographic, shows explorer and filmmaker James Cameron emerging from the hatch of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER during testing of the submersible in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, Australia. Earth's lost frontier, the deepest part of the oceans where the pressure is like three SUVs sitting on your little toe, is about to be explored first-hand. It's been more than half a century since man dared to plunge that deep. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, National Geographic)</p><p>This February 2012 handout photo provided by National Geographic shows the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible beginning its first test dive off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Earth's lost frontier, the deepest part of the oceans where the pressure is like three SUVs sitting on your little toe, is about to be explored first-hand. It's been more than half a century since man dared to plunge that deep. Earth's lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, National Geographic)</p><p>This handout photo, taken in 2009 by the unmanned submersible Nereus, provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, shows the flat bottom of the Mariana Trench that took pictures and samples. This image of a stalked anemone on rocks on the edge, but not quite on the bottom of the deepest place on Earth, where director/explorer James Cameron will be diving soon in a one-man sub. Earth's lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. (AP Photo/Tim Shank, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)</p><p>This undated handout photo provided by NOAA shows a deep-chimaera, a boneless fish that is a distant evolutionary relative to modern day sharks taken by an unmanned submersible on NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer in a 2010 in deep water off of Indonesia. These are the type of fish that are seen at great depths in the world’s oceans and might be the type director/explorer James Cameron could see on the way to the deepest spot on Earth, the Mariana Trench. But these type of fish won’t be on the bottom, nearly 7 miles down, because scientists say no traditional fish can survive at depths much past 5 miles. Cameron said. (AP Photo/NOAA)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10677103-new-figures-more-of-us-at-risk-to-sea-level-risehttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10677103-new-figures-more-of-us-at-risk-to-sea-level-riseussciencelos-angelesscirisesea-level-riseWed, 14 Mar 2012 04:02:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Aug. 28, 2011 file photo shows a bicyclist making his way past a stranded taxi on a flooded New York City Street as Tropical Storm Irene passes through the city. Global warming-fueled sea level rise over the next century could at least flood 3.7 million people in the US, according to a new method of looking at flood risk published in two scientific papers. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10613047-birdlike-dinos-wore-basic-black-with-glossy-touchhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10613047-birdlike-dinos-wore-basic-black-with-glossy-touchusscienceblackscidinosaursThu, 8 Mar 2012 20:11:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated handout artist illustration provided by the American Museum of Natural History, shows a Microraptor, based on a fossil from 130 million years ago found in China. It indicates that the dinosaur &#8212; it is a dinosaur even though it looks like a bird &#8212; had glossy black feathers. (AP Photo/Mick Ellison, American Museum of Natural History, Science /AAAS)</p><p>This undated handout illustration provided by the American Museum of Natural History shows the fossilized remains of Microraptor, a dinosaur from 130 million years ago. The fossil was found in rural China and it had black glossy feathers. AP Photo/Mick Ellison, American Museum of Natural History, Science /AAAS) (AP Photo/Mick Ellison, American Museum of Natural History, Science/AAAS)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601088-a-strong-backhand-slap-from-end-of-solar-stormhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601088-a-strong-backhand-slap-from-end-of-solar-stormtechnologyusstormsciencesolarscinorthern-lightssolar-stormWed, 7 Mar 2012 16:23:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This handout image provided by NASA shows a solar flare heading toward Earth. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start smacking Earth late Wednesday night, close to midnight EST. They say it is the biggest in five years and growing. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This extreme ultraviolet wavelength image provided by NASA shows a solar flare. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start smacking Earth late Wednesday night, close to midnight EST. They say it is the biggest in five years and growing. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>ADDS TIME THAT THE FLARE OCCURRED - This handout image provided by NASA shows a solar flare errupting at 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, and that is heading toward Earth. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start smacking Earth late Wednesday night, close to midnight EST. They say it is the biggest in five years and growing. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>ADDS TIME THE FLARE OCCURRED - This extreme ultraviolet wavelength image provided by NASA shows a solar flare that erupted at 7 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start smacking Earth late Wednesday night, close to midnight EST. They say it is the biggest in five years and growing. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>This handout image provided by NASA shows a solar flare errupting at 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, and that is heading toward Earth. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start smacking Earth late Wednesday night, close to midnight EST. They say it is the biggest in five years and growing. (AP Photo/NASA)</p><p>The sun rises over Mount Hood in Portland, Ore. on Thursday, March 8, 2012. The largest solar storm in five years has engulfed Earth, but scientists say the planet has lucked out so far. The storm arrived more peacefully Thursday morning than it could have. Scientists say that could change as the storm spends the day shaking the planet's magnetic field. It could disrupt technology but also spread colorful Northern Lights. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)</p><p>The northern lights or aurora borealis fill the western sky Friday, March 9, 2012, above the Russian Orthodox Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel in Kenai, Alaska. The display of lights came in the aftermath of a solar storm that struck Earth on Thursday. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, M. Scott Moon) MAGS OUT, NO SALES</p><p>The Northern Lights are seen in the skies near Faskusfjordur on the east coast of Iceland Thursday March 8, 2012. A solar storm shook the Earth's magnetic field early Friday, but scientists said they had no reports of any problems with electrical systems. After reports Thursday of the storm fizzling out, a surge of activity prompted space weather forecasters to issue alerts about changes in the magnetic field. (AP Photo/Jonina Oskardottir) ICELAND OUT</p><p>The largest solar storm in five years sent a huge wave of radiation into earth's atmosphere creating a brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, North West Territories on Thursday March 8, 2012. Yellowknife, which is situated directly under the auroral "oval", has some of the best northern lights viewing in the world. Truckers returning from the diamond mines 330 kilometers northeast enjoy the nighttime spectacle as they cruised down the ice road on Prosperous Lake. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Bill Braden)</p><p>The largest solar storm in five years sent a huge wave of radiation into earth's atmosphere creating a brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, North West Territories on Thursday March 8, 2012. Yellowknife, which is situated directly under the auroral "oval", has some of the best northern lights viewing in the world. Truckers returning from the diamond mines 330 kilometers northeast enjoy the nighttime spectacle as they cruised down the ice road on Prosperous Lake. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Bill Braden)</p><p>In this March 8, 2012 photo, the colorful northern lights are seen from Ruby, Alaska. Mitch Seavey is the first musher in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to reach the village of Ruby, on Friday, March 9, 2012, 480 miles from the finish line at Nome. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)</p> http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10598504-us-studies-confirm-europe-close-on-god-particlehttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10598504-us-studies-confirm-europe-close-on-god-particleussciencesciparticlegod-particleWed, 7 Mar 2012 09:00:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10540933-dinosaurs-had-fleas-too-giant-ones-fossils-showhttp://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10540933-dinosaurs-had-fleas-too-giant-ones-fossils-showussciencescigiantfleasWed, 29 Feb 2012 18:01:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated handout photo provided by Nature shows a female, left, and male, right, fleas from the Middle Jurassic. In the Jurassic era, even the measly flea was a beast. It was a super-sized bloodsucker that feasted on dinosaurs with a saw-lie siphon. (AP Photo/D. Huang, Nature)</p><p>This undated handout photo provided by Nature shows the male flea from the Early Cretaceous. In the Jurassic era, even the measly flea was a beast. It was a super-sized bloodsucker that feasted on dinosaurs with a saw-lie siphon. (AP Photo/D. Huang, Nature)</p>