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  • Battle-bruised King Richard III hastily buried
    By Stephanie PappasLiveScience The body of King Richard III was buried in great haste, a new study finds — perhaps because the medieval monarch's corpse had been out for three days in the summer sun.The new research is the first academic paper published on the discovery of Richard III, which was publicly announced in February 2013. A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester found th...
        
  • NASA unveils winners in space apps contest
    By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comAn interplanetary weather app, a spot-the-space-station tool, and a Mars greenhouse concept are among the winners of the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge. The contest solicited mobile apps and technologies that aid space exploration and enrich life here on Earth.On Wednesday, a panel of judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and partners announced the ...
        
  • Scientists identify the mystery killer behind Ireland's potato famine
    Scientists have finally figured out exactly what strain of potato blight led to the deaths of more than a million people in Ireland during the Great Famine of the mid-19th century — and it's not the usual suspect.For decades, researchers assumed that a particular strain of Phytophthora infestans, known as US-1, made the leap from the Americas to mainland Europe, and then to Ireland in the 1840s. S...
        
  • Cockroaches cut sweets — thus baits — out of their diets
    By Stephanie PappasLiveScienceIn the ongoing battle between humans and cockroaches, the insects have a leg up. A new study finds that roaches evolved their taste buds to make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter. As a result, the roaches avoid the baits and thrive, to the frustration of homeowners everywhere.Plenty of insects evolve resistance to pesticides; they gain the ability to break down poi...
        
  • Twin stars closer to Earth than thought
    By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comA strange pair of stars is much closer to Earth than scientists ever thought, a discovery that finally helps explain a puzzling mystery behind the stellar twins, scientists say.The binary star system is made up of a normal star and a dense stellar remnant called a white dwarf. According to the new measurement, the star system is 372 light-years from Earth, not 520 light-...
        
  • How the white tiger got its distinctive coat
    By Tanya LewisLiveScience The strikingly beautiful, milky coats of white tigers are caused by a single change in a known pigment gene, a new study finds.Since their discovery in the Indian jungle centuries ago, white tigers, a variant of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), have had a certain mystique. Captive white tigers have been inbred to preserve the recessive white coat trait, leading som...
        
  • Satellite's failure on eve of hurricane season ruffles meteorologist
    For the second time in less than a year, the main satellite that keeps an eye on severe weather systems in the eastern half of the United States has malfunctioned, according to government officials. The failure is indicative of the overall aging of the nation's weather satellite network that could lead to gaps in coverage as the fleet is replaced, an expert said.Although a backup satellite began o...
        
  • Google's 'conversational search' lets you chat with your search engine
    Google has issued an update to its Chrome browser that lets you use everyday language like "how do I get there?" to interact with its search — and lets the browser respond vocally as well. It's still an early form of what the search giant demonstrated on stage at Google I/O, but it's an indicator of features to come.The live demonstration last week had Google's Johanna Wright planning an afternoon...
        
  • Old Mars rover finds more proof of possible life
    By Megan GannonSpace.comThe venerable Mars rover Opportunity, the older and smaller cousin of Curiosity, has discovered another water-weathered rock hinting that the Red Planet could have supported life in its ancient past, NASA officials said.In its last days exploring "Cape York," a site on the rim of the giant Endeavour crater, the Opportunity rover examined a fractured rock unlike any it has s...
        
  • During video hangout, astronauts review star-studded space mission
    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield reflected on his space station stardom and the challenging readjustment to life back on Earth during a Google+ Hangout with his NASA crewmates, Tom Marshburn and Kevin Ford.All three astronauts are back in Houston and undergoing rehabilitation after working for months aboard the International Space Station, 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.Hadfield noted tha...
        

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