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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2838 science Science - LiveScience.com en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2838 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091107/sc_livescience/themanymysteriesofneanderthals livescience/20091107/themanymysteriesofneanderthals LiveScience.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091106/sc_livescience/alpsgrowandshrinkatsametime livescience/20091106/alpsgrowandshrinkatsametime LiveScience.com science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:04 GMT LiveScience.com - The European Alps are both growing and shrinking, with two dynamic processes acting against each other for a net effect of ... nothing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091106/sc_livescience/asimplesneezeraisesfearofdeath livescience/20091106/asimplesneezeraisesfearofdeath LiveScience.com science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:56 GMT LiveScience.com - In the current atmosphere of heightened concern over the H1N1 virus, the everyday sneeze can trigger fears of totally unrelated hazards, including heart attacks, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/beforeflowersoddbugspollinatedplants livescience/20091105/beforeflowersoddbugspollinatedplants LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:30:44 GMT LiveScience.com - Before there were flowers, pollination of plants by insects was likely rare, and scientists had no idea of the insect culprits. But a new discovery suggests at least one flittering pollinator. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/frigidantarcticaloadedwithviruses livescience/20091105/frigidantarcticaloadedwithviruses LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:30:43 GMT LiveScience.com - Antarctica's icy lakes are home to a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/incriminatingphotoofleeharveyoswaldnotfaked livescience/20091105/incriminatingphotoofleeharveyoswaldnotfaked LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:35:22 GMT LiveScience.com - An incriminating photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is not a fake, as Oswald and others had claimed, a new analysis concludes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/9oftop10mostfuelefficientcarsarehybrids livescience/20091105/9oftop10mostfuelefficientcarsarehybrids LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:34:19 GMT LiveScience.com - The latest fuel economy ratings for 2010 models have been published, and nine of the top 10 are hybrid electric cars. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/newbornbabiescryinnativetongue livescience/20091105/newbornbabiescryinnativetongue LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:18:44 GMT LiveScience.com - From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/theendofsiliconmaybeinsight livescience/20091105/theendofsiliconmaybeinsight LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:06:54 GMT LiveScience.com - Silicon Valley's name may as well be Steam Locomotive Alley if some scientists have their way - they have come up with a way to replace the silicon used in semiconductor chips with another element called gallium, producing much faster circuits. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/unhealthyfoodadspervasiveonkidsshows livescience/20091105/unhealthyfoodadspervasiveonkidsshows LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:41:07 GMT LiveScience.com - If you think SpongeBob puts junk in your kids' heads, then you need to pay closer attention to the commercials. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/humanevolutionourclosestlivingrelativesthechimps livescience/20091104/humanevolutionourclosestlivingrelativesthechimps LiveScience.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:36:45 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: This is Part 5 in 10-part series LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/recentmidwestquakescalledaftershocksfrom1800s livescience/20091104/recentmidwestquakescalledaftershocksfrom1800s LiveScience.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:17:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/recentmidwestquakescalledaftershocksfrom1800s"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257313674986-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dciZfjr03jg_tzTfY73hCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File picture of a seismograph. A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The small earthquakes that sporadically rattle the central United States may actually be aftershocks from a few extremely large quakes that occurred in the region almost 200 years ago, according to a new study</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/recentmidwestquakescalledaftershocksfrom1800s"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257313674986-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dciZfjr03jg_tzTfY73hCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="File picture of a seismograph. A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/eatingfastmaymakeyoufat livescience/20091104/eatingfastmaymakeyoufat LiveScience.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:26:01 GMT LiveScience.com - Eating meals on the go may be unwise for those wanting to lose weight. New research reveals that scarfing down a lot of food, quickly, curbs the release of certain gut hormones that make you feel full. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/10faileddoomsdaypredictions livescience/20091104/10faileddoomsdaypredictions LiveScience.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:17:00 GMT LiveScience.com - With the upcoming disaster film "2012" and the current hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in context. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/trexsoldestrelativediscovered livescience/20091104/trexsoldestrelativediscovered LiveScience.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:36 GMT LiveScience.com - Spanning just 10 feet in length and sporting a tiny horn on its nose, a newly identified dinosaur has become the oldest known relative of the fierce meat-eater, Tyrannosaurus rex. The discovery suggests such tyrannosaurs were quite petite before they evolved into giant killing machines just before their demise. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/wheregreatwhitesharkslurkclosetohome livescience/20091103/wheregreatwhitesharkslurkclosetohome LiveScience.com science Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:51:55 GMT LiveScience.com - Great white sharks tend to patrol specific neighborhoods for weeks on end, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/howtheworldslargestcruiseshipfloats livescience/20091103/howtheworldslargestcruiseshipfloats LiveScience.com science Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/howtheworldslargestcruiseshipfloats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.87e254c3befa4f7399873e937dd28b20.britain_oasis_of_the_seas_lon810.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zLI_KkGtuvn_MNCc.L8tKA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas dwarfs the Isle of Wight ferry as she enters The Solent, near Portsmouth, in southern England, en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The ship is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. (AP Photo / Chris Ison, pa)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The world's largest cruise ship is making its first transatlantic crossing from Finland to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where it will make its U.S. debut. Though colossal, the ship relies on the same physical principles as its smaller brethren to stay afloat.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/howtheworldslargestcruiseshipfloats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.87e254c3befa4f7399873e937dd28b20.britain_oasis_of_the_seas_lon810.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zLI_KkGtuvn_MNCc.L8tKA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas dwarfs the Isle of Wight ferry as she enters The Solent, near Portsmouth, in southern England, en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The ship is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. (AP Photo / Chris Ison, pa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/bitemarksshowtrexteensfoughtviciously livescience/20091103/bitemarksshowtrexteensfoughtviciously LiveScience.com science Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:14:28 GMT LiveScience.com - If human teenagers seem terrible at times, be thankful we don't have young tyrannosaurs to deal with. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/caffeinecutsintosleepevenhourslater livescience/20091103/caffeinecutsintosleepevenhourslater LiveScience.com health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:52:21 GMT LiveScience.com - Add one more insult to the injury of working the night shift: Drinking coffee during work hours may just keep you awake during the day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/livescience/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091103/sc_livescience/wirelessdevicesoverwhelmnaturessignals livescience/20091103/wirelessdevicesoverwhelmnaturessignals LiveScience.com science Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:20:32 GMT LiveScience.com - A crowd of consumer gadgets such as cell phones and wireless devices may overwhelm the small band of scientists straining to detect faint radio emissions from offbeat sources ranging from hurricanes here to galaxies in the distant cosmos.