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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1713 Most Viewed - Science en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:03:47 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1713 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080819/sc_livescience/widefacedmenmoreaggressive livescience/20080819/widefacedmenmoreaggressive LiveScience.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:05:49 GMT LiveScience.com - Men with big mugs are more aggressive, a new study of hockey players suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_sc/sci_nasa_moonship ap/20080819/sci_nasa_moonship AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:21:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_sc/sci_nasa_moonship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080730/capt.00825d2f2f854270a769e02f9fcab07f.lunar_stand_in_waet201.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=fns6Eq7pCIBh.JhLqLd.eA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Legendary NASA space suit engineer Joe Kosmo, right, talks with technician Kevin Groenman, in a 300-pound space suit, June 10, 2008, in Moses Lake, Wash. NASA scientists and contractors spent two weeks in Moses Lake field testing some of the vehicles and robots that will be used when humans return to the moon later this century. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AP - A space-age version of the rusty springs under old pickup trucks will help NASA fix the most pressing technical problem with its high-tech new rocket to send astronauts back to the moon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_sc/sci_nasa_moonship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080730/capt.00825d2f2f854270a769e02f9fcab07f.lunar_stand_in_waet201.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=fns6Eq7pCIBh.JhLqLd.eA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Legendary NASA space suit engineer Joe Kosmo, right, talks with technician Kevin Groenman, in a 300-pound space suit, June 10, 2008, in Moses Lake, Wash. NASA scientists and contractors spent two weeks in Moses Lake field testing some of the vehicles and robots that will be used when humans return to the moon later this century. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/sc_afp/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat afp/20080819/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:07:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/sc_afp/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih40.190808100452.photo00.photo.default-512x283.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=5il2RuSvdLSlSricOXDAoQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="An ABC TV framegrab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from an yacht near Sydney. Fears were growing Tuesday for the whale(AFP/HO/Abc Tv)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Fears were growing Tuesday for the survival chances of a lost baby humpback whale who tried to suckle from an Australian yacht in the belief it was its mother.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/sc_afp/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih40.190808100452.photo00.photo.default-512x283.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=5il2RuSvdLSlSricOXDAoQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="An ABC TV framegrab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from an yacht near Sydney. Fears were growing Tuesday for the whale(AFP/HO/Abc Tv)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_sc/sci_counting_without_numbers ap/20080818/sci_counting_without_numbers AP Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:01:56 GMT AP - Answer this without counting: Are there more X's here XXXXXX, or here XXXXX? That's a problem facing people whose languages don't include words for more than one or two. Yet researchers say children who speak those languages are still able to compare quantities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/scientistssaywecanseesound livescience/20080818/scientistssaywecanseesound LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:15:12 GMT LiveScience.com - Turning conventional neuroscience on its head, new research suggests the human visual system processes sound and helps us see. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080820/sc_space/howtominemartianwater space/20080820/howtominemartianwater SPACE.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:02:22 GMT SPACE.com - The confirmation of Martian water ice by the Phoenix Mars Lander may hint at the planet's potential for supporting life — or at least human life. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/italy_turtles_dc nm/20080819/italy_turtles_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:58:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/italy_turtles_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_19t051025_450x300_us_italy_turtles.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mrBjpIkDCTzD1RIzqOQBiQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Tourists photograph a newly hatched sea turtle crawling towards the water near the Marine Turtle Rescue Center on Linosa, a small volcanic island south of Sicily August 8, 2008. (Paulo Siqueira/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - About 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead, a conservation worker said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/italy_turtles_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_19t051025_450x300_us_italy_turtles.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mrBjpIkDCTzD1RIzqOQBiQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tourists photograph a newly hatched sea turtle crawling towards the water near the Marine Turtle Rescue Center on Linosa, a small volcanic island south of Sicily August 8, 2008. (Paulo Siqueira/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather ap/20080820/weatherpage_weather AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:19:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.571484baaba740fc8458796f442b7cfc.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=bBNh2o72Z_ImJs9RAgC25Q--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="The Weather Underground forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 showing heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to persist throughout Florida as Fay treks northeast. Meanwhile a front pushing through the Pacific Northwest will bring showers and possible storms. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tropical Storm Fay was expected to move northwest toward northern Florida or the Georgia coast Wednesday evening. Forecasters said it could intensify into a hurricane as it moves over water and were keeping a close eye on the cyclone.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.571484baaba740fc8458796f442b7cfc.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=bBNh2o72Z_ImJs9RAgC25Q--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="The Weather Underground forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 showing heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to persist throughout Florida as Fay treks northeast. Meanwhile a front pushing through the Pacific Northwest will bring showers and possible storms. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/sc_afp/ecuadorgalapagosenvironmentanimal afp/20080820/ecuadorgalapagosenvironmentanimal AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:10:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/sc_afp/ecuadorgalapagosenvironmentanimal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nin01.200808030813.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kucZ.3LIh2BMvawjfKzX0w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File photo of Playa Man in San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were under a botanical alert Tuesday after a destructive Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) was detected on the archipelago, the Agricultural Health Service (SESA) said.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Buendia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were under a botanical alert Tuesday after a destructive Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) was detected on the archipelago, the Agricultural Health Service (SESA) said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/sc_afp/ecuadorgalapagosenvironmentanimal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nin01.200808030813.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kucZ.3LIh2BMvawjfKzX0w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo of Playa Man in San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were under a botanical alert Tuesday after a destructive Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) was detected on the archipelago, the Agricultural Health Service (SESA) said.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Buendia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080813/sc_space/spaceshipcouldflyfasterthanlight space/20080813/spaceshipcouldflyfasterthanlight SPACE.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:16:06 GMT SPACE.com - Travel by bubble might seem more appropriate for witches in Oz, but two physicists suggest that a future spaceship could fold a space-time bubble around itself to travel faster than the speed of light. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/wcom/20080819/we_wcom/fay_battering_east_central_florida wcom/20080819/fay_battering_east_central_florida weather.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:05:47 GMT weather.com - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080814/sc_livescience/peoplereallydolookbetterwhenyoudrink livescience/20080814/peoplereallydolookbetterwhenyoudrink LiveScience.com Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:11:20 GMT LiveScience.com - For the first time, scientists have proven that "beer goggles" are real - other people really do look more attractive to us if we have been drinking. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve livescience/20080818/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve LiveScience.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:20:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080815/capt.03361195e2c8418db9ef35a37f5a1b84.bigfoot_claim_cabm105.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=8dXucsGsXxzSk5h9HXWPPg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi holds a photo of what he claims to be the mouth and teeth of a deceased bigfoot or sasquatch creature during a news conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. What's harder to believe is why so many people buy into hazy evidence, shady schemes and downright false reports that perpetuate myths that often have just one ultimate truth: They put money in the pockets of their purveyors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080818/sc_livescience/monstersghostsandgodswhywebelieve"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080815/capt.03361195e2c8418db9ef35a37f5a1b84.bigfoot_claim_cabm105.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=8dXucsGsXxzSk5h9HXWPPg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi holds a photo of what he claims to be the mouth and teeth of a deceased bigfoot or sasquatch creature during a news conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080819/sc_space/russianrocketlaunchesnewcommunicationssatellite space/20080819/russianrocketlaunchesnewcommunicationssatellite SPACE.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:31 GMT SPACE.com - PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - The third and last Inmarsat 4 mobile-broadband satellite was successfully placed into orbit Tuesday by an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket, ILS and Inmarsat announced. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080820/sc_livescience/newcluestowheresalmongo livescience/20080820/newcluestowheresalmongo LiveScience.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:32:06 GMT LiveScience.com - Tiny transmitters attached to Atlantic salmon are helping to solve a mystery about their lengthy and sometimes fatal ocean treks and why the fish's population numbers are dropping. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080815/sc_space/thegreatandsometimesseriousdebateaboutpluto space/20080815/thegreatandsometimesseriousdebateaboutpluto SPACE.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:00:27 GMT SPACE.com - LAUREL, MD — The entrance to the debate over Pluto's planet status said it all: With techno music blaring in the background, the two debaters and a moderator walked into the auditorium, cameras flashing and the audience clapping. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080820/sc_livescience/howbubblewrapcouldpowerthefuture livescience/20080820/howbubblewrapcouldpowerthefuture LiveScience.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:03:47 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: Each Wednesday LiveScience examines the viability of emerging energy technologies - the power of the future. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/magpies_mirror_dc nm/20080819/magpies_mirror_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:03:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/magpies_mirror_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_18t204519_450x364_us_magpies_mirror.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=0OYqot9cux_eBE8.KjlbwQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="A magpie with yellow mark used in a mirror self-recognition experiment. Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a few higher mammals. (Institute of Psychology, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a few higher mammals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/magpies_mirror_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_18t204519_450x364_us_magpies_mirror.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=0OYqot9cux_eBE8.KjlbwQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="A magpie with yellow mark used in a mirror self-recognition experiment. Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a few higher mammals. (Institute of Psychology, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/wcom/20080819/we_wcom/t__s__fay_may_stall_just_east_of_fl_tomorrow wcom/20080819/t__s__fay_may_stall_just_east_of_fl_tomorrow weather.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:05:45 GMT weather.com - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080819/sc_space/newthinskintoprotecttinyspacecraft space/20080819/newthinskintoprotecttinyspacecraft SPACE.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:43 GMT SPACE.com - Fleets of miniature spacecraft may now be closer to liftoff.