Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/science Most Viewed - Science en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:40 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/science http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone livescience/20100209/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone LiveScience.com health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don't pressure them.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/teensfavorsocialmediaoverblogs livescience/20100208/teensfavorsocialmediaoverblogs LiveScience.com science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:50:06 GMT LiveScience.com - The preferred mode of communication, at least among young people, is social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a new survey. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/australiajapanwhaling afp/20100209/australiajapanwhaling AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:48:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/australiajapanwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265690824699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9iC01fpweXyHl86P1_2nEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/australiajapanwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265690824699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9iC01fpweXyHl86P1_2nEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/worldssmallestsolarpoweredsensorrunsalmostforever livescience/20100209/worldssmallestsolarpoweredsensorrunsalmostforever LiveScience.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:15:55 GMT LiveScience.com - A tiny solar-powered sensor, smaller than Abe Lincoln's head on a penny, can supply almost perpetual energy, its creators say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100209/sc_space/saturnsmoondoesharboranoceannewevidencesuggests space/20100209/saturnsmoondoesharboranoceannewevidencesuggests SPACE.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:45:58 GMT SPACE.com - Icy plumes of water vapor erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus have left scientists divided over whether a liquid ocean lies hidden beneath the icy surface. Now evidence from a 2008 plume fly-through by NASA's Cassini spacecraft has turned up short-lived water ions that suggest liquid water does indeed exist inside the moon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/beermaybegoodforyourbones livescience/20100208/beermaybegoodforyourbones LiveScience.com science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:05:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/beermaybegoodforyourbones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265342479337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=9Th_7tzJTUeighEzNae2Cg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Drunken pub fights are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/beermaybegoodforyourbones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265342479337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=9Th_7tzJTUeighEzNae2Cg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Drunken pub fights are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_toyota_lawsuit nm/20100209/us_toyota_lawsuit Reuters science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:03:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_toyota_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265517569455-3-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=QoSIbJXTCsIg.LTdw.gCmg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Facts on the anti-locking braking system for cars, the focus of concern in the Toyota Prius safety complaints.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Toyota faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuits stemming from complaints of faulty brakes in its top-selling Prius hybrid car and from investors claiming they were misled about problems with unintended acceleration in a wide range of models.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_toyota_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265517569455-3-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=QoSIbJXTCsIg.LTdw.gCmg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Facts on the anti-locking braking system for cars, the focus of concern in the Toyota Prius safety complaints.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20100210/us_space_shuttle AP science Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:06:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.699b1652c1694cc89922bf8708a652a5.aptopix_space_shuttle_ksc120.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=YR09K4BXESNhiS3TTJyC7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour is carrying six astronauts who will deliver a room and observation deck to the International Space Station. A piece of foam insulation is seen falling to the right of the orbiter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0" /></a>AP - Endeavour zoomed toward a midnight rendezvous with the International Space Station late Tuesday, and NASA grew ever more optimistic that the shuttle is free of any launch damage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.699b1652c1694cc89922bf8708a652a5.aptopix_space_shuttle_ksc120.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=YR09K4BXESNhiS3TTJyC7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour is carrying six astronauts who will deliver a room and observation deck to the International Space Station. A piece of foam insulation is seen falling to the right of the orbiter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/6tipstoavoidinjurywhileshovelingsnow livescience/20100208/6tipstoavoidinjurywhileshovelingsnow LiveScience.com science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:29:10 GMT LiveScience.com - As mid-Atlantic residents dig themselves out from the snow, literally, doctors say they should listen to their bodies and not overdo it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100209/sc_space/shuttleendeavourclosesinonspacestation space/20100209/shuttleendeavourclosesinonspacestation SPACE.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:16:10 GMT SPACE.com - The space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the International Space Station carrying six astronauts and NASA's last big additions for the orbiting laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/thedangersofthirdhandsmokerevealed livescience/20100209/thedangersofthirdhandsmokerevealed LiveScience.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:25:40 GMT LiveScience.com - Add a new health threat to smoking: In addition to the harm caused by actually smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke, so-called third-hand smoke may also pose a threat, particularly to babies and toddlers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_toyota_europe_recall ap/20100209/eu_toyota_europe_recall AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:20:56 GMT AP - Toyota in Europe is no where near the hot-selling carmaker it is in the United States. But the troubled auto maker's miseries have hit home there with the recall of the Prius, which has become something of an icon in environment-conscious Europe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/hl_nm/us_cancer_lung_mutations nm/20100210/us_cancer_lung_mutations Reuters health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:10 GMT Reuters - Lung cancer is often dramatically different in women than it is in men, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday in another study that suggests ways to tailor treatment for cancer patients. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/chinaanimaltiger afp/20100209/chinaanimaltiger AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/chinaanimaltiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265623634556-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=DbI1ZrhIMyIBJooWewlsog--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. China said it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China said Tuesday it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/chinaanimaltiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265623634556-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=DbI1ZrhIMyIBJooWewlsog--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. China said it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sc/us_sci_climate_service ap/20100208/us_sci_climate_service AP science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:41:13 GMT AP - The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_instructor_bias ap/20100209/us_instructor_bias AP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:12:29 GMT AP - An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/3dmoviesarehardertopiratefornow livescience/20100209/3dmoviesarehardertopiratefornow LiveScience.com science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:10:06 GMT LiveScience.com - James Cameron's 3-D epic Avatar wowed audiences with its immersive special effects, but Hollywood is hoping the technology can do something more: Give film studios breathing room in the fight against movie piracy. "There is going to be a good period where 3-D has got a little more value, because it can't be purloined from the theater," said Michael Peyser, a University of Southern California (USC) professor of production and executive producer of 2007's U2 3D. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100210/sc_livescience/loudmusiclinkedtopoundingheadaches livescience/20100210/loudmusiclinkedtopoundingheadaches LiveScience.com science Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:40 GMT LiveScience.com - If you want a pounding headache, crank up loud music for an hour or two. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100205/sc_livescience/proteinsupplementmythrevealedbybodyofwork livescience/20100205/proteinsupplementmythrevealedbybodyofwork LiveScience.com health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:50:13 GMT LiveScience.com - Most health stores are tainted with the irony that so few of their products are actually healthy, from herbal potions of unknown purity and utility to dietary supplements capitalizing on recent trends in weight loss or hair gain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/usspacesunnasa afp/20100209/usspacesunnasa AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:13:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/usspacesunnasa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265735551171-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=L9dRR257BVNqKz5.dW.qMw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="This NASA artist's rendition shows the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which is scheduled to be launched from an Atlas V rocket Wednesday. The SDO is expected to give space scientists the most detailed glimpse ever of our sun and its complicated workings.(AFP/NASA-HO)" border="0" /></a>AFP - NASA made final preparations Tuesday for the launch of its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which promises to give space scientists the most detailed glimpse ever of our sun and its complicated workings.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/sc_afp/usspacesunnasa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265735551171-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=L9dRR257BVNqKz5.dW.qMw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="This NASA artist's rendition shows the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which is scheduled to be launched from an Atlas V rocket Wednesday. The SDO is expected to give space scientists the most detailed glimpse ever of our sun and its complicated workings.(AFP/NASA-HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)