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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1713 Most Viewed - Science en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1713 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated ap/20091107/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:30 GMT AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091105/sc_space/frostcoveredmarslanderphotographedfromabove space/20091105/frostcoveredmarslanderphotographedfromabove SPACE.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:36:10 GMT SPACE.com - The long-defunct Phoenix Lander is covered in frost on the frozen Martian wasteland, as seen in new images taken from orbit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep space/20091107/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep SPACE.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009." border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/moonsfriendssaynotofuturelunarcrashes space/20091107/moonsfriendssaynotofuturelunarcrashes SPACE.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:37 GMT SPACE.com - When a NASA spacecraft rammed into the moon in October, it tossed up a hard-to-see plume of lunar material. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091104/sc_space/watergeysersonsaturnmoontakecenterstage space/20091104/watergeysersonsaturnmoontakecenterstage SPACE.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:48:38 GMT SPACE.com - Striking new photos of water-vapor geysers erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus were beamed to Earth this week by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed planet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*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/mostviewedsc/*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)