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• NASA Scientists Studying Mysterious Lights on Distant Planet that Could Signal Sign of Life
  A NASA spacecraft has detected strange bright spots on the surface of Ceres, the dwarf planet it is expected to begin orbiting on Friday.The early images are just a frustrating teaser. Scientists won't know more about the mysterious light until NASA's Dawn spacecraft starts...
• DNA Study Backs Theory of Massive Steppe Migration to Europe
  Scientists say ancient DNA samples indicate massive migration to Europe from the east took place some 4,500 years ago.The findings support the theory that some Indo-European languages, such as Germanic and Slavic, were introduced by people from the steppe.Researchers from...
• Origins of AIDS Virus Strains Traced to Gorillas
  Two of four strains of the virus that can cause AIDS come from gorillas in southwestern Cameroon, an international team of scientists reported in studies published Monday in the United States.
• Astronaut Garan: Countries Cooperate in Space, Not on Earth
  Fifteen countries have been able to come together for the International Space Station, so it should be possible to have that type of cooperation to solve the many problems on Earth, retired NASA astronaut Ron Garan tells Newsmax TV.
• Islamic State Allegedly Threatens Twitter Executive, Staff
  Twitter Inc and U.S. authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's co-founder and other employees, according to media reports.Islamic State supporters, in online posts on Sunday, called for attacks against...
• SpaceX Launches Two Communications Satellites
  US space transportation company SpaceX launched two commercial communications satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday evening.The rocket, carrying an Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast (ABS) satellite, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on schedule at 10:50 pm (3:50 GMT)...
• Apple’s Looming Watch Incites Upgrade Frenzy for Android: Tech
  As Apple Inc. prepares to release its much- heralded smartwatch, rival gadget makers are racing to upgrade their own devices to ward off market-share losses.By mid-2016, Apple will account for 15 percent to 20 percent of sales of the devices, estimates Transparency Market...
• SpaceX Launches Two Communications Satellites
  US space transportation company SpaceX launched two commercial communications satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday evening.The rocket, carrying an Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast (ABS) satellite, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on schedule at 10:50 pm (3:50 GMT)...
• Ice Age Emperor Penguins Hit Hard by the Cold: Study
  Antarctica's Ross Sea has been a rare safe haven for emperor penguins for thousands of years, even when temperatures were too harsh for their liking, a study released Monday suggests.
• 12-year-old Locked Out of Facebook After Saying Obama Doesn't Love America
  CJ Pearson, a politically active 12-year-old from Augusta, Georgia, says he has been locked out of his Facebook account after posting a video saying President Barack Obama doesn't love America. Pearson, who serves as the executive director of Young Georgians in Government,...
• Astronauts Breeze through Spacewalk to Rig Station for Space Taxis
  Two U.S. astronauts whipped through a third spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sunday to rig parking spots for new U.S. space taxis. Station commander Barry Butch Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts expected to spend about seven hours installing...
• Mobile Industry Tiptoes Towards 5G
  Running short of dramatically new phone designs, leaders of the world's wireless industry agree their next big idea is 5G, shorthand for the fifth generation of networks they expect to have up and running by 2020. But first they'll have to decide what 5G needs to do that...
• Sky-scanning Instrument Finds New Galaxies: Astronomers
  A new instrument on Europe's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has produced the most detailed 3-D view yet of the deep Universe, discovering 26 distant galaxies in just 27 hours of scanning, its operators said Friday.
• Buzz Aldrin: US Needs Boots on the Ground - On Mars
  Buzz Aldrin sketched out for the Senate on Friday his plan for a permanent settlement on Mars, staffed by astronauts.
• Rocket Launch Pad Repair Set to Halt in Funding Spat
  Work to repair a Virginia-owned launch pad damaged by an Orbital ATK rocket explosion is about to halt amid a debate about who should pick up the bill, according to officials in the dispute.
• FCC Approves Municipal Broadband
  The Federal Communications Commission has overruled state laws and voted to allow municipal broadband, The Wall Street Journal reported.
• What You Need to Know About the Net Neutrality Decision
  Comedian John Oliver and the millions of people he unleashed on the FCC last summerhave gotten what they wanted: A reclassification of Internet service as a public utility aimed at preventing providers from blocking or slowing certain content or...
• Liberal Advocate for Net Neutrality Now Has Reservations
  A leading leftist advocate of net neutrality now fears federal regulators are going too far in trying to control the Internet.
• Study: Spike in Sea Levels Caused Unusual East Coast Floods
  An unusual rise in sea levels caused by changes in ocean circulation resulted in unexplained floods and high tides that occurred along the East Coast in 2009 and 2010, according to a new study conducted by University of Arizona (UA) researchers.
• Water Found in Astronaut's Helmet after Spacewalk
  A US astronaut found water pooling in his helmet right after completing a six-plus hour spacewalk on Wednesday, raising new concerns about flaws with NASA's spacesuits.
• Massive Black Hole Challenges Theories
  Astronomers said Wednesday they had detected an impossibly large and ancient black hole that challenges theories about how these phenomena grew in the early Universe.With a mass 12 billion times that of our Sun, the black hole formed about 900 million years after the Big...
• Cyber Expert: Net Neutrality 'Is Going to Happen'
  Cyber expert Steven J.J. Weisman says to expect net neutrality to become a reality because its something that has received a lot of support from the public.
• 3 Men 1st to Get Reconstructed Bionic Hands After Amputation
  Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their legs.The three men are the first to undergo what doctors refer to as bionic reconstruction, which includes a voluntary...
• Democrat on FCC Calls for Changes to Net Neutrality Rules
  A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission has asked the panel's chairman to roll back some of the new net neutrality rules that are expected to be voted on Thursday.
• Clinton Beginning to Shed low Profile before Likely 2016 Bid
  Hillary Clinton has so far kept a low profile this year, something that's starting to change as she heads toward her expected 2016 campaign for president.Clinton was to speak Tuesday at a Silicon Valley women's conference, her first U.S. speech of the year. It opens...

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