Vick recipient of Block Courage Award
Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick, who joined the Eagles this season after serving 18 months in federal prison for his role in a dogfighting ring, has been named recipient of the team’s Ed Block Courage Award.
Given annually, the award honors NFL players who exemplify commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. Recipients are selected in [...]
32 planets discovered outside solar system
Thirty-two planets have been discovered outside Earth’s solar system through the use of a high-precision instrument installed at a Chilean telescope, an international team announced Monday.
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Found: Firm place to stand outside solar system
Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there’s a firm place to stand — if only it weren’t so broiling hot.
As scientists search the skies for life elsewhere, they have found more than 300 planets outside our solar system. But they all have been gas balls or can’t be proven to [...]
New giant rat species discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of giant rat in a remote rainforest in Papua New Guinea.
Measuring 82 centimeters (32.2 inches) from nose to tail and weighing around 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds), the species is thought to be one of the largest rats ever to be found.
The discovery was made by a team from the [...]
NASA falling short of asteroid-detection goals
Without more funding, NASA will not meet its goal of tracking 90 percent of all deadly asteroids by 2020, according to a report released today by the National Academy of Sciences.
The agency is on track to soon be able to spot 90 percent of the potentially dangerous objects that are at least a kilometer (.6 [...]
First U.S. face transplant recipient offers thanks
In 2004, a bullet ripped away Connie Culp’s nose, cheeks and upper jaw. Metal fragments sprayed into her skull and stripped her face away, leaving nothing except for her eyes, her chin and forehead.
Without her nose, she could not smell. She breathed through a tracheostomy — a surgical opening in her neck. Without lips, she [...]
Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet
In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place. European researchers said they not only found the smallest exoplanet ever, called Gliese 581 e, but realized that a [...]
Mother Wins Right To Harvest Sperm From Dead Son
A judge has granted a mother’s request to have someone harvest sperm from her dead son’s body, so she can have the option of carrying out his wish to have children.
Nikolas Colton Evans, 21, died Sunday at a hospital after being punched and falling outside an Austin bar March 27.
His mother, Marissa Evans, told the [...]
Study: Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected
Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using complex computer models of weather and climate, says conditions that had been forecast by the end of the century could occur much sooner.
A change in the amount of ice [...]
Galaxy may be full of ‘Earths,’ alien life
As NASA prepares to hunt for Earth-like planets in our corner of the Milky Way galaxy, there’s new buzz that “Star Trek’s” vision of a universe full of life may not be that far-fetched.
Pointy-eared aliens traveling at light speed are staying firmly in science fiction, but scientists are offering fresh insights into the possible existence [...]
