[Science] Potentially habitable planet just 12 light-years away

Potentially habitable planet just 12 light-years away
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57560008/potentially-habitable-planet-detected-around-nearby-star/
A sun-like star in our solar system's backyard may host five planets, including one perhaps capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study reports.

Worms Beat Beef As Sustainable Protein
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/19/167639501/mealworms-beat-meat-for-a-place-on-the-menu-in-environmental-study
Compared to a kilogram of edible protein in meat from cows, chickens or pigs, production of the same amount of mealworm protein emits fewer greenhouse gases and requires much less land to grow.

Dead endangered 30-foot whale washes up on Florida coast
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/12/19/rare_whale_beaches_s
Scientists are trying to figure out why a dead, 30-foot whale washed up on the coast of Florida. It's a North Atlantic right whale and it's endangered.

Mayan End Of The World Myth LIVE BLOG: Is It The Apocalypse Yet?
http://www.neurope.eu/article/nibiru-planet-x-changes-its-course
With everyone asking the simple question 'Is It The Apocalypse Yet?' we thought it would be appropriate to live blog the final hours of human life on Earth.

Little spider makes big-spider-puppet CLONE of itself out of dirt
http://www.frenchtribune.com/teneur/1215069-novel-specie-genus-cyclosa-spider-found
Meet the adroit arachnid that makes a decoy “spider” in its web to mislead predators - and jiggles the strands like a puppet master to make the miniature marionette move.

Gophers play an important role in plant, animal world
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1215051-proposals-shift-wood-storks-endangered-threatened-category
The unique south Puget Sound prairies are one of the nation's rarest ecosystems. So it was a huge step in the right direction last week when the U.S.

Lucky owl lives through crash with pickup
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/12/19/owl-crashes-into-pickup-truck-grill-survives/
Lucky to be alive after swooping down for prey along a dirt road in Addison early on the morning of Dec. 11 and being hit head-on by a truck.

NASA testing on prototype Z-1 space suit is complete
http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-testing-on-prototype-z-1-space-suit-is-complete-20261770/
NASA has completed testing on a new prototype spacesuit and it looks like the animators from Toy Story had a hand in the design. The spacesuit has a hunched back look with a big round dome on top along with some 80s-style bright green stripes.