[Science] Investors shrug at pie in the sky plans to mine asteroids, moon

Investors shrug at pie in the sky plans to mine asteroids, moon
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/01/25/asteroid-mining-becoming-more-of-a-reality/
A slew of space entrepreneurs are trying to convince investors that there's gold -- and platinum and other precious minerals -- inside asteroids, just waiting to be mined.

Researchers discover secret to dung beetle navigation
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/researchers-discover-secret-to-dung-beetle-navigation/
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered the secret to dung beetle navigation, according a news release from Cell Press.

Curiosity, Then Concern for a Dolphin in Difficulty
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/nyregion/dolphin-in-gowanus-canal.html
A dolphin found its way into the headwaters of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn on Friday, apparently trapped where nature has long struggled to survive.

VIMS scholar on the first live footage ever taken of a giant squid
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268546/Monster-Squid-How-Discovery-scientists-captured-elusive-Kraken-film-time.html
The giant squid used to be a creature so mysterious that the only evidence of its existence were the dead carcasses that washed ashore - until now.

Rio's Exploding Manholes Menace Residents and Highlight Aging Infrastructure
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/world/americas/rio-de-janeiro-grapples-with-exploding-manholes.html
RIO DE JANEIRO - David McLaughlin was thrilled to be in Brazil. He had arrived here from Ohio State University on a Fulbright grant to research Brazilian hip-hop music with his wife, Sarah Lowry, a scholar of Russian literature.

Scenes from a dry-ice winter on Mars (pictures)
http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/seasonal-thawing-of-dry-ice-causing-changes-to-martian-surface_824958.html
Last year, data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gave scientists a clearer picture of Mars' carbon-dioxide atmosphere and revealed the only known example of carbon-dioxide snow falling anywhere in our solar system.

NASA restarts most powerful rocket engine ever built
http://www.dvice.com/2013-1-25/nasa-restarts-most-powerful-rocket-engine-ever-built
The last time NASA fired an F-1 in anger was in 1972, with the launch of Skylab. Since then, the F-1 program has been largely dormant, passed over in favor of the Space Shuttle and its solid fuel booster rockets.

Adoption at Sea: Sperm Whales Take in Outcast Bottlenose Dolphin
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/26/adoption-at-sea-sperm-whales-take-in-outcast-bottlenose-dolphin/
A group of sperm whales appear to have taken in a deformed bottlenose dolphin, marine researchers have discovered. Behavioral ecologists Alexander Wilson and Jens Krause of Berlin's Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries came ...

Kia Previews Super Bowl Ad in Theaters
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/01/kia-previews-super-bowl-ad-in-theaters/
Kia is taking to the big screen to preview its Super Bowl ad for the second year in a row. Viewers got their first look at a teaser for the ad Friday online and in movie theaters.

Florida's python update: 21 caught so far in Everglades hunt
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/30-pythons-killed-so-far-in-Florida-s-python-hunt-4223082.php
They slither through the Florida Everglades, wreaking havoc on the ecosystem. They can grow to more than 17 feet in length. They're also really hard to find.

NASA Joins ESA Hunt For Dark Energy And Matter
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/01/26/nasa-joins-esa-hunt-for-dark-energy-and-matter/
NASA and the European Space Agency announced this week that the two organizations have partnered on the ESA's Euclid mission. This mission, a space telescope that launches in 2020, is designed to further astronomers' understanding of the roles dark ...

Diver who saved dolphin: 'He swam right up to me'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/stricken-dolphin-asks-divers-video-article-1.1245723
A wild bottlenose dolphin, tangled in a fishing line, swims up to a diver in Hawaii and waits while the diver cuts the line free. By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News.