http://thespacereporter.com/2013/04/astronomers-discover-most-distant-supernova-finding-could-explain-more-about-nature-of-dark-energy/
Talk about a long trip: The explosion that created Supernova UDS10Wil, the oldest supernova discovered to date, took place more than 10 billion years ago, but light from the explosion only recently became visible to the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA Pauses Mars Missions To Avoid Interference
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57577917/martian-spring-break-nasa-missions-scaled-back-in-april/
NASA will significantly scale back its Mars missions in April as the Red Planet moves behind the sun as viewed from Earth. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · J. Nicholas Hoover | April 04, 2013 02:00 PM.
Future of organs? Synthetic tissue built with 3-D printer
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hYK0AHUUh6o3zT8dDJaOU1RmFXbA?docId=CNG.f91c05e7b5fe59fceabed6a2830042f3.371
Scientists have built a 3-D printer that creates material resembling human tissues. The novel substance, a deceptively simple network of water droplets coated in lipids, could one day be used to deliver drugs to the body -- or perhaps even to replace damaged ...
Western U.S. Created From Geologic 'Pileup' Says New Study
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/15937/20130404/western-u-s-created-geologic-pileup-new-study.htm
Scientists have long thought the land features of the Western North American continent were caused when two large tectonic plates shifted together, with geologic material pushed together in a relatively smooth manner --- as if on a moving conveyor belt --- to ...
OSU climate researchers discover 1800-year-old 'Rosetta stone' ice cores
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/04/04/discovery.1800.year.old.rosetta.stone.tropical.ice.cores
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is once again stretching the boundaries of time and space. This time, the superhero telescope has found the farthest sup... Local Stories from ThisWeek. Prosecutor: Son hid mom's body, took her car · Dublin, Wendy's reach ...
Face-sized tarantula lives in trees in Sri Lanka
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304180/The-thing-nightmares-Tarantula-size-human-face-discovered.html
Wired reports on what may be a new species of tarantula in Northern Sri Lanka, and it's unlikely to be appearing on the island nation's tourism materials any time soon.
Ancient site unearthed in Biblical home of Abraham
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-site-unearthed-iraqi-home-abraham-18878519
BAGHDAD - British archaeologists said Thursday they have unearthed a sprawling complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical Abraham.
What's climate finance and where will it come from?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=high-school-students-debate-climate-change-adapt-or-geoengineer
'Climate finance' involves flows of funds from developed to developing nations to help poorer countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.
WATCH: What the sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man looks like
http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/shared/neighbors-next-to-seffner-sinkhole-that-swallowed-man-lose-homes-after-properties-are-condemned1365081210920
Florida man Jeff Bush, 37, was swallowed by a sinkhole while sleeping in his home on Feb. 28. Now, video released by the local county gives a glimpse at the depth of the hole.
Researchers Invoke Cthulhu In Naming Two New Microorganisms
http://scienceblog.com/62065/cthulhu-come-to-life-tiny-octopus-like-microorganisms-found-in-termite-belly/
Apparently there are some Lovecraft enthusiasts among the biologist community. A team of scientists at the University of British Columbia and the University of Florida have dubbed two symbiotic protists as Cthulhu and Cthylla.
New Tests Don't Find Asian Carp DNA in St. Croix or Mississippi
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2987294.shtml?cat=1
Results of a new more accurate study released today show no signs of bighead or silver carp DNA in the St.Croix and Mississippi rivers.
Master Hunter Dragonflies Kill Prey 95 Percent Of The Time
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/why-dragonflying-is-taking-off
Apex predators like lions, tigers and sharks are often thought of as deadly creatures - and they are, no doubt. But when it comes to being the most effective hunter in the animal kingdom, their numbers don't fair nearly as well as the dragonfly, which research ...
NASA Explains Plans for a Permanently-Manned Outpost in Space.
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1208/20130404/nasa-explains-plans-permanently-manned-outpost.htm
NASA's new motto goes something like this: Without funding, anything is possible. Or maybe just the classic: Recycle, recycle, recycle.
Otter Thought To Be Extinct Seen For First Time In A Century
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1210/20130404/otter-thought-extinct-seen-first-time-century.htm
(Photo : National Parks Service/Eagle Wing Whale Watching Tours) A North American river otter was spotted in the Boulder, Colo. area for the first time in 100 years.
Galaxy Takes Baby Stars Under Colorful Wing
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/04/03/taken.under.wing.small.magellanic.cloud
The star-forming region NGC 602 inside the "Wing" of the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud (click to enlarge). X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ.
A new look at coastline
http://www.ecori.org/front-page-journal/2013/4/3/ri-launches-climate-change-shoreline-project.html
State revising coast management plans in acknowledgment of rising sea levels, climate change and fear of erosion from storms to come.
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