[Science] Mysterious energy bursts may be death song of humongous stars

Mysterious energy bursts may be death song of humongous stars
http://thespacereporter.com/2013/04/mysterious-energy-bursts-may-be-death-song-of-humongous-stars/
Researchers propose that this type of burst is brought about by a supergiant, a star that is 20 times more massive than the sun. By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

Applicants wanted for a one way ticket to Mars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22146456
Want to go to Mars? Dutch organisation Mars One says it will open applications imminently. It would be a one-way trip, and the company hopes to build a community of settlers on the planet.

Asteroid-hunting camera passes milestone NASA test
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/04/16/Asteroid-hunting-camera-passes-milestone-NASA-test/UPI-59081366156344/?spt=hs&or=sn
The NEOCam sensor (right) is the lynchpin for the proposed Near Earth Object Camera, or NEOCam, space mission (left). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Teledyne.

Report: U.S. Makes 'Messy' Progress on Global Warming Policy
http://scienceblog.com/62342/cutting-specific-pollutants-would-slow-sea-level-rise/
Over the past seven years, carbon emissions have fallen by 13 percent in the United States. Despite "political infighting" that has prevented comprehensive policies to fight global warming, the United States has made significant policy progress over the past ...

Climate Change Not the Cause of 2012 Drought, According to New NOAA Study
http://www.procon.org/headline.php?headlineID=005154
On Mar. 20, 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Drought Task Force released a new study which found that the 2012 Great Plains drought, the worst US drought since record keeping began in 1895, was the result of "natural ...

Methane-gobbling material found, scientists say
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/04/scientists-discover-new-materials-capture-methane
Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a farm outside Jerome, Idaho. Belching from the nation's 170 million cattle, sheep and pigs produces about one-quarter of the methane released in the U.S.

Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown
http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=7973&sid=1&subid=7
By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle. OSLO | Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:25am EDT. OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas ...

Here's What the Big Bang Sounded Like
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/04/16/177463556/there-s-trouble-at-the-birth-of-the-universe
So says physicist John Cramer, who has not only found evidence of the sound created during the Big Bang, but has also created a simulation of the low, deep noise emitted as the universe came into being.