Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Discovery profit misses; Oprah Winfrey network makes money

By Liana B. Baker

(Reuters) - Discovery Communications Inc reported lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings and cut its full-year outlook on Tuesday, but it also said Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, which it partly owns, was finally turning a profit.

Shares of the media company, which owns cable networks such as Animal Planet and TLC, fell 2.1 percent to $82.61.

Discovery said it now expected 2013 revenue of $5.55 billion to $5.63 billion, down from the forecast of $5.58 billion to $5.70 billion that it gave last quarter.

The company blamed unfavorable currency fluctuations and costs from its $1.7 billion acquisition of Scandinavian company SBS in December.

Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav had some good news about OWN, on which Discovery has spent more than $500 million. He said the cable network, a joint venture with Winfrey, had turned a profit faster than expected as it benefited from ratings traction with two new series from Tyler Perry, "The Have and Have Nots" and "Love Thy Neighbor."

"OWN is now cash flow positive and starting to pay down the investment Discovery has made in the venture," Zaslav said.

The company originally said OWN would turn a profit in the second half of the year.

The network, which launched in 2011, has been a bumpy ride. Last year it went through a restructuring that included layoffs, executive departures and a reshuffling of its programming lineup. But on Tuesday, Zaslav said it had signed on 30 new ad partners and that the channel had the "highest growth of any cable network in the second quarter."

Zaslav brushed off concerns that the merger of big ad companies Publicisand Omnicom would create pressure on Discovery's advertising rates. He said the deal was "probably a good thing" for the company.

"As long as we continue to grow our audience, we're going to find very receptive buyers," he said.

Net income in the second quarter rose to $300 million, or 82 cents per share, from $293 million or 77 cents per share, a year earlier.

Excluding special items for licensing agreements and foreign currency fluctuations, earnings per share of 83 cents missed the analysts' average estimate by 7 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Gabelli & Co analyst Brett Harriss said he was expecting improved profitability at Discovery's U.S. networks, where advertising was up 10 percent, but the company also recorded higher-than-expected operating expenses.

"U.S. advertising was great, but programming and marketing costs were up," Harriss said.

Discovery said operating expenses rose 17 percent at its U.S. unit, which it said offset revenue growth at that division.

Total revenue rose 30 percent to $1.47 billion. Analysts had expected $1.48 billion.

(Reporting by Liana B. Baker; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Maureen Bavdek and Lisa Von Ahn)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/discovery-profit-misses-oprah-winfrey-network-makes-money-153527909.html

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Why Israel must make bold move to secure Palestinian peace talks ? and Israel's future

As preliminary peace talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives begin in Washington, Israel must make a bold move to push negotiations forward and protect its security: declaring it has no sovereignty claims to key West Bank areas and facilitating voluntary relocation of Jewish settlers.

By Ami Ayalon, Gilead Sher, Orni Petruschka,?Op-ed contributors / July 30, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry, Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan, May 26. Mr. Kerry begins preliminary talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week, in hopes of re-starting the Middle East peace process.

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Secretary of State John Kerry deserves enormous praise for getting Israeli and Palestinian officials to sit at the negotiating table together for preliminary talks this week in Washington ? and for even getting in the game of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking at all.

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But for these talks to succeed, Israel must make a bold move that would help move negotiations forward, protect Israel?s security, and promote stability in the region. Given the upheaval in the Middle East and Israel?s hopes for a secure future, we cannot afford to wait for moves by the Palestinians or see whether negotiations succeed.

Mr. Kerry has been playing his cards with great skill and determination, even though the deck is stacked against him: a weakened Palestinian Authority; a divided Israeli coalition government beholden to West Bank settlers; and upheaval in neighboring countries where one of the only unifying elements is the populations? support of the Palestinian cause.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to offer less to Palestinians than his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, did in 2008, while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cannot be more flexible than he was when he did not accept Mr. Olmert?s offer.

That?s why a bold move must be made now ? one that will increase the chances of the negotiation track succeeding while also providing a fallback plan that will prevent the situation from collapsing into the abyss should negotiations fail.

Mr. Netanyahu has already agreed to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners, most of them convicted terrorists, and press reports allege that he implicitly agreed to halt settlement construction outside the major settlement blocks. These are genuine confidence building measures that removed obstacles toward resuming the dialogue.

But more will be needed. Netanyahu should further declare that Israel has no sovereignty claims over West Bank areas east of the security fence. (This is the fence erected by Israel around the main West Bank settlement blocks and Jewish parts of Jerusalem in order to counter Palestinian suicide bombers, terrorists and hostilities.) Then Netanyahu should announce a voluntary evacuation, compensation, and absorption plan for those settlers who live east of the fence and who choose to relocate to Israel proper, thereby allowing for the two-state notion to become reality.

We at the Israeli non-profit organization Blue White Future, who are striving to secure the future of our country as the democratic nation state of the Jewish people, call these constructive independent steps. They do not create obstacles to reaching an agreement. To the contrary, they improve the prospects for achieving it.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/MKSn8X6-Woo/Why-Israel-must-make-bold-move-to-secure-Palestinian-peace-talks-and-Israel-s-future

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Dan Shipper On Firefly - Business Insider

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Firefly/Dan Shipper

Justin Meltzer (L) and Dan Shipper (R) run a profitable startup, Firefly.

Dan Shipper, 22, is going into his final semester at University of Pennsylvania.

Unlike most seniors, Shipper doesn't spend his nights fretting about finding a job or endlessly partying. He is already self-employed.

Much of his spare time is spent running a tech business that's more or less bootstrapped: Firefly. He and his partner, Justin Meltzer, raised $20,000 from First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund.

This isn't their first startup either. The pair met at a coffee shop during Shipper's sophomore year (Meltzer is one year older), where a group of students interested in tech entrepreneurship gathered on Fridays. Their first joint venture was Airtime, a company they've since discontinued. Both are technical; Shipper has been coding since he was in fifth grade. Meltzer taught himself five years ago.

Firefly is a 2-person startup (three if you count the intern) that has only been around for 10 months. It enables customer service reps to share their screens with customers without requiring them to download any software. Its 6,000 customers either pay $25-99 per customer service rep or a fixed monthly rate if it's a large organization. Today Firefly announced a partnership with chat company Olark that accounts for 5,000 of its 6,000 clients.

Despite Shipper splitting time between class and "real" work, Firefly is profitable. It's "well into the 6-figures in annual revenue," says Shipper.

Most college kids in that position would be throwing keggers and buying friends rounds at the bar. We asked Shipper what he does with all the money he earns, how he manages his time, and what his plans are when he graduates in December.

The following is a lightly edited Q&A.

BUSINESS INSIDER: Firefly generates 6-figures per year. What does a college kid ? sorry, "young adult" ? do with all that extra cash?

DAN SHIPPER: Yes, well into the 6-figures. But I can't tell you exactly where in the six figures. We just plow the money right back into the business. We pay ourselves a little bit of a salary but most of it goes toward expenses. Lawyer bills when you run a company like ours can get high. It's not like all of this is profit. We are pretty frugal with our money.

BI: So Firefly is profitable?

DS: Definitely profitable. It's just the two of us and an intern.

BI: What do your friends and classmates think of all this?

DS: They think it's cool, especially when we tell them the number of customers we have. Before we were successful they stopped listening when we said "customer support software."

BI: What is your typical day like?

DS: I go to classes during the day, which start between 10 and 1. After that I'm in the office [First Round Capital's in Philadelphia] until midnight. I have a full course load and I'm graduating early; I took more classes than I had to so I could graduate in December.

BI: Do you have a social life?

DS: Yah, I go out some.

BI: Do your friends see the fruits of your labor? AKA do you buy them rounds of drinks??

DS:?[Laughs] Maybe when we get to 7 figures in revenue we'll do that.

BI: But you're a college kid making tons of money. Even if you paid yourself $30,000 a year that'd be a fortune for a college student. You never share the financial love with any friends?

DS:?We're not paying ourselves even close to $30,000.?

BI: Justin, what was your schedule like?

JUSTIN MELTZER: I had the same schedule as Dan. I graduated early but after class we'd meet and work on the business.

DS: We'd meet in my lounge in the dorm. People were running around; chairs were uncomfortable. Now at First Round we have things like free snacks and a skeeball machine. Our office is closer to my house than any of my classes.

BI: With such hectic schedules, how did you manage to close a big partnership like Olark? You said that deal alone increased your customer base from 1,000 to 6,000.

JM: Dan got an intro to them. We've been working really hard on it over the last year to get it done. We thought Olark would be a natural fit.

DS: I realized Olark was a Y Combinator [a Silicon Valley startup accelerator] company. I asked another Y Combinator grad, Jason Freedman of 42Floors, for an intro. He set it up.

BI: What's the plan when you graduate? To join Justin full time? Will you relocate Firefly to New York?

DS: The plan is to keep working on Firefly full time. We're not sure where we'll be located. We both really, really like Philly.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/dan-shipper-on-firefly-2013-7

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Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News

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-0400LiveScience.comstorms-aplenty-hurricanes-rare-hawaii-223255817<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/storms-aplenty-hurricanes-rare-hawaii-223255817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bvtRoKAdSZCxuUsizP5ilw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/flossie.jpg1375133978" width="130" height="86" alt="Storms Aplenty, But Hurricanes Rare in Hawaii" align="left" title="Storms Aplenty, But Hurricanes Rare in Hawaii" border="0" /></a>Tropical Storm Flossie is expected to make landfall in Hawaii today (July 29), battering the state&#039;s black sand beaches and tall, tropical volcanoes with 45 mph (75 kph) winds and localized rainfall of up to 15 inches (38 centimeters).</p><br clear="all"/>Breast-Feeding Brings Cognitive Benefits, Study Suggests<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/breast-feeding-brings-cognitive-benefits-study-suggests-213541828.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dzvIu8UR6_1fOgTVJ9nLDw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/breastfeeding.jpg1303398695" width="130" height="86" alt="Breast-Feeding Brings Cognitive Benefits, Study Suggests" align="left" title="Breast-Feeding Brings Cognitive Benefits, Study Suggests" border="0" /></a>Breast-feeding for a longer time improves a child&#039;s understanding of language at age 3, and their scores on intelligence tests at age 7, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/breast-feeding-brings-cognitive-benefits-study-suggests-213541828.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 17:35:41 -0400LiveScience.combreast-feeding-brings-cognitive-benefits-study-suggests-213541828<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/breast-feeding-brings-cognitive-benefits-study-suggests-213541828.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dzvIu8UR6_1fOgTVJ9nLDw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/breastfeeding.jpg1303398695" width="130" height="86" alt="Breast-Feeding Brings Cognitive Benefits, Study Suggests" align="left" title="Breast-Feeding Brings Cognitive Benefits, Study Suggests" border="0" /></a>Breast-feeding for a longer time improves a child&#039;s understanding of language at age 3, and their scores on intelligence tests at age 7, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/>How Giant Black Holes Spin: New Twist Revealed<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/giant-black-holes-spin-twist-revealed-230756269.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pvgHhkLQQ0Ej8SXER2bqNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/How_Giant_Black_Holes_Spin-26d7e73b008a3043402dfbbc4fe5f921" width="130" height="86" alt="How Giant Black Holes Spin: New Twist Revealed" align="left" title="How Giant Black Holes Spin: New Twist Revealed" border="0" /></a>A newly discovered way to determine the spin of monster black holes could help shed light on the evolution of these bizarre objects and the galaxies they anchor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/giant-black-holes-spin-twist-revealed-230756269.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 19:07:56 -0400SPACE.comgiant-black-holes-spin-twist-revealed-230756269<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/giant-black-holes-spin-twist-revealed-230756269.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pvgHhkLQQ0Ej8SXER2bqNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/How_Giant_Black_Holes_Spin-26d7e73b008a3043402dfbbc4fe5f921" width="130" height="86" alt="How Giant Black Holes Spin: New Twist Revealed" align="left" title="How Giant Black Holes Spin: New Twist Revealed" border="0" /></a>A newly discovered way to determine the spin of monster black holes could help shed light on the evolution of these bizarre objects and the galaxies they anchor.</p><br clear="all"/>Big Asteroid Flies By Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-asteroid-flies-earth-tonight-watch-live-181538326.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4JCw_hDhCMTNNv__pfi5fQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Big_Asteroid_Flies_By_Earth-d8438d8ca18aa81f98922a8064efc71e" width="130" height="86" alt="Big Asteroid Flies By Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live" align="left" title="Big Asteroid Flies By Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live" border="0" /></a>An asteroid as large as five football fields will zoom by Earth tonight, and you can watch the close approach live from the comfort of your home.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/big-asteroid-flies-earth-tonight-watch-live-181538326.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 14:15:38 -0400SPACE.combig-asteroid-flies-earth-tonight-watch-live-181538326<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-asteroid-flies-earth-tonight-watch-live-181538326.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4JCw_hDhCMTNNv__pfi5fQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Big_Asteroid_Flies_By_Earth-d8438d8ca18aa81f98922a8064efc71e" width="130" height="86" alt="Big Asteroid Flies By Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live" align="left" title="Big Asteroid Flies By Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live" border="0" /></a>An asteroid as large as five football fields will zoom by Earth tonight, and you can watch the close approach live from the comfort of your home.</p><br clear="all"/>Not Science, but Slaughter: Japanese Whaling Tried in International Court (Op-Ed)Wayne Pacelle is the president and chief executive officer of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). This Op-Ed first appeared on the blog A Humane Nation, where it ran before appearing in LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights .http://news.yahoo.com/not-science-slaughter-japanese-whaling-tried-international-court-193233515.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 15:32:33 -0400LiveScience.comnot-science-slaughter-japanese-whaling-tried-international-court-193233515The Secret Science of the Hubble Space Telescope's Amazing Images<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/secret-science-hubble-space-telescopes-amazing-images-151124698.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b8LyP0fyzte6bRviDrl8TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/The_Secret_Science_of_the-538a27c8a6f95da7941f8fb4d3ee8a20" width="130" height="86" alt="The Secret Science of the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s Amazing Images" align="left" title="The Secret Science of the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s Amazing Images" border="0" /></a>With the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, on schedule to reach outer space in 2018, taking Hubble&#039;s place as NASA&#039;s premier eye in the sky, it seems appropriate to look back on what may become Hubble&#039;s most enduring legacy: its stunning images. Besides the huge amount of data Hubble has collected since its launch in 1990, the telescope will likely be remembered most for its gorgeous color shots of nebulas, galaxies and the early universe, iconic images that seemed tailor made for magazine covers and bedroom walls.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/secret-science-hubble-space-telescopes-amazing-images-151124698.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 11:11:24 -0400SPACE.comsecret-science-hubble-space-telescopes-amazing-images-151124698<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/secret-science-hubble-space-telescopes-amazing-images-151124698.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b8LyP0fyzte6bRviDrl8TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/The_Secret_Science_of_the-538a27c8a6f95da7941f8fb4d3ee8a20" width="130" height="86" alt="The Secret Science of the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s Amazing Images" align="left" title="The Secret Science of the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s Amazing Images" border="0" /></a>With the Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, on schedule to reach outer space in 2018, taking Hubble&#039;s place as NASA&#039;s premier eye in the sky, it seems appropriate to look back on what may become Hubble&#039;s most enduring legacy: its stunning images. Besides the huge amount of data Hubble has collected since its launch in 1990, the telescope will likely be remembered most for its gorgeous color shots of nebulas, galaxies and the early universe, iconic images that seemed tailor made for magazine covers and bedroom walls.</p><br clear="all"/>Scientists warn of overwhelming costs of mental illness<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-overwhelming-costs-mental-illness-231458687.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iv6HF9kbu2wYXK6GxjJ7zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T231458Z_1_CDEE96N1SL100_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-BRAIN-COSTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Belarussian nurse Lubov Tagai feeds a child at an orphanage for mentally disabled children under the Vesnova institution, near the Belarussian village of Vesnova, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Minsk, June 6, 2013." align="left" title="Belarussian nurse Lubov Tagai feeds a child at an orphanage for mentally disabled children under the Vesnova institution, near the Belarussian village of Vesnova, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Minsk, June 6, 2013." border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Health systems could be &quot;overwhelmed&quot; by the costs of coping with mental illnesses such as dementia, depression and addiction if nothing is done now to boost investment in research, leading neuroscientists said on Thursday. Publishing a study that put the estimated costs of brain disorders in Britain alone at more than 112 billion pounds a year, they said mental illness research needed to attract the same funding levels as illnesses such as cancer and heart diseases to be able to reduce the burden. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-overwhelming-costs-mental-illness-231458687.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 19:14:58 -0400Reutersscientists-warn-overwhelming-costs-mental-illness-231458687<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-overwhelming-costs-mental-illness-231458687.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iv6HF9kbu2wYXK6GxjJ7zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T231458Z_1_CDEE96N1SL100_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-BRAIN-COSTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Belarussian nurse Lubov Tagai feeds a child at an orphanage for mentally disabled children under the Vesnova institution, near the Belarussian village of Vesnova, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Minsk, June 6, 2013." align="left" title="Belarussian nurse Lubov Tagai feeds a child at an orphanage for mentally disabled children under the Vesnova institution, near the Belarussian village of Vesnova, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Minsk, June 6, 2013." border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Health systems could be &quot;overwhelmed&quot; by the costs of coping with mental illnesses such as dementia, depression and addiction if nothing is done now to boost investment in research, leading neuroscientists said on Thursday. Publishing a study that put the estimated costs of brain disorders in Britain alone at more than 112 billion pounds a year, they said mental illness research needed to attract the same funding levels as illnesses such as cancer and heart diseases to be able to reduce the burden. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Science of Summer: How Do Ocean Waves Form?One of summer's greatest pleasures for the lucky beachgoer is listening to the rhythmic lapping of ocean waves. A number of factors power this trance-inducing phenomenon, but the most important generator of local wave activity is actually the wind.http://news.yahoo.com/science-summer-ocean-waves-form-120726444.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 08:07:26 -0400LiveScience.comscience-summer-ocean-waves-form-120726444Ratlike Creature's Bizarre Backbone Baffles Scientists<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ratlike-creatures-bizarre-backbone-baffles-scientists-230916909.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GyyCtd87EB65iX65YFm4LA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/hero-shrew-photo.jpg1374613172" width="130" height="86" alt="Ratlike Creature&#039;s Bizarre Backbone Baffles Scientists" align="left" title="Ratlike Creature&#039;s Bizarre Backbone Baffles Scientists" border="0" /></a>The hero shrew ? a small, ratlike animal with a bizarrely strong and oddly shaped backbone ? has mystified scientists since it was first described more than 100 years ago. Now, a newly discovered species of hero shrew may help researchers piece together why the animal evolved to have such a peculiar spine and what purpose the hardy backbone serves now.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ratlike-creatures-bizarre-backbone-baffles-scientists-230916909.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 19:09:16 -0400LiveScience.comratlike-creatures-bizarre-backbone-baffles-scientists-230916909<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ratlike-creatures-bizarre-backbone-baffles-scientists-230916909.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GyyCtd87EB65iX65YFm4LA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/hero-shrew-photo.jpg1374613172" width="130" height="86" alt="Ratlike Creature&#039;s Bizarre Backbone Baffles Scientists" align="left" title="Ratlike Creature&#039;s Bizarre Backbone Baffles Scientists" border="0" /></a>The hero shrew ? a small, ratlike animal with a bizarrely strong and oddly shaped backbone ? has mystified scientists since it was first described more than 100 years ago. Now, a newly discovered species of hero shrew may help researchers piece together why the animal evolved to have such a peculiar spine and what purpose the hardy backbone serves now.</p><br clear="all"/>Fermilab: High Energy Physics on the Prairie [Slide Show]Fermilab: High Energy Physics on the Prairie [Slide Show]http://news.yahoo.com/fermilab-high-energy-physics-prairie-slide-show-170000679.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 13:00:00 -0400Scientific Americanfermilab-high-energy-physics-prairie-slide-show-170000679FtBCON: Science Communication<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ftbcon-science-communication-212100228.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NVYOZhcJmxF1fdvHnBkl.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/cropped-ftbconscience.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FtBCON: Science Communication" align="left" title="FtBCON: Science Communication" border="0" /></a>FtBCON: Science Communication</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ftbcon-science-communication-212100228.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 17:21:00 -0400Scientific Americanftbcon-science-communication-212100228<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ftbcon-science-communication-212100228.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NVYOZhcJmxF1fdvHnBkl.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/cropped-ftbconscience.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FtBCON: Science Communication" align="left" title="FtBCON: Science Communication" border="0" /></a>FtBCON: Science Communication</p><br clear="all"/>Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/virgin-galactics-private-spaceship-offers-enticing-science-opportunities-202505934.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5m5nMrONVBwvguIO1AiLHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Virgin_Galactic%27s_Private_Spaceship_Offers-4d8a0300ee700ad3d11830de85ba0f89" width="130" height="86" alt="Virgin Galactic&#039;s Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities" align="left" title="Virgin Galactic&#039;s Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities" border="0" /></a>With all the attention being given to Virgin Galactic&#039;s impressive list of future celebritynauts (Ashton! Branson! Beiber!), its spaceship&#039;s impressive capabilities for microgravity research have been largely overlooked.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/virgin-galactics-private-spaceship-offers-enticing-science-opportunities-202505934.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 16:25:05 -0400SPACE.comvirgin-galactics-private-spaceship-offers-enticing-science-opportunities-202505934<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/virgin-galactics-private-spaceship-offers-enticing-science-opportunities-202505934.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5m5nMrONVBwvguIO1AiLHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Virgin_Galactic%27s_Private_Spaceship_Offers-4d8a0300ee700ad3d11830de85ba0f89" width="130" height="86" alt="Virgin Galactic&#039;s Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities" align="left" title="Virgin Galactic&#039;s Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities" border="0" /></a>With all the attention being given to Virgin Galactic&#039;s impressive list of future celebritynauts (Ashton! Branson! Beiber!), its spaceship&#039;s impressive capabilities for microgravity research have been largely overlooked.</p><br clear="all"/>Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rare-particle-discovery-dims-hopes-exotic-theories-181247418.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AsjI.viXAoHvoIMt.c1bGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/b-meson-muons.jpg1352760469" width="130" height="86" alt="Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories" align="left" title="Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories" border="0" /></a>Physicists have measured an extremely rare particle decay inside the world&#039;s largest atom smasher ? a discovery that bolsters the leading model of particle physics and leaves little room for undiscovered particles beyond this theory.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rare-particle-discovery-dims-hopes-exotic-theories-181247418.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 14:12:47 -0400LiveScience.comrare-particle-discovery-dims-hopes-exotic-theories-181247418<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rare-particle-discovery-dims-hopes-exotic-theories-181247418.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AsjI.viXAoHvoIMt.c1bGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/b-meson-muons.jpg1352760469" width="130" height="86" alt="Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories" align="left" title="Rare Particle Discovery Dims Hopes for Exotic Theories" border="0" /></a>Physicists have measured an extremely rare particle decay inside the world&#039;s largest atom smasher ? a discovery that bolsters the leading model of particle physics and leaves little room for undiscovered particles beyond this theory.</p><br clear="all"/>Science's Mobile Army of Metaphors<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sciences-mobile-army-metaphors-162600370.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PqD0MpmXvb8R0LVDsxH6_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/sci_am_guest_Invisible_Hands.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Science&#039;s Mobile Army of Metaphors" align="left" title="Science&#039;s Mobile Army of Metaphors" border="0" /></a>Science&#039;s Mobile Army of Metaphors</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sciences-mobile-army-metaphors-162600370.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 12:26:00 -0400Scientific Americansciences-mobile-army-metaphors-162600370<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sciences-mobile-army-metaphors-162600370.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PqD0MpmXvb8R0LVDsxH6_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/sci_am_guest_Invisible_Hands.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Science&#039;s Mobile Army of Metaphors" align="left" title="Science&#039;s Mobile Army of Metaphors" border="0" /></a>Science&#039;s Mobile Army of Metaphors</p><br clear="all"/>The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/story-energy-physics-atom-part-1-134800118.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9aPgrKavZzB.Kw3SaB3syA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/the-new-world-of-mr-tompkins.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1" align="left" title="The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1" border="0" /></a>The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/story-energy-physics-atom-part-1-134800118.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 09:48:00 -0400Scientific Americanstory-energy-physics-atom-part-1-134800118<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/story-energy-physics-atom-part-1-134800118.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9aPgrKavZzB.Kw3SaB3syA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/the-new-world-of-mr-tompkins.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1" align="left" title="The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1" border="0" /></a>The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom, Part 1</p><br clear="all"/>Darwin?s Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/darwin-dark-knight-scientist-risked-execution-fox-study-201633622.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bBBMQMm_lju8JWdmvKzjZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/experimental-fox.jpg1374081580" width="130" height="86" alt="Darwin?s Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)" align="left" title="Darwin?s Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)" border="0" /></a>Brian Hare is an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University and the founder of Dognition , a website that helps you find the genius in your dog. This post was an adaptation from his book &quot; The Genius of Dogs, &quot; co-authored with Vanessa Woods (Dutton, 2013). He contributed this article to LiveScience&#039;s Expert Voices: Op-Ed &amp; Insights .</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/darwin-dark-knight-scientist-risked-execution-fox-study-201633622.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 16:16:33 -0400LiveScience.comdarwin-dark-knight-scientist-risked-execution-fox-study-201633622<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/darwin-dark-knight-scientist-risked-execution-fox-study-201633622.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bBBMQMm_lju8JWdmvKzjZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/experimental-fox.jpg1374081580" width="130" height="86" alt="Darwin?s Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)" align="left" title="Darwin?s Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)" border="0" /></a>Brian Hare is an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University and the founder of Dognition , a website that helps you find the genius in your dog. This post was an adaptation from his book &quot; The Genius of Dogs, &quot; co-authored with Vanessa Woods (Dutton, 2013). He contributed this article to LiveScience&#039;s Expert Voices: Op-Ed &amp; Insights .</p><br clear="all"/>Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mars-lost-most-atmosphere-billions-years-ago-scientists-180954187.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Lfyg4i.gB0l.QZe8r98sbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Mars_Lost_Most_of_Its-69743ada9829ea7b8c02b6ac7320bc40" width="130" height="86" alt="Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say" align="left" title="Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say" border="0" /></a>Mars is not a nice place to live: The Red Planet is cold and dry, and its thin atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mars-lost-most-atmosphere-billions-years-ago-scientists-180954187.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:09:54 -0400SPACE.commars-lost-most-atmosphere-billions-years-ago-scientists-180954187<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mars-lost-most-atmosphere-billions-years-ago-scientists-180954187.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Lfyg4i.gB0l.QZe8r98sbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Mars_Lost_Most_of_Its-69743ada9829ea7b8c02b6ac7320bc40" width="130" height="86" alt="Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say" align="left" title="Mars Lost Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago, Scientists Say" border="0" /></a>Mars is not a nice place to live: The Red Planet is cold and dry, and its thin atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide.</p><br clear="all"/>Insight: Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-science-hire-exposes-disclosure-deficit-051442469.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5Qoujm6LxAY4mS_YSt0aOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T144947Z_1_CBRE96H157200_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-EASTMANCHEMICAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The bottom of a BPA-free Tritan water bottle is pictured in Toronto" align="left" title="The bottom of a BPA-free Tritan water bottle is pictured in Toronto" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children&#039;s sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA&#039;s similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, especially to fetuses and newborns. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/insight-science-hire-exposes-disclosure-deficit-051442469.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:32:08 -0400Reutersinsight-science-hire-exposes-disclosure-deficit-051442469<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-science-hire-exposes-disclosure-deficit-051442469.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5Qoujm6LxAY4mS_YSt0aOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T144947Z_1_CBRE96H157200_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-EASTMANCHEMICAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The bottom of a BPA-free Tritan water bottle is pictured in Toronto" align="left" title="The bottom of a BPA-free Tritan water bottle is pictured in Toronto" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children&#039;s sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA&#039;s similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, especially to fetuses and newborns. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Weird Neutrinos Elude Scientists Yet Again<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weird-neutrinos-elude-scientists-yet-again-140619576.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7vs8kXTgOCOxlDsOaJd8ZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/beta-decay-experiment.jpg1374095254" width="130" height="86" alt="Weird Neutrinos Elude Scientists Yet Again" align="left" title="Weird Neutrinos Elude Scientists Yet Again" border="0" /></a>Though they&#039;ve been looking for over a year, scientists have found no trace of an elusive interaction among elementary particles called neutrinos.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weird-neutrinos-elude-scientists-yet-again-140619576.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:06:19 -0400LiveScience.comweird-neutrinos-elude-scientists-yet-again-140619576<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weird-neutrinos-elude-scientists-yet-again-140619576.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7vs8kXTgOCOxlDsOaJd8ZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/beta-decay-experiment.jpg1374095254" width="130" height="86" alt="Weird Neutrinos Elude Scientists Yet Again" align="left" title="Weird Neutrinos Elude Scientists Yet Again" border="0" /></a>Though they&#039;ve been looking for over a year, scientists have found no trace of an elusive interaction among elementary particles called neutrinos.</p><br clear="all"/>Scientists report newly discovered horned dinosaur unearthed in Utah<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-report-newly-discovered-horned-dinosaur-unearthed-utah-234819257.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BVqzk7AOnYcj_17Hzu1EuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T011602Z_1_CBRE96H03IV00_RTROPTP_2_USA-DINOSAUR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A handout image shows an artist&#039;s version of the newly discovered horned dinosaur Nasutoceratops titusi, discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah" align="left" title="A handout image shows an artist&#039;s version of the newly discovered horned dinosaur Nasutoceratops titusi, discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah" border="0" /></a>By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A big-nosed dinosaur that may have used its impressive horns as a mate magnet and to ward off competitors has been unearthed in a fossil-rich deposit in southern Utah, scientists said on Wednesday. The novel species, Nasutoceratops or &quot;big-nose horned face,&quot; is the only known member of a group of dinosaurs thought to have lived 76 million years ago on a land mass in Western North America isolated by an ancient seaway, said Scott Sampson, one of the paleontologists who discovered the extinct reptile. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-report-newly-discovered-horned-dinosaur-unearthed-utah-234819257.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:48:19 -0400Reutersscientists-report-newly-discovered-horned-dinosaur-unearthed-utah-234819257<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-report-newly-discovered-horned-dinosaur-unearthed-utah-234819257.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BVqzk7AOnYcj_17Hzu1EuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T011602Z_1_CBRE96H03IV00_RTROPTP_2_USA-DINOSAUR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A handout image shows an artist&#039;s version of the newly discovered horned dinosaur Nasutoceratops titusi, discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah" align="left" title="A handout image shows an artist&#039;s version of the newly discovered horned dinosaur Nasutoceratops titusi, discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah" border="0" /></a>By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A big-nosed dinosaur that may have used its impressive horns as a mate magnet and to ward off competitors has been unearthed in a fossil-rich deposit in southern Utah, scientists said on Wednesday. The novel species, Nasutoceratops or &quot;big-nose horned face,&quot; is the only known member of a group of dinosaurs thought to have lived 76 million years ago on a land mass in Western North America isolated by an ancient seaway, said Scott Sampson, one of the paleontologists who discovered the extinct reptile. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From?<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-summer-where-does-beach-sand-come-141802632.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fAjhHozMa0WU3COc6uS3oQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/green-sand-beach.jpg1310699941" width="130" height="86" alt="Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From?" align="left" title="Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From?" border="0" /></a>Summer wouldn&#039;t be complete without a trip to the sandy shores of an ocean, bay, lake or river. As the gritty stuff gets in between your toes, you may wonder why beaches are distinctive sandy stretches and why sand looks and feels the way it does.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/science-summer-where-does-beach-sand-come-141802632.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 10:18:02 -0400LiveScience.comscience-summer-where-does-beach-sand-come-141802632<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-summer-where-does-beach-sand-come-141802632.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fAjhHozMa0WU3COc6uS3oQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/green-sand-beach.jpg1310699941" width="130" height="86" alt="Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From?" align="left" title="Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From?" border="0" /></a>Summer wouldn&#039;t be complete without a trip to the sandy shores of an ocean, bay, lake or river. As the gritty stuff gets in between your toes, you may wonder why beaches are distinctive sandy stretches and why sand looks and feels the way it does.</p><br clear="all"/>Students, Teachers to Hitch Ride on NASA?s 'Vomit Comet' for Weightless Science<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/students-teachers-hitch-ride-nasa-vomit-comet-weightless-115607334.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kdNVN7UW94RdLayfWlTAkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Students,_Teachers_to_Hitch_Ride-ad66131dfe7eb76dec640638c5eeb5ba" width="130" height="86" alt="Students, Teachers to Hitch Ride on NASA?s &#039;Vomit Comet&#039; for Weightless Science" align="left" title="Students, Teachers to Hitch Ride on NASA?s &#039;Vomit Comet&#039; for Weightless Science" border="0" /></a>College students and K-12 teachers are set to take a ride on a &quot;Vomit Comet&quot; this week in the name of science.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/students-teachers-hitch-ride-nasa-vomit-comet-weightless-115607334.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:56:07 -0400SPACE.comstudents-teachers-hitch-ride-nasa-vomit-comet-weightless-115607334<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/students-teachers-hitch-ride-nasa-vomit-comet-weightless-115607334.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kdNVN7UW94RdLayfWlTAkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Students,_Teachers_to_Hitch_Ride-ad66131dfe7eb76dec640638c5eeb5ba" width="130" height="86" alt="Students, Teachers to Hitch Ride on NASA?s &#039;Vomit Comet&#039; for Weightless Science" align="left" title="Students, Teachers to Hitch Ride on NASA?s &#039;Vomit Comet&#039; for Weightless Science" border="0" /></a>College students and K-12 teachers are set to take a ride on a &quot;Vomit Comet&quot; this week in the name of science.</p><br clear="all"/>John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/john-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AGTqo8db1kehXMXBeXBD0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/John_Llewellyn,_NASA_Scientist-Astronaut_Who-0a3b86681581579272f27860e42c9e83" width="130" height="86" alt="John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80" align="left" title="John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80" border="0" /></a>John Llewellyn, a chemist who in 1967 was selected to be a NASA astronaut but whose inability to pilot a jet led to him resigning from the space program a year later, died July 2. He was 80.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/john-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 07:27:56 -0400SPACE.comjohn-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/john-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AGTqo8db1kehXMXBeXBD0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/John_Llewellyn,_NASA_Scientist-As

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Relive Your Childhood With Topps Baseball Cards

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NEW YORK, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ? The Topps Company, Inc. today unveiled Archive Prints, a large collection of 25? x 34? vintage art prints featuring digitally-remastered original Major League Baseball card artwork. For the first time ever, baseball fans can hang their favorite childhood baseball heroes, in the iconic Topps? baseball card design, on the walls of their sports room, man cave, or office.

The company?s first foray into the home decor market will feature more than 1,000 original Archive Prints of the biggest names in Major League Baseball from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

?Having been in the baseball card business for over 60 years, Topps has amassed an amazing collection of one-of-a-kind card artwork and Major League Baseball player photography,? said Michael Bramlage, Vice President of Digital at The Topps Company, Inc. ?Each card captures the style of that year and enshrines the image of your favorite MLB players, exactly as you remember them growing up. We?re excited to begin opening up our archives with these authentic, high-quality prints for your wall.?

Baseball fans can relive the early years of the best pure contact hitter in baseball with the 1983 Wade Boggs Archive Print #498. Step back in time and into a Royals World Series victory with the 1985 George Brett Archive Print#100. And stare into the eyes of long-time Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson in his 1984 Archive Print #259.

Prints are available in two sizes in both framed and unframed versions. Large prints measure 23? x 31? unframed and 25? x 34? framed. Medium prints measure 17? x 21? unframed and 19.5? x 24? framed.

Each print starts out by locating the actual physical card from the Topps? archives and then painstakingly re-mastering the artwork with a team of designers. Every aspect of the print is designed to preserve the look and feel of the original card, from the printing pattern to the slightly worn edges.

All Archive Prints are officially licensed by Major League Baseball, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Major League Alumni Marketing Association, and are available exclusively at http://www.topps.com.

To learn how the prints are made, shop the selection, or see new prints added daily, visit http://www.topps.com/mlb-baseball-card-posters.html today.

ABOUT THE TOPPS COMPANY, INC.
Founded in 1938, The Topps Company is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery. Topps? leading sports and entertainment products include Major League Baseball, National Football League, English Premier League, Bundesliga, Indian Premier League, WWE, UFC, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and other trading cards, sticker album collections, and collectible games. Topps? newest division is Topps Digital, which is focused on bringing the iconic Topps brand to new users through digital media. Visit http://www.topps.com for more information.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Japan whistleblower still fighting after Supreme Court ruling on Olympus, joined by employee

Whistleblower: Olympus ignores Japan court order


Associated Press - 29 July 2013 06:43-04:00


TOKYO (AP) ? Camera and medical equipment maker Olympus is facing another legal battle over its treatment of a whistleblower employee a year after Japan's Supreme Court ruled it should reinstate the man in his regular job.

Masaharu Hamada has been assigned by Olympus to quality training, in which he has no experience. He sees the assignment as harassment.

He wants the Tokyo District Court to order Olympus to abide by the top court's ruling. Olympus says it complied with the Supreme Court decision.

Hamada was joined Monday by Yoshihisa Ishikawa who is suing Olympus for sending him to work under Hamada.

Hamada first sued Olympus in 2008 after being ostracized for relaying a supplier's complaint.

He is considered a whistleblower in Japan because he raised questions and was subjected to humiliating punishment.

News Topics: Business, General news, Supreme courts, National courts, National governments, Government and politics, Courts, Judiciary People, Places and Companies: Japan, East Asia, Asia

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I Wish I Was a Little Bit Shorter

130729_SCI_HeightIllo The longer the legs, the earlier the grave.

Illustration by Ellie Skrzat

Last week, a team of researchers led by Geoffrey Kabat of Albert Einstein College of Medicine published a study showing that each additional 4 inches of height increases the risk of all types of cancer by 13 percent among post-menopausal women.

That statistic should shock you. If we could hold all other risk factors equal?which, of course, we cannot?the average woman in China, simply due to her height, would be 13 percent more likely to get cancer than an average Guatemalan woman. Dutch women, with an average height above 5-foot-6, would be more than 25 percent more likely to get cancer than Guatemalans. And female models and WNBA players?well, the numbers look even worse for them.

Most people I know would love to be taller. Parents with slow-growing children often ask pediatricians for growth hormone to save their kids the indignity of being short. I get it. Tall people?particularly tall men?earn more money and are held in higher esteem than their shorter colleagues. Tall people also have higher IQs and a wider selection of mates. The association between height and success is perpetuated, in part, because tall, successful people marry tall and successful.

Most of the benefits of height come down to our inability to separate correlation from causation. Height doesn?t make people smart; the two traits are simply outgrowths of the same underlying cause. Parents who can afford to feed and raise their children well have kids that are both taller and smarter. There?s plenty of evidence that height is easily separable from intelligence. Here?s just one compelling point: The tallest sibling in a family is no more likely than the others to have the highest IQ.

I don?t blame short people for wishing on a star for height, or parents for seeking out growth hormones for their children. The sociological data is compelling at a surface level, and there are some concrete advantages to height?being able to reach the top cupboard is convenient. But the evidence linking height to life-threatening disorders should give us all pause.

Physicians and epidemiologists began studying the link between height and longevity more than a century ago. Early researchers believed that tall people lived longer, falling prey to the correlation?causation confusion described above. In fact, in the early 20th century height was indeed a reflection of better nutrition and hygiene, which increased longevity. Once the studies were limited to otherwise homogeneous populations, a consensus emerged that short people are longer-lived.

Among Sardinian soldiers who reach the age of 70, for example, those below approximately 5-foot-4 live two years longer than their taller brothers-in-arms. A study of more than 2,600 elite Finnish athletes showed that cross-country skiers were 6 inches shorter and lived nearly seven years longer than basketball players. Average height in European countries closely correlates to the rate of death from heart disease. Swedes and Norwegians, who average about 5-foot-10, have more than twice as many cardiac deaths per 100,000 as the Spaniards and Portuguese, who have an average height just north of 5-foot-5. Tall people rarely live exceptionally long lives. Japanese people who reach 100 are 4 inches shorter, on average, than those who are 75. The countries in the taller half of Europe have 48 centenarians per million, compared to 77 per million in the shorter half of the continent.

Setting aside simple mortality, individual diseases are also more common among tall people. American women above 5-foot-6 suffer recurrent blood clots at a higher rate. Among civil servants in London, taller people have been shown to suffer from more respiratory and cardiovascular illness. And then there?s cancer. Height is associated with greater risk for most kinds of cancer, except for smoking-induced malignancies.

Unlike intelligence, which has a merely coincidental relationship with height, there are plausible biological explanations for why short people live longer. Researchers have found that the lungs of taller people don?t function as efficiently, relative to their bodies? demands, as those of short people. Explanations for the link between height and other disorders are slightly more speculative, but largely credible. Tall people have more cells, which may increase the chances that some of them will mutate and lead to cancer. The hormones involved in rapid growth may also play a role in cancer development. It?s even possible that the foods that lead to fast growth during childhood may increase the likelihood that a person will eventually develop cancer. The link between height and clots probably has to do with the length and weight of the columns of blood that travel between the heart and the body?s extremities.

The recent study linking cancer to height in post-menopausal women also helps disprove a popular theory?that height is inversely related to longevity because men are taller and die younger than women. Tall people, we now know, suffer more illness even when gender is eliminated as a variable.

The fact that tall people die younger appears to be an immutable physical reality. A short person is like a Honda Civic: compact and efficient. Tall people are Cadillac Escalades. With all that extra weight and machinery, something?s just bound to go wrong. Against that backdrop, those who wish for more height for themselves or their children face a Sophie?s choice. Even if a couple of extra inches of height will increase your standing in the community, your IQ, and even your lifetime income, does that justify trading in years of your life?

At 6 feet tall, I?m no giant, but I?d gladly shrink down a few inches to fit better into airplane seats. And as I get older, and begin to worry about what percentage of my life is behind me, I?d practically miniaturize myself if it would get me five or 10 more years.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/height_and_longevity_the_research_is_clear_being_tall_is_hazardous_to_your.html

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Cold French winter shores up EDFs' H1 profit

PARIS (AP) ? France's state controlled nuclear power giant EDF says its net profit rose 3.5 percent in the first half as a result of a cold winter and high electricity prices.

The company, which runs all France's 58 nuclear power plants and has a stake in one of the U.S.'s biggest nuclear power companies, made 2.88 billion euros ($3.8 billion) during the period, up from 2.78 billion euros a year earlier.

Profits were driven mainly by its home market, though earnings were solid in Italy and Britain too. EDF owns British Energy, Britain's largest electricity producer. In Italy it owns Edison, the country's second largest electricity producer.

EDF says operating profit should rise "at least" 3 percent this year on an organic basis, excluding Edison, down from 4.6 percent achieved last year.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cold-french-winter-shores-edfs-h1-profit-072314289.html

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