Podcast: Blobs in Space, Banded Penguins, and More and ScienceShot: Hot World Breaks Record

News Home | ScienceNOW | ScienceInsider | Weekly Analysis & Features | About ScienceNews All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org This week's news from ScienceNOW: Friday, 14 January 2011 Podcast: Blobs in Space, Banded Penguins, and More What is that mysterious green blob in outer space? Do metallic bands hurt penguins? And will sea levels continue to rise no matter what we do? Science's Online News Editor... http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/what-is-that-mysterious-green.html?etoc ScienceShot: Hot World Breaks Record Hottest planet yet sizzles at 3200°C http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/scienceshot-hot-world-breaks-rec.html?etoc Thursday, 13 January 2011 ScienceShot: The Dusty Swirls of the Whirlpool Galaxy Hubble captures the stuff of newborn stars http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/scienceshot-the-dusty-swirls-of.html?etoc Fall of Rome Recorded in Trees Tree-ring samples correlate with important events in European history http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/fall-of-rome-recorded-in-trees.html?etoc Want to Ace Your Test? Share Your Feelings Students who write about their anxieties perform better on stressful exams http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/want-to-ace-your-test-share-your.html?etoc A Universal Marker for Tumor Cells? Levels of an overlooked type of RNA are peculiarly high in many types of cancer http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/a-universal-marker-for-tumor-cel.html?etoc Are You a Famous Scientist? New database allows researchers to track the cultural relevance of themselves and others http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/are-you-a-famous-scientist.html?etoc The Solar System Swallower Astronomers find biggest black hole to date http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/the-solar-system-swallower.html?etoc Wednesday, 12 January 2011 Objects in the Telescope May Be Closer Than They Appear Astronomers rethink some of their "standard candles" http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/objects-in-the-telescope-may-be-.html?etoc Flipper Bands Harm Penguins Metal bands used to study penguins may increase mortality and hamper breeding http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/flipper-bands-harm-penguins.html?etoc Pandas Prefer Old Forests Finding may aid conservation policies http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/pandas-prefer-old-forests.html?etoc ScienceShot: A Trillion-Pixel Image of the Night Sky Largest ever color image provides unprecedented detail of stars and galaxies http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/scienceshot-a-trillion-pixel-image.html?etoc Tuesday, 11 January 2011 Satellite Spies Stellar Hatcheries First data from Planck may help astronomers learn more about how stars are born http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/satellite-spies-stellar-hatcheri.html?etoc ScienceShot: Thunderstorms Make Antimatter Curious phenomenon may help physicists understand terrestrial gamma-ray flashes http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/scienceshot-thunderstorms-make-a.html?etoc Monday, 10 January 2011 First Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered Kepler astronomers have nailed detection of a rocky—albeit uninhabitable—planet circling another star http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/first-earth-sized-exoplanet-disc.html?etoc Hubble Confirms Nature of Mysterious Green Blob 'Hanny's Voorwerp' has been an enigma since its discovery in 2007 http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/hubble-confirms-nature-of-myster.html?etoc Rising Seas Look Inevitable Effects of global warming will persist, even if we stop emitting greenhouse gases http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/rising-seas-look-inevitable.html?etoc Friday, 07 January 2011 Measures to Save Ozone Stemmed a Lot More Global Warming 1980s spray-can clampdown prevented even larger temperature increase, modeling shows http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/measures-to-save-ozone-stemmed-a.html?etoc Podcast: Eating Bugs to Fight Climate Change, a Possible Blood Test for Alzheimer's Disease, and More Listen to a roundup of a few of our favorite stories from this week http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/podcast-eating-bugs-to-fight.html?etoc Snowball Earth Was Dotted With Puddles Study provides direct evidence of open seas during ancient global cold snap http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/snowball-earth-was-dotted-with-p.html?etoc Selected science policy headlines, from this week's ScienceInsider: Unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions for this service at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/alerts/main Written requests to unsubscribe may be sent to: AAAS / Science, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC 20005, U.S.A.     News | Journals | Careers | Blogs | Multimedia | Collections | Help | Site Map | RSS Subscribe | Feedback | Privacy / Legal | About Us | Advertise With Us | Contact Us © 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All Rights Reserved. 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