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11,542 articles from Discovery

• FRIDAY 13. MAY, 2011
• 20:21 NASA Mars Rover Parts Arrive at Launch Site

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  An Air Force C-17 transport plane landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last night with the first parts of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory.  

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• 20:10 Last Line of Asteroid Impact Defense: Evacuation

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  Sometimes, Earth just needs to take one for the team. But how can we mitigate the worst an asteroid impact can inflict?  

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• 19:05 How Politicians Dodge Questions

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  Expert question-dodgers fly under the radar when they provide a similar answer to the question asked, studies show.  

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• 17:34 Mystery Robot Revealed: Luna, the Fully Programmable Adult-Size Personal Robot

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  The company wants the robot to be analogous to computers and smart phones, where software developers design apps that make the devices more and more useful over time.  

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• 17:30 Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe Goes to Washington

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  It wasn't the first time Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" had testified before Congress, but what he had to say to them on Wednesday sure was fresh.  

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• 15:20 Tech Turns Air into a Multi-Touch Screen

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  An empty frame wired with sensing technology lets you write or paint in thin air.  

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• 14:39 China's Yangtze River Running Dry

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  A mix of weather patterns across the country have left the east coast high and dry as the south struggles with flooding.  

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• 13:00 Skin Traps Harmful Pollutants

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  Just by sitting there reading this story, you help cancel out some of the ozone in the air.  

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• 12:30 Putting the Squeeze on Diamond Aerogels

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  Aerogels, or "frozen smoke," constructed from diamond formation processes just made the substance even more useful.  

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• 12:02 Could Kepler Detect Alien Artifacts?

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  Could the Kepler planet-hunting space telescope stumble upon an extraterrestrial civilization's attempt at interstellar communication via a giant orbiting billboard?  

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• 02:00 Advancing the Frontiers of Amateur Astronomy

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  Astronomer Mark Thompson explores how amateur astronomy has benefited from the unrelenting advance of technology.  

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• 00:39 Baby's Death Raises Questions About Midwife Safety

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  A baby who died due to a midwife's negligence raises questions about the safety of home births.  

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• THURSDAY 12. MAY, 2011
• 20:00 Jupiter's Moon Conceals Ocean of Magma

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  Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with about 100 volcanoes erupting at any one time.  

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• 20:00 Neanderthals' Last Stand Possibly Found

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  A newly found prehistoric toolkit suggests Neanderthals may have lingered in the Ural Mountains as recently as 33, 000 years ago.  

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• 19:28 Sharks Dying by the Dozens Due to Internal Bleeding

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  Dozens of leopard sharks have been washing up dead, and now a necropsy shows at least one of the sharks died of massive internal bleeding.  

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• 18:28 Could Atmospheric Hydrogen Incubate Alien Life?

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  Life on an exoplanet beyond a star's habitable zone would be pretty chilly, but what if that world had an atmosphere rich in hydrogen? Well, it could make the ideal warm blanket.  

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• 17:52 Stress Improves Learning for Birds

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  Bowerbirds that undergo a stressful event learn more from that experience than from their day-to-day studies.  

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• 17:15 Small Quake in Spain Makes Big Impact

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  Buildings collapsed and eight people lost their lives following a 5.1-magnitude quake Wednesday.  

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• 16:36 Health Risks of Tanning Beds Not Communicated

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  Indoor tanning isn't really safer than basking outdoors, but not a lot of tanning enthusiasts know that.  

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• 16:29 Snake-Like Robot Swims to the Rescue

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  A robot inspired by the sandfish lizard could work one day to burrow through debris and rescue earthquake victims.  

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• 16:23 Dirt, Voices Recharge Mobile Phones

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  Soon, you may not need a phone charger at all.  

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• 15:55 Where the Birds Are

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  A national census of birds shows where protection is critical for populations dependent on public lands.  

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• 15:55 Former Nazi Camp Guard Gets Five Years

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  John Demjanjuk, 91, is unlikely to live out the five years of his sentence for being an accessory to murder of almost 30,000 people.  

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• 14:10 Changing Climate: Managing the Risks

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  A committee of the National Research Council urges action to avoid "unacceptable impacts" of climate change that could last for hundreds or even thousands of years.  

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• 13:00 How to Make a Human Antenna

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  What if you could control every appliance in your home with one hand? With this technology, you just might be able to.  

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