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New planets may have been found by citizen scientist web users
Looking at data from the Kepler mission, web users participating in the Planet Hunters science project may have found two new planets.
September 23, 2011
Energy use could increase 53 percent by 2035
A September 2011 report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration says China and India will account for half of a projected increase in energy use.
September 23, 2011
Cassini captures five of Saturn’s moons
Five of Saturn's moons appear in one image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2011.
September 22, 2011
Wasabi offers heat and health
Spicing up food and fighting cancer. Wasabi is on a roll. Studies have suggested that the plant may have certain antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.
September 22, 2011
Measles on the rise in the US, worldwide
Measles - one of the world's most contagious diseases - is forging a path through the unvaccinated in the U.S., reaching its highest infection rate since 1996.
September 22, 2011
Traces of Fukushima fallout reached SF Bay Area in March 2011
After Japan's 2011 earthquake, people speculated that radiation from the Fukushima reactor would travel to California. It did, but only in trace amounts.
September 21, 2011
Fifth gas giant planet in early solar system?
Our solar system might've once had five gas giant planets. The fifth might have gotten the boot after a close encounter with Jupiter, 3.9 billion years ago.
September 21, 2011
Human influence takes the wild out of some wildfires
A study shows that human influence has historically increased wildfire activity - and decreased it. A scientist says, "Fire is a defining feature of humans."
September 21, 2011
Typhoon Roke makes powerful landfall in Japan
Typhoon Roke, a strong typhoon with winds reaching 135 miles per hour, made landfall on September 21, 2011, near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
September 21, 2011
Running Chicken Nebula image in ruby red
An image from the European Southern Observatory shows the Running Chicken Nebula, a star-forming region in space, 6,500 light-years away.
September 21, 2011
