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    Oct 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Curiosity is not shedding again: That's a Martian sparkler

    As Curiosity scooped up its first dirt on Mars for analysis by the rover's high-tech instruments earlier this week, NASA scientists became concerned when they saw bright particles in the soil.
    As Curiosity scooped up its first dirt on Mars for analysis by the rover's high-tech instruments earlier this week, NASA scientists became concerned when they saw bright particles in the soil. In previous days, the rover's cameras sent back images of a...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Space Programs, Science

    2. Oct 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Orionid meteor shower: Best times to watch

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    Alert sky watchers may already be spotting signs that the annual Orionid meteor shower is back, but experts say the best time to see the streaking meteors won't be until this weekend....
    3. Oct 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Americans increasingly believe in global warming, Yale report says

    For the first time since the United States entered a deep recession five years ago, 70% of Americans now say they believe global warming is a reality, according to researchers.
    For the first time since the United States entered a deep recession five years ago, 70% of Americans now say they believe global warming is a reality, according to researchers. In a report released Thursday by the Yale Project on Climate Change...

    Tags: Droughts, Conservation, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues

    4. Oct 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Orionids meteor shower begins to light up night sky

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    Star gazers, take note: This Orionid meteor shower is back. The annual show — named because the meteors appear to come from the constellation Orion — occur each October as Earth passes through a trail of dust left by Halley's comet,...
    5. Oct 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Life on Mars? Scientists hope to find it by decoding Martian DNA

    Apparently, there just aren’t enough genomes for Craig Venter to sequence here on Earth, so he’s making plans to send a DNA sequencer to Mars.
    Los Angeles Times
    Apparently, there just aren’t enough genomes for Craig Venter to sequence here on Earth, so he’s making plans to send a DNA sequencer to Mars. “There will be life forms there,” Venter said, with his usual confidence, at a Wired...

    Tags: DNA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry

    6. Oct 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Mars Curiosity rover eats first spoon of dirt in 'promised land'

    Scooping up intriguing Martian soil and casting away suspect batches, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has finally shoved a tiny spoonful into its robot belly to analyze, scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Thursday.
    Los Angeles Times
    Scooping up intriguing Martian soil and casting away suspect batches, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has finally shoved a tiny spoonful into its robot belly to analyze, scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Thursday.The Mars Science Laboratory rover...

    Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science

    7. Oct 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. NASA mission to Pluto may have to steer away from moons, debris

    Astronomers just keep finding more moons around Pluto. They scoped out the first and largest, Charon, in 1976; the fifth, tiny P5, was spotted just this summer by the Hubble Space Telescope.
    Los Angeles Times
    Astronomers just keep finding more moons around Pluto. They scoped out the first and largest, Charon, in 1976; the fifth, tiny P5, was spotted just this summer by the Hubble Space Telescope. Such discoveries are fascinating for planetary scientists,...

    Tags: Research, Johns Hopkins University, Science and Technology, Science

    8. Oct 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Relatively close Earth-like planet discovered

    Scientists have spent years hunting for Earth-like planets orbiting stars elsewhere in the galaxy. Now they have found one that's a relative stone's-throw away.
    Scientists have spent years hunting for Earth-like planets orbiting stars elsewhere in the galaxy. Now they have found one that's a relative stone's-throw away. The so-called exoplanet — a planet beyond our solar system — is circling Alpha...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Electronics, Science

    9. Oct 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Time-lapse video: Space shuttle Endeavour’s trek across L.A.

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    The space shuttle Endeavour made its final journey last weekend, traveling 12-miles from Los Angeles International Airport, through Inglewood, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The retired orbiter was carried through city streets atop a...
    10. Oct 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Baumgartner's space jump a victory for science -- and wonder

    We still live in an age of wonder.  On Sunday, as the remnants of the United States’ storied space shuttle program spent its day on the ground with the Endeavour moseying through the streets of Los Angeles, an attention-hungry energy drink...

    Tags: Food Industry, Apple iPad, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Large Hadron Collider Experiments

    11. Oct 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'Citizen scientists' spot planet with four suns

    Take that, Tatooine! Amateur astronomers taking part in a crowd-sourced science project have discovered a far-off planet that receives light from not one … not two … but four stars. 
    Los Angeles Times
    Take that, Tatooine! Amateur astronomers taking part in a crowd-sourced science project have discovered a far-off planet that receives light from not one … not two … but four stars.  The Neptune-sized gas giant, named PH1, is the first...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Astronomy, BBC, Science

    12. Oct 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. After glitches and delays, Endeavour finally reaches its new home

    It was built for orbital speeds approaching five miles per second, but space shuttle Endeavour took its own sweet time Sunday as it wheeled triumphantly onto the grounds of its new home, the California Science Center.
    It was built for orbital speeds approaching five miles per second, but space shuttle Endeavour took its own sweet time Sunday as it wheeled triumphantly onto the grounds of its new home, the California Science Center. "Mission 26 — mission...

    Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Science and Technology, Los Angeles International Airport, California Science Center, Politics

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