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An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

Glenn Close, her sister Jessie, and nephew Calen put the issue of stigma front and center.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone records was part of "an investigation that needs to happen" and expressed support for the department's action. NBC's David Gregory asked Kentucky Republican on "Meet the Press" for his take on the DOJ's seizure of two months of AP phone records. "This is actually...

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

Ben Affleck used the "Saturday Night Live" stage to make light of his much-buzzed-about 2013 Oscar acceptance speech, where he referred to his nearly-8-year marriage to Jennifer Garner as "work."

Star Trek Into Darkness has soared into the light. The J.J. Abrams sci-fi sequel rocked this weekend's box office, landing in the top spot with $70.6 million.  NEWS:...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations....

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

Analysis: prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has been light on powersharing with his nation’s Sunnis and Kurds    

Army waits for green light; Morsi seeks negotiations. Lead commentator says Israel and Egypt need to amend current treaty.

Rep. Paul Ryan said Sunday the IRS targeting of conservative groups "is arrogance of power, abuse of power, to the nth degree" and vowed the investigation into the misconduct will continue. "Look, people have no trust that their government is being impartial," the Wisconsin Republican said on "Fox News Sunday." "This is arrogance of power, abuse of power, to the nth degree,...

Even the simplest things in life are getting tech overhauls, so the next time you think it's too much work to wave a laser or string in the air to keep your cat entertained, consider this new toy that is powered by the sun. Called the Solar Chaser, the device is essentially a cat toy on a wand that sticks to the window with suction cups. When it gets enough light, the...

Leader of France's far-right Front National tweets to say she is fine after falling into empty pool and fracturing backboneMarine Le Pen has rushed to reassure party activists and supporters of the far-right Front National that she is fine after her father revealed she had fractured her back falling into an empty swimming pool.On Sunday, party officials joined in the chorus...

Canarian islet of Lobos is known for its diverse bird life

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

The businessman’s increased risk of cancer through the BRCA2 gene is believed to have come to light when he took part in a trial at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

Imagine you're a truck driver. You're coming up to a tunnel that might be too low for your truck to fit under, but you're not sure. Suddenly, a gigantic red stop sign appears to obstruct the road in front of the tunnel entrance, giving you no doubt. Stop! You're not going to overlook that explicit warning What is this sorcery? See the video above to find out more about...

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

How many rings do you see in this new image of the galaxy Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736? While at first glance one might see a number of them, astronomers believe there is just one. This image was captured in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

The Arab Spring countries of North Africa and the Middle East are ushering in a new generation of contemporary artists, eager to express their social and political perspectives in an era of post-revolutionary change. Journalists have taken notice, shining a light on the region and its potential for explosive creativity by reporting on individuals and communities in Egypt,...

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of a 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said.

HONG KONG : Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong’s light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, police said Friday. Groups of passengers sat dazed on the pavement near where the train derailed, some bleeding and being treated by medics. Others were taken away on stretchers by dozens of paramedics and...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.

Living in Los Angeles for the last six years, I've become quite familiar with the spread of wildfires, with a corresponding deepening respect for Nature's power. Given the devastation an out-of-control wildfire can cause, it's not surprising that there's been quite a bit of research into modeling the specifics of how forest fires spread over the last few decades , with...

Awww, Cory couldn't have kicked this bad habit at rehab too? Ah well, we guess it's all about choosing your battles! Cory Monteith was spotted walking out of the Lions club in West Hollywood Thursday with a pack of smokes in hand (above)… and no, ladylove Lea Michele was NOT in attendance. Perhaps she was [...]

University of Maryland College Park, Maryland   11:54 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Well, thank you.  (Applause.)  Oh, my goodness.  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Oh, my goodness.  It is such a -- you all, rest yourselves.  You’ve got a long day ahead.  It is beyond a pleasure and an honor for me to be here with all of you today. Of course, I want to start by thanking...

(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge have devised a unique method of capturing three-dimensional images. As described in a paper published in the journal Science, they used an ordinary light projector, four single-pixel photodetectors, an analog-to-digital converter, and a computer to capture 3-D images of a mannequin...

Uh oh. Less than ten days after Bang With Friends made its mobile debut on the iOS App Store, Apple has seemingly changed its mind and given it the boot.

Google held a session today at I/O 2013 about how to make money on Android, and in the initial few minutes it shared some updated stats around Google Play revenues and how those are progressing. Not surprisingly, the big growth is coming with in-app purchases, though Google's recently launched subscription model is also making headway.

The physics blog Skulls in the Stars has answers to your rainbow-related questions. Among the fascinating things we learn here — each color in a rainbow represents the light reflected by a separate group of raindrops; skydivers can see circular rainbows; and the famous double rainbow happens when light bounces off the inside of a [...]    

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Why Tibetan antelope can live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau? In a collaborative research published in Nature Communications, investigators from Qinghai University, BGI, and other institutes provide evidence that some genetic factors may be associated with the species' adaption to harsh highland environments. The data in this work will also...

Metal complexes are becoming increasingly important as the photochemical building blocks of functional molecular systems such as sensors and photoelectrochemical cells. Of particular interest are metal complexes that involve gold atoms in the +1 valence state, due to their ability to self-assemble into larger units. The assembly process, known as aurophilic interaction,...

Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor.    

Passengers thrown inside light railway, with three serious injuries reported in incident north of city.

As fitness model Lisa-Marie Zbozen demonstrates squat-lift exercises in a small apartment, Sean Light can be seen in the bathroom with the door open.

Sheri Torkington, 32, will be sentenced next week for causing the death of Laura Farrell, 41, when she jumped a red light in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and crashed into her car at a junction.

Gawker's John Cook was contacted by a tipster who offered to sell him a video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack for $40K. As proof, the tipster provided a photo of Ford posing with Anthony Smith, recently murdered in a gang-style shooting. The tipster claimed that Ford buys his crack from a dealer who [...]    

Richard Nelson's latest play casts a human light on celebrated creative emigres.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted in favor of new rules to shine a light on risky Wall Street trading, but the commissioners softened a crucial aspect of the plan in the face of lobbying pressure from banks.    

Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle collider located at the European Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle Physics (CERN) in Switzerland. Evidence of the minuscule droplets was extracted...

have survived without my computer for 20 days. I feel free... light. Actually, I prefer writing with pen and paper in cafes. I am more connected to my surroundings and I am not compromising the ambience.

Jim James is currently on the road with his solo band playing cuts from his recent LP Regions of Lig[...]

A set of valuable 'Dickin' bravery medals awarded to the flock of plucky birds has come to light revealing the ingenious ways the British went about spying on the enemy

International star in soccer and fashion won titles with Manchester United in England, Real Madrid in Spain, the LA Galaxy in the United States and PSG in France.

New submitter zlives writes in with news that Florida's DOT changed some language in their yellow light timing regulations, leading to a decrease in the yellow delay. Especially at lights with red light cameras. "From the article: 'Red light cameras generated more than $100 million in revenue last year in approximately 70 Florida communities, with 52.5 percent of the revenue...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted in favor of new rules to shine a light on risky Wall Street trading, but the commissioners softened a crucial aspect of the plan in the face of lobbying pressure from banks.    

(Phys.org) —Graphene has dazzled scientists, ever since its discovery more than a decade ago, with its unequalled electronic properties, its strength and its light weight. But one long-sought goal has proved elusive: how to engineer into graphene a property called a band gap, which would be necessary to use the material to make transistors and other electronic devices....

Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy's burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The "starburst ring" seen at center of a new image in red and yellow hues is not the product of love, as in the song, but is instead a frenetic region of star formation. The galaxy, a spiral beauty called Messier 94, is located about 17 million light-years...

Chip equipment maker Applied Materials (AMAT) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue and earnings per share that topped consensus, and forecast this quarter’s profit per share slightly below analysts’ estimates. Revenue in the three months ended in April fell 22%, year over year, and rose 25%, quarter to quarter, to $1.97 billion, yielding EPS of [...]

Water and electricity: historically, not a great combo! But Antonin Fourneau, a French artist and engineer, combines both to remarkable ends in his installation, Water Light Graffiti, which landed in New York this week. Read more...    

They're light, they're cheap, they're marginally comfortable, but ironically, folding chairs are rarely easy to stack and store. They're supposed to be, but their random curves and bulges make it a task that's frankly just not worth it—especially knowing that Folditure's ultra-flat hanging Tilt chairs are about to hit the market.Read more...    

You'll have seen the pictures of a giant rubber duck floating down the world's iconic waterways, from the Thames to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong -- it's Florentijn Hofman's brainchild. What you may not have seen is what the duck looks like after it's been deflated, and that's even better -- a kind of puddle [...]    

Ever since he and his wife and Sonic Youth bandmate Kim Gordon announced their split in late 2011 Th[...]

First time accepted submitter exomondo writes "Google has given Microsoft until May 22nd to pull their Windows Phone 8 YouTube app from the marketplace and disable it on customer devices. It not only includes a built-in ad blocker but also allows users to download videos and doesn't impose device-specific streaming restrictions outlined in the YouTube Terms Of Service....

ROME (Reuters) - An encyclopedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colorful and Byzantine world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won't find in any ordinary...

[caption id="attachment_12471" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="City skies (right) are often significantly dimmed by sky glow. Credit: Jeremy Stanley"] [/caption]Step out into the darkness a few hours after sunset. What do you see overhead? If you live in a relatively unpopulated part of the world, you might see the broad stripe of the Milky Way splashed against...

If you've ever been on the set of a professional photography shoot, you'll notice the photographer doesn't just rely on a single camera-mounted flash. Instead, they use a series of strategically positioned flashes, all tethered together so they function as one, to precisely control where and how much light is hitting the subject. And that approach is very similar to a...

Newcomer Alcatel One Touch will launch its first smartphone in the U.S. this month, but it doesn't impress.

A note scrawled inside the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding cited the killing of Muslims, an official said.    

The wavy-shaped steel-and-glass structure in the city’s downtown will be ready in time for the 2016-17 NHL season

While some "Supernatural" finales have been full of non-stop stress and heartbreak, a large portion of "Sacrifice" was a calm, well-plotted affair, deftly written but light on tension. Then all hell broke loose.

As part of the ongoing Apple e-book price fixing investigation by the Department of Justice, a new email sent from Steve Jobs to James Murdoch has come to light.Read more...    

In St Gabriels, two near identical houses are asking €695,000. Number 49 is more spacious, but what it gains in size it loses in garden, while number 46 uses light to give the illusion of space    

This light-filled artist’s house in a leafy corner in Greystones was built in 1902. It still has many of its original features and its gardens are filled with colour at this time of year    

The Prime Minister David Cameron (as told to CRAIG BROWN) solves all your DIY problems. From screwing in a light bulb to putting up shelving to how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

VimpelCom still waiting for green light from regulators on pair of deals to strengthen its ownership of mobile carrier

General Manager Bob Murray has a lot on his plate during the off-season, including whether Teemu Selanne, 42, decides to return for a 21st NHL season. After the scoreboard bulbs showing a playoff-eliminating loss were turned off at Honda Center on Sunday, more came to light Tuesday as Ducks players were processed through exit interviews.