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Man and Mars through history

A look back over centuries at man's attempt to uncover information about the 'Red Planet.'Sources: NASA, American Museum of Natural History, and Scientific American
Top 10 richest Americans

The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
4 excellent adventure books for young readers

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Jamie Dimon scores big win in bank shareholder vote

Jamie Dimon's chairmanship of JPMorgan Chase easily survived a vote from the bank's shareholders Tuesday. The vote was a major victory for Dimon, but shareholders sent a message that the bank needs better oversight by giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members.
Global warming mystery: Are North and South really polar opposites?

Two studies, one about plants covering previously frozen landscapes in the Arctic, the other about expanding winter sea ice in Antarctica, appear to say different things about global warming.
35 pyramids found in Sudan necropolis

35 pyramids found: Archaeologists have found at least 35 pyramids, thought to be about 2,000 years old, at a gravesite in Sudan.
Mass extinction? Man may still have time to catalog Earth's species.

A trio of respected biologists and zoologists concludes that Earth's sixth mass extinction may be unfolding slower than feared, giving time for the valuable work of cataloging the planet's species.
Man and Mars through history

A look back over centuries at man's attempt to uncover information about the 'Red Planet.'Sources: NASA, American Museum of Natural History, and Scientific American
Top 10 richest Americans

The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
Scientists confident moon born of colossal Earth collision that vaporized Zinc

Researchers examined rocks collected by astronauts during NASA's Apollo lunar landing missions, as well as a meteorite that originated on the moon to make the find.
Star hurtling through space near humongous black hole could prove Einstein's theory

The discovery offers scientists a unique chance within the decade to test Einstein's theory of relativity in an extreme environment.
Horizons Google Maps heads indoors with walking directions for 17 Smithsonian museums

Google Maps adds all 17 of the Smithsonian Institution's museums to its growing list of 10,000 important indoor spaces.
Cave art suggests that Neanderthals weren't such Neanderthals, after all (+video)

New tests of paintings in Spanish caves suggests that they were at least 15,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting that they were created by Neanderthals, not Homo sapiens.
Transit of Venus: Skywatchers rejoice in rare space event (+video)

Around the world on Tuesday, civilians and scientists alike took advantage of the rare transit of Venus across the sun.
Were dinosaurs in decline before the asteroid?

A recent study shows that larger herbivorous dinosaurs were becoming less diverse before the mass extinction.
Some dinosaurs were declining before asteroid struck, say scientists (+video)

By the time that giant meteor collided with our planet at the end of the Cretaceous, some dinosaur species were already heading toward extinction, new research indicates.
Fossil find sheds light on how humans evolved to walk (+video)

A discovery in Ethiopia of 3-million-year old foot bones that once belonged to a human relative suggests that human bipedalism evolved more than once.
The dinosaur that dressed like Anna Wintour

Gliding through trees in what is now China some 130 million years ago, the microraptor sported shimmering black feathers, a new study reveals.
World's tiniest chameleon: How did it get so small?

Scientists recently discovered four new species of chameleons in Madagascar. One of them – Brookesia micra – is the smallest chameleon in the world. This species may have evolved through a phenomenon known as island dwarfism.
Do we need spaceflight for the perspective?

An astronaut's life-changing lesson from a moment in orbit.
4 excellent adventure books for young readers

With its whopping 2.5 million-copy print run, “Inheritance” is very likely the fantasy book in which your favorite teen has his or her nose buried this month. The fourth and final installment of Christopher Paolini’s books about Eragon, the orphaned farm boy-turned-dragon rider, offers all the action and answers its fans have waited eight years for. But “Inheritance” is also darker than its predecessors, and its graphic violence includes the prolonged torture of a young woman. Knopf recommends it for ages “12 and up,” and I wouldn’t hand it to anybody younger. For those seeking alternatives, this fall offers four excellent adventure tales for young readers. There are museums, pirates, gods, rodents, runaways, and lots and lots salt water.
What are the toughest questions tossed at reference librarians?

Think it's easy being a librarian? Think again!
Australopithecus afarensis bone could change story of human evolution

Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient human ancestor who lived around 3 million years ago, spent most of its time walking, instead of climbing trees like chimps.
Huge carnivorous hunchback dinosaur puzzles scientists

A huge dinosaur unearthed in Spain appears to have sported a hump on its back, a feature never before seen on a dinosaur fossil.
'Unusual' dinosaur offers glimpse of evolutionary quirk

'Balaur bondoc,' a new species of dinosaur discovered in Romania, is a close relative of Velociraptor, but developed several striking evolutionary differences because it lived on an island.
Space rock lovers descend on New York for meteor gathering

The Meteoritical Society meets this week in New York to discuss all things space rock.
The largest rat of all time discovered

Just a couple thousand years ago, the world's largest rat, weighing more than the average house cat, scuttled about what is now East Timor of Southeast Asia.
Amateur astronomers gather at New York Stargazing Event as part of 2010 World Science Festival

Amateur astronomers gathered last Saturday in New York City's Battery Park for an evening of stargazing as part of the 2010 World Science Festival.