Video and Photos Indicate Water May be on Mars [PHOTOS]
Scientists announced on Thursday that they saw dark, finger-like features appearing and extending down some Martian slopes during late spring through summer, which fade in the winter and return during next spring.
Healthy Eating Adds Hundreds to Yearly Grocery Bills: Study
Researchers found that eating more potassium, the most expensive of the four nutrients, can add some $380 to the average person's food costs yearly.
NASA?s Juno Mission to Launch Friday to Probe Jupiter [VIDEO & PHOTOS]
NASA spacecraft will launch a five-year journey on Friday to conduct a deep examination of the interior of the largest planet in the solar system to see if there is actually a hidden core below the thick atmosphere.
Vampire Bats Have Special Sensors that Detect Blood
Scientists have found the heat-sensing mechanism that vampire bats used to detect and hunt their next meal. These bloodsuckers have specially evolved nerves located near the nose, which they use to identify the highest concentration of blood close to the skin of their prey. Researchers knew that the pits on vampire bats' noses enable them to find blood, but they weren't sure how it happened.
Senate Leaders Reach Deal to Resolve FAA Shutdown
There is an extension to allow the FAA to tap available funds in a federal trust account funded by ticket taxes to cover some of the agency's costs. The temporary extensions aim to bridge the gap to a long-delayed bill still being negotiated on long-term FAA budgeting and aviation priorities.
Exploration Team Finds UFO Beneath the Baltic Sea [VIDEOS]
Swedish treasure hunters discovered a mysterious object on the bottom of the sea floor that resembles a crashed UFO. The Ocean Explorer team on June 19 marveled at the baffling discovery of a 60-foot-wide disc found lying in the mud at the bottom of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is between Finland and Sweden, some 285 feet below the surface of the Baltic Sea.
Texas Polygamist Warren Jeffs Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
Jeffs made headlines in 2008 when police raided a Texas compound that housed his reclusive sect, taking away more than 450 children after the ordeal.
Dow Declines 512 Points, Zaps Investor Confidence
Fears of a new recession caused the stock market to take a deep plunge on Thursday making it the worst day since the financial crisis in 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 512.76 points, or 4.13 percent, closing at 11, 383.68.
First Look at Henry Cavill as Superman the ?Man of Steel? [PHOTO]
Warner Bros. released a first look of Cavill in costume as for the upcoming movie entitled "Man of Steel."
Large Police Presence to Remain on Virginia Tech Campus, Search Yielded Nothing [FULL TEXT]
A large police presence will remain on the Virginia Tech campus after an extensive police search for a man with a gun on Thursday yielded nothing.
Cargill Recalls 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey Products [FULL TEXT]
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., from Arkansas, is voluntarily recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. That strain of salmonella has killed one person and left about 77 others sick, and the recall is considered the third-largest in U.S. history, according to reports.
Two Moons? Collision Resulted in One Moon for Planet Earth [VIDEO & PHOTOS]
The collision of two moons orbiting Earth may have resulted in the planet's present-day lopsided moon, scientists say. Research published on Wednesday in the journal Nature states that in its younger years, Earth's moon was shadowed by a lightweight companion that was about one-thirteenth of its mass.
NASA Finds Strong Evidence of Water on Mars [VIDEO]
The images of the findings show flows lengthen and darken on rocky equator-facing slopes from late spring to early fall, and the seasonality, latitude distribution and brightness changes suggest a volatile material is involved, but there is no direct detection of one, NASA said.
Vampire Bats Use Heat-Sensors to Find Their Prey: Study [VIDEO]
Researchers have found that the blood-sucking bats have specially evolved nerves they use to sense the heat of the veins of their next prey. These specialized nerves are located near the bats' nose.
Only 4 Sentenced to Prison in Child Pornography Ring Bust
Timothy Lee Gentry, 33, of Burlington, Ky., was sentenced to 25 years in prison on May 10. Michael Biggs, 32, of Orlando, Fla., was sentenced to 20 years in prison on May 31, 2011. While Michael Childs, 49, of Huntsville, Ala., was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June and Charles Christian, 49, of Tilton, Ill., will spend more than 22 years in prison, according a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
U.S. HIV Rate Remains Stable, But Increasing Among Young, Black Gay Men
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its first multi-year estimates on the national HIV incidence surveillance on Wednesday. It is published in the journal PLoS ONE. The new estimates show that there were 48,600 new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2006 and some 56,000 in 2007. In 2008, there were 47,800 such infections and 48,100 in 2009, data show.
Earth?s Lopsided Moon May Have Been Shaped by a Crash [PHOTOS]
Our planet's lopsided moon may have swallowed up its smaller sibling after a collision, which may have resulted in its asymmetric terrain, scientists propose. Erik Asphaug, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his colleague Martin Jutzi recently wrote an article about the creation of the moon, which is published in the journal Nature.
Second Moon Orbited Earth Before Collision With its Bigger Sister [VIDEO]
A second moon orbited the Earth but a slow-motion collision with its bigger sister left our planet with one, scientists say. Astronomers believe that this collision, which lasted several hours, can explain the moon's asymmetry.
Marla Cooper Claims Hearing DB Cooper Hijacking as a Child
Marla Cooper, the alleged niece of hijacker D.B. Cooper, said when she was 8 years old she heard her two uncles planning something suspicious while at her grandmother's house in Oregon.
Killed South Dakota Officer was Michigan Native
Rapid City police officer James Ryan McCandless was the son of retired Midland County Undersheriff James McCandless.
Celina Cass Autopsy Fails to Determine Cause of Death, Authorities Wait on Toxicology Results [VIDEO]
New Hampshire's Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young on Tuesday said authorities are waiting for toxicology results.
Alleged Niece Claims D.B. Cooper Confessed About Hijacking Case [VIDEO]
Marla Cooper spoke told ABC News she is sure that her uncle Lynn Doyle Cooper is the one who pulled off the notorious 1971 hijacking by threatening to blow up a commercial jetliner before leaping from the airplane with a parachute and $200,000 in ransom.
Casey Anthony Probation Ruling Challenged, Defense Said it?s Dangerous to Bring Her Back to Florida
Earlier this week, a judge ordered Anthony to return to Orlando to serve a year of probation for check fraud, which she pleaded guilty to in an earlier case. The Florida mom's lawyers have already filed a motion to quash that order, and has argued that the judge cannot amend his sentence more than 60 days after it was signed in January 2010.
Tropical Storm Emily to Make Direct Hit on Haiti, Florida Possibly in its Path
As of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Emily was located at about 145 miles southeast of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, or 85 kilometers per hour. Emily is still on a westward movement at a speed of 14 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
Celina Cass Autopsy to be Released Soon
The results of an autopsy done Tuesday to determine the cause of death for Celina Cass is expected soon, according to a New Hampshire law enforcement official.
Herschel Uncovers Elusive Oxygen Molecule Hidden in Orion Nebula
The molecules were detected in the star-forming region of the Orion constellation. The amount of oxygen found is ten times larger than what was indicated by previous observations of other molecular clouds, but is still well below theoretical expectations, according to ESA.
Tropical Storm Emily Gains Strength, Continues Westward Towards Puerto Rico
A strengthening Tropical Storm Emily is continues to move westward through the Caribbean inching closer to the islands of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti where watches and warnings are in effect. The National Hurricane Center said as of 2 p.m. Emily about 215 miles southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, moving at 12 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour.
New Lead, New Book in 'D.B. Cooper' Case [VIDEO]
The FBI is pursuing a new lead in the infamous D.B. Cooper case, and a new book on the 40-year-old unsolved hijacking is set to come out next week. Geoffrey Gray will release his new book "Skyjack" on Aug. 9, which is based on the 1971 mysterious hijacking of a jetliner. Gray's new book is set to come just one week after the FBI revealed it had received a new lead into the case.
Anders Behring Breivik Attacks Lead to Norway Stores Removing Violent Video Games
Anders Behring Breivik's deadly attacks on Norway not only disrupted a peaceful nation but have resulted in stores across Norway withdrawing two video games the suspected killer used when planning the July 22 massacre.
Majority of U.S. Hospitals Don?t Support Breastfeeding, Babies at Risk for Obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, released its Vital Signs report on Tuesday and found that only 4 percent of U.S. hospitals provide the full range of support mothers need in order to breastfeed.
