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The cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station searched the universe and shall help to explain how everything came to be. CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, released first results of the experiment Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)

Scientists find hint of dark matter from cosmos

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Researchers meld human-rat minds

Sometimes the tail wags the dog. But now, now, according to a new scientific report, humans can wag the tail of a rodent via mind-meld. Researchers...

This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the positions of the sun, Earth and Mars, at left. Radio communications between Earth and Mars are limited during this planetary alignment, which occurs in April. Spacecraft in orbit around Mars and on the surface will not receive new commands during this period. Next month, Mars will be passing almost directly behind the sun, from Earth´s perspective. The sun can easily disrupt radio transmissions between the two planets during that near-alignment. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech)<br />

Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun

Call it spring break on Mars: Spacecraft in orbit around the red planet and on the surface are taking it easy this month because of interference from the sun.

This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. But the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, known by its acronym AMS, are almost as enigmatic as dark matter itself. They show evidence of new physics phenomena that could be the strange and unknown dark matter or could be energy that originates from pulsars, scientists at the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva announced Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone) <br />

Hints of dark matter found by space station

GENEVA, Switzerland - It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but scientists are pretty sure it's out there.

A Florida panther, rescued as a kitten, released back into the wild in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, runs away from its game officials and photographers. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials reported its sister had been released earlier, after the two cats grew to maturity. They were found in 2011 after their mother was found dead. Only 160 panthers are believed to remain in southern Florida (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Rare Florida panther released back into the wild

An endangered Florida panther rescued as a kitten and raised in captivity has made a rare run back into the wild.

Ting Xu and Yiming Chen, of China, conceived "a floating skyscraper that takes new development within large cities to the sky." ( eVolo Magazine )

10 best (and bizarre) skyscrapers of the future

eVolo Magazine this month announced their picks for best skyscrapers of the future.

This bulb might turn you on

New LED has the look and light of the old favorite, and there's bright news on the price front.

There's good news in the lighting aisle. LED bulbs, which have been a tough sell because they were too expensive, too blue, and just too weird, are beginning to look, and act, more like that old favorite, the incandescent bulb.

'Moderate' Red Tide Expected in New England This Summer

Algae bloom in local water can lead to shellfish poisoning if not monitored

Houses on the bay at Ocean City, N.J. It’s still a buyer’s market at the Jersey Shore, realty experts in the region say, though sellers are holding fast to their bottom line.

Map offers disturbing view of Shore's future

Richard Lathrop zeros in on North Wildwood to show off a new tool that predicts where the water will go as sea level rises.

Michael Krancer, 53, of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, is Pennsylvania´s Secretary of Environmental Protection.

Pa. environmental secretary stepping down

Michael Krancer, the Bryn Mawr lawyer who for more than two years has led the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, will step down as of April 15, becoming the fifth high official to leave the Corbett administration.

"To Space and Back" highlights benefits of space exploration. A woman uses a smartphone - which, of course, makes use of satellites.

From Philly, about space

A film that explores the benefits of exploring space was coproduced by the Franklin Institute.

This is a still from video of the meteor captured by a home security camera in Thurmont, Md. The meteor can be seen at far left as it flashes across the Maryland skies. (Credit: Kim Fox via YouTube)

Likely meteor lights up East Coast skies

A possible meteor that blazed briefly but spectacularly across the Friday night sky was reported all along the Eastern seaboard, including the Philadelphia area.

In this frame grab made from a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 1,100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)

Meteor? NASA head's advice: 'Pray'

When an unexpected visitor comes crashing into Earth with the force of 20 atomic bombs, Congress sits up and notices.

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1crew module is seen in the Operations and Checkout building during a media tour at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Senate Science and Space subcommittee Chairman Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. says President Barack Obama and NASA are planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon. Then astronauts would explore it in 2021. Nelson said the plan would speed up by four years an existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space rock closer to Earth. (AP Photo/John Raoux)<br />

Senator: NASA plans to lasso asteroid

NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday.

Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun

Call it spring break on Mars: Spacecraft in orbit around the red planet and on the surface are taking it easy this month because of interference from the sun.

Rare Florida panther released back into the wild

An endangered Florida panther rescued as a kitten and raised in captivity has made a rare run back into the wild.

Scientists find possible hint of dark matter

It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but scientists are pretty sure it's out there.

Scientists find hint of dark matter from cosmos

A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say.

South Africa Finalizes Lion Hunting Laws

Satellites Launch on Substorm Mission

Tire Reef Off Florida Proves a Disaster

A mile offshore from this city's high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old tires, strewn across the ocean floor _ a white-walled, steel-belted monument to good intentions gone awry.

Court: Permit Violates Owl Protection

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act when it approved a 22,000-acre logging project that affects northern spotted owl habitat in southern Oregon.

Alabama's Bald Eagle Population Booming

After 15 years of checking bald eagle nests from small planes, there are now an estimated 100 nesting pairs, up from 77 the previous year and 10 times the state's recovery goal under the Endangered Species Act. With the nest-to-nest status check by plane ending last year, the state now will start watching over a few dozen nests to monitor the eagles' health.

Group: Germany's Amphibians Threatened

This year's unusually warm winter could cause large numbers of amphibians to die in Germany, an environmental organization said Tuesday.

Costa Rica Probes Deaths of 500 Pelicans

Authorities in Costa Rica said Tuesday they are investigating the mysterious deaths of about 500 brown pelicans along the country's Pacific coast over the last five days but do not suspect bird flu was the cause.

Groups Sue to Protect Marine Mammals

Two conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday claiming marine mammal regulators are not doing enough to protect polar bears and walruses against the combined threat of oil and gas exploration and global warming.

Blair, Merkel Say Fight Global Warming

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday the moment was right to come up with new measures to combat global warming and vowed that the world's industrialized countries would push strongly this year for new emissions goals.

Obama to propose $100M brain mapping project

President Obama is proposing a new research investment to map the human brain in hopes of eventually finding treatments for traumatic injuries and disorders like Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy.