Photos: Kilauea Lava Reaches the Sea

Into the Sea Photograph by Hugh Gentry, ReutersA spectacular natural phenomenon was on display early this week as lava from a vent in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano flowed into...

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KC Chiefs Player Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A Kansas City Chiefs football player committed suicide today in front of his coaches and police outside of the team's stadium, just as officers investigating the shooting of the player's girlfriend arrived on the scene, police said.The name of the 25-year-old player has not yet been released.Kansas City Police were first alerted something was wrong by the girlfriend's mother."The...

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Today on New Scientist: 30 November 2012

Dinosaurs might have once gazed into the Grand Canyon It had been thought that the canyon formed 6 million years ago, but now two geologists say it is actually closer to 70 million years oldSaturn's rings may double up as a moon factory A new model suggests Saturn's famous rings spawned the planet's moons. Could the mechanism explain the moons of Uranus, Neptune and even Earth?Gaming the future:...

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Football: Del Bosque says Brazil the team to beat

SAO PAULO: The coach of Spain's world champions on Friday insisted hosts Brazil are the team to beat at next year's Confederations Cup, the testbed for a World Cup also on Brazilian soil in 2014."They are the team to beat," said Vicente del Bosque, who masterminded Spain's World Cup success in 2010 in South Africa and then led the Furia Roja to glory at Euro 2012, making his star-studded...

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What to look for when buying a new TV

Confused about what TV to buy? Please allow me to de-confusify you. From technology (LED, LCD, Plasma?) to size, to features, there are a lot of choices to make when deciding on the right TV. Narrowing down the options isn't as hard as it seems, though, and that's what this article is all about. First, we'll start with what to look for in the TV itself. Later, we'll talk about the shopping process....

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Pictures: Mysterious Maya Tomb Explored for First Time

Photograph courtesy Héctor Montaño, INAHSporting an elaborate headdress and shield, the Palenque king named Kan Bahlam, or Snake Jaguar, is depicted on one of the tomb walls.Eight other figures are depicted as well, "each probably a different royal ancestor of the tomb occupant," said Stuart."The imagery of nine ancestors seems to have been a theme repeated in other Palenque royal tombs, such as Pakal's...

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Mo. Couple Wins Half of Powerball Jackpot

The lucky winners of half of the record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot have been identified as Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Mo., their working-class lives suddenly taking a turn to the financial stratosphere.Cindy Hill, who with her husband has three adult sons and a 6-year-old daughter adopted from China, purchased the ticket at a Trex Mart gas station in Dearborn."I...

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Today on New Scientist: 29 November 2012

Leaping shark scores big air, but no dinner A rubber seal decoy tempted this great white shark enough to throw itself bodily out of the waters of False Bay, South AfricaAlarming evidence points at Iran nuclear bomb effort The International Atomic Energy Agency is meeting in Vienna to consider emerging clues that Iran is working on a nuclear weaponRisk of childhood obesity can be predicted at...

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British inquiry urges new laws for "outrageous" press

LONDON: A British inquiry called Thursday for a tougher watchdog underpinned by new laws to curb the country's press in a damning verdict that sets up Prime Minister David Cameron for a political battle.Senior judge Brian Leveson, who led an eight-month inquiry sparked by the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid, said there should be an independent self-regulatory...

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LED desk lamp wirelessly charges smartphones

Illuminates, charges, but costs too much -- for now.(Credit:Konica Minolta)One of the fascinating things about living in this era is observing how everyday products can become far more useful with a little infusion of technology. Konica Minolta today debuted a desk lamp with an ace up its sleeve: it features a built-in induction charging pad for devices that support the Qi wireless charging standard...

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