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First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Alaska volcano's plume as seen from space station

NASA Astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed this striking view of Pavlof Volcano on May 18. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down ... [Published Cosmic Log - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Plume, Volcano, International Space Station, NASA, Alaska Volcano Observatory

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Scientists identify the mystery killer behind Ireland's potato famine

Illustrated London News Starving people searching for potatoes in a stubble field during the Great Famine (1845-1852) which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government inaction. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC ... [Published Cosmic Log - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Ireland, Famine, Pathogens, Alan Boyle

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

NASA

Pizza printouts? NASA funds project to make space meals with 3-D printer

In a video made for Tested.com, chef Traci Des Jardins helps Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield spice up his meals on the International Space Station. Avoiding food boredom is one of the issues facing long-term spacefliers. Will 3-D-printed pizzas help? ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 22 2013]

Entities: 3D Printing, NASA, David Irwin, NBC News Channel

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Cicada bugfest closes in on the East Coast's cities: How loud will it get?

If you've noticed holes suddenly appearing in the ground, get ready – warmer weather means cicadas have begun to come out of a 17-year hibernation along the mid-Atlantic, from North Carolina to New York. NBC's Tom Costello reports. /div>By Alan Boyle, ... [Published Cosmic Log - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Cicada, NBC News Channel, Alan Boyle

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

US Navy

Dolphins persuade Navy trainers to dredge up 130-year-old torpedo

Alan Antczak / DVIDS A trained Atlantic bottlenose dolphin leaps out of the water during a photo session with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Marine Mammal Team in San Diego. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 20 2013]

Entities: US Navy, Keyport (United States), NBC News Channel, Naval Warfare

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Months after death, Sally Ride wins honors from White House and NASA

Slideshow: Astronaut Sally Ride AFP/Getty Images See images from the life and career of astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space. Launch slideshow /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sally Ride, NASA, White House, Alan Boyle, Cosmonaut

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Curse or coincidence? Scientists study Tornado Alley's past and future

National Weather Service This map shows the track of a tornado on May 3, 1999, in green; and the track of Monday's tornado in red. The similarity of the paths is coincidental, but the larger patterns of storm activity in "Tornado Alley" are due in ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tornado, NBC News Channel, Oklahoma (United States)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Storming sun sets the skies aglow

Laurent Silvani The northern lights shine over La Baie in Quebec at 2 a.m. Saturday, in a picture taken by Laurent Silvani. To see more of Silvani's work, check out his Silvani.ca website and his Facebook page . /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 18 2013]

Entities: Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,..., Sean Malone, Log, Alan Boyle, Space Weather

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Scientists respond to planet hunter's plight with pointers – and poetry

NASA An artist's conception shows NASA's Kepler space telescope observing a planetary transit. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News NASA is getting plenty of advice — and sympathy — as it assesses whether its Kepler planet-hunting telescope ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 18 2013]

Entities: NASA, Scott Hubbard, Alan Boyle, Exoplanet, Cygnus

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York? Not yet

The first of the Brood II cicadas, which only mature every 17 years, are being spotted in some southern states including Virginia. NBC's Brian Williams reports. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");/div> ... [Published Cosmic Log - May 18 2013]

Entities: Cicada, NBC News Channel, Alan Boyle, Fredericksburg (Virginia, United States)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 5 reports

Billionaire Richard Branson can't wait for his own SpaceShipTwo trip

Mark Greenberg / Virgin Galactic A bearded Richard Branson (center) gets a congratulatory hug from SpaceShipTwo designer Burt Rutan. Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Mark Sirangelo, who was involved in the development of SpaceShipTwo's hybrid rocket engine, can ... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 3 reports

Where did Maya culture come from? Archaeologists dig into tangled roots

Takeshi Inomata Workers stand on Platform A-24 at the Ceibal archaeological site in Guatemala. Archaeologists say the dig revealed the oldest monumental construction in the Maya lowlands. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle ... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Maya (Mexico), La Venta (Mexico), Log, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,..., Guatemala

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...LiveScience reports that " the volcano's ash cloud has reached as high as 22,000 feet " — which is still at least 200 miles (320 kilometers) below the space station...

Alaska volcano's plume as seen from space station [Published Cosmic Log - 6 hours ago]

...infrastructure of food production and supply will not be able to meet the demand of such a large population," the company says in its NASA proposal. "The conventional technologies can only provide marginal efficiency, which is not enough in keeping food prices at affordable level for the population growth. By exploring and implementing technologies such as 3-D printing, this may avoid food shortage, inflation, starvation, famine and even food wars." What do you think? Is 3-D printing the technology that will feed us on Mars, and on Earth? Will it become a future fast-food fad? Or will the novelty...

Pizza printouts? NASA funds project to make space meals with 3-D printer [Published Cosmic Log - May 22 2013]

...Word of the memorials came as NASA celebrated the late astronaut's life and legacy at a national tribute titled "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, a Champion of Science Literacy" conducted at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington

Months after death, Sally Ride wins honors from White House and NASA [Published Cosmic Log - May 21 2013]

...One problem is that the observational record for tornadoes has not been uniform over time. "It has a bias to it, because more people are living where tornadoes occur, and more people are out looking for them" Wehner said. That contributes to the perception that tornadoes are happening more frequently than they used to

Curse or coincidence? Scientists study Tornado Alley's past and future [Published Cosmic Log - May 21 2013]

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Scientists identify the mystery killer behind I... [Published Cosmic Log - 5 hours ago] Illustrated London News Starving people searching for potatoes in a stubble field during the Great Famine (1845-1852) which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government inaction. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC ...
Alaska volcano's plume as seen from space station [Published Cosmic Log - 6 hours ago] NASA Astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed this striking view of Pavlof Volcano on May 18. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down ...
Cicada bugfest closes in on the East Coast's ci... [Published Cosmic Log - 9 hours ago] If you've noticed holes suddenly appearing in the ground, get ready – warmer weather means cicadas have begun to come out of a 17-year hibernation along the mid-Atlantic, from North Carolina to New York. NBC's Tom Costello reports. /div>By Alan Boyle, ...
Cicada bugfest closes in on East Coast's big ci... [Published Cosmic Log - 9 hours ago] If you've noticed holes suddenly appearing in the ground, get ready – warmer weather means cicadas have begun to come out of a 17-year hibernation along the mid-Atlantic, from North Carolina to New York. NBC's Tom Costello reports. /div>By Alan Boyle, ...
Pizza printouts? NASA funds project to make spa... [Published Cosmic Log - May 22 2013] In a video made for Tested.com, chef Traci Des Jardins helps Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield spice up his meals on the International Space Station. Avoiding food boredom is one of the issues facing long-term spacefliers. Will 3-D-printed pizzas help? ...