MSNBC: Science

Thursday th 22nd of August 2013

Mystery settlers, whoever they were, reached islands before Vikings - 12:31

Lonely wolf? Wolves howl when they miss their friends - 12:01

Why do wolves howl? They may be missing their friends or leaders - 11:31

Russian spacewalkers stumped by faulty equipment - 09:01

6,100-year-old crock pot has earliest evidence of food spicing (and it's still delicious) - 09:01

Wednesday th 21st of August 2013

That horned sea monster? It looks like a shark ... or an oarfish - 21:00

Mothballed telescope to morph into asteroid hunter - 20:00

The biology behind a beer's 'bite': You're tasting carbonic acid! - 20:00

There she GOES: Powerhouse NOAA weather satellite retired - 18:31

That horned sea monster? It could be a shark ... or an oarfish - 17:30

Star's twinkling light can reveal strength of gravitational pull - 17:30

Mars rover Opportunity reaches campsite for Martian winter - 16:30

Cockroaches in NYC cluster in their own neighborhoods -- and yours - 16:00

Picture this: Thousands of Earthlings waving at Saturn - 15:30

These apes take to swimming and diving like fish to water - 15:00

Bowl with 2,700-year-old Hebrew inscription dug up in biblical city - 13:30

Tobacco plants plus antibodies equal possible treatment for Ebola - 13:30

Evidence of 3,000-year-old cinnamon trade found in Israel - 12:30

Fukushima: Cosmic rays may peer into nuclear reactor, assess damage - 12:00

Spectacular nova star explosion visible with naked eye - 11:00

Comet makes cataclysmic plunge into Sun  - 08:30

Tuesday th 20th of August 2013

NASA's Kennedy Space Center wants to unload its rocket launchers - 20:30

Comet makes suicidal plunge into Sun  - 19:30

Top astronomers shift position in the planet-naming war - 19:30

Experts even surer now: Humans are cause of global warming - 18:00

Huge iron-rich plume discovered beneath Atlantic Ocean - 17:30

'Wave of relief': Italian astronaut recounts his near-drowning - 17:30

Leaky Fukushima nuclear plant raises seafood poisoning concerns - 17:30

Sun fires solar storm directly toward Earth -- at 2 million mph - 16:31

World helium shortage expected to balloon drastically  - 16:00

Isolated Peruvian tribe tries to make contact, sparking standoff - 15:30

Big Science: Some see brain project as cultural Apollo of our time - 14:30

NASA's newest astronauts face the press — and the great unknown - 14:30

It's a Blue Moon rising: Some facts to impress your friends - 14:00

DNA of longest-living bat species holds secrets to longevity - 13:30

Telescope captures dramatic close-up of baby bound to be a star - 12:30

Telescope captures dramatic birth of baby bound to be a star - 12:00

Hundreds of dolphins may die on East Coast before killer is identified - 03:31

Monday th 19th of August 2013

A new year every four hours? It's possible with exoplanets - 22:00

Astronaut spots UFO outside space station — but then it's identified - 20:30

Ancient Egyptian jewelry came from outer space - 19:30

New star explosion in night sky can be seen with naked eye - 19:30

Private Dream Chaser space plane passes runway tests - 18:30

Ancient wall in Israel matches up with Bible's tale of Assyrian attack - 18:30

SpaceX's spaceship milestone caps big week for billionaire Elon Musk - 17:00

One-shot volcanoes don't get the glory, but they can be explosive - 16:30

Australia's sponge effect caused global sea levels to drop, study says - 15:30

Drones take to the air for archaeology in Peru - 15:30

Syria civil war scars captured by satellite in space - 15:30

Shark is swallowed whole -- by an even bigger shark - 14:30