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'Europa Report' Poster Credit: Wayfare EntertainmentA new science fiction film, 'Europa Report,' is coming in 2013 from Wayfare Entertainment More of the story & Photos, click image

Aquamarine Power is currently testing its second full-scale wave machine, known as the Oyster 800, at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney Enlarge Ministers have approved plans for the world's largest commercial wave farm. Full consent has been given for a 40MW farm off the north-west coast of Lewis – enough to power nearly [...]

North Island Kokako pair Boundary Stream. (Credit: 2004 Copyright Sarah King, New Zealand Department of Conservation) May 22, 2013 — Translocation — or moving animals to safer places — is a vital tool for saving species from extinction. Many factors influence the success of these new populations, including habitat quality, predators, capture and release techniques, the [...]

Enlarge Many astronauts have PhDs, perhaps a military honor or two, maybe even a history in combat — but cooking? This is apparently a bridge too far, and while astronauts don’t have nearly as much free time in space as we might assume (probably a good thing, for mental health reasons), time is the least of [...]

A scientist who has developed a genetic test to identify pure Scottish wildcats has warned that the species could be extinct within two years. The Scottish wildcat is now one of the world's rarest animals, the scientist said Dr Paul O'Donoghue said cross breeding with feral and hybrid cats made extinction a certainty unless "urgent" [...]

Patrick "Star Trek" Stewart tweeted that he found a baby bird and asked for help. Here's an expert's advice. Some advice for Sir Patrick Stewart and anyone else who encounters a bird, baby or adult, in need of help. Photograph by Shannon Marshall, Your Shot Sir Patrick Stewart, the "make it so" captain of Star Trek: The Next [...]

Flipped vehicles are piled up outside the heavily damaged Moore Medical Center after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Tornados, among the most violent of atmospheric storms, rarely reach the size and brutality of the twister that swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, experts say. [...]

Tourists on Nissi beach in Cyprus earlier this month. The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday. The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday. The EEA annual report [...]

Grapefruit. (Credit: © natali1991 / Fotolia) Enlarge May 21, 2013 — Lipids (right panel first three tubes) derived from grapefruit. GNVs can efficiently deliver a variety of therapeutic agents, including DNA, RNA (DIR-GNVs), proteins and anti-cancer drugs (GNVs-Drugs) as demonstrated in this study. Grapefruits have long been known for their health benefits, and the subtropical fruit [...]

Abundant corals are shown in a shallow Hawaiian lagoon. (Credit: Keoki Stender) May 21, 2013 — Researchers from the University of Hawaii — Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands including two species currently under consideration [...]