In honor of July 4, we've cobbled together a collection of nature's best fireworks displays. Get an an eyeful of red-hot volcanic eruptions, dazzling lightning storms and more.

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:20:01 GMT

Evogrid, a computer creation concept that would be a digital version of the primordial soup, could one day solve the riddle of life's origin.

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:50:06 GMT

Over the years, unusually powerful shaking born from faults buried several miles deep in Earth's crust has brought cities from California to Japan to their knees, without explanation. Until now.

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:45:30 GMT

Two years after scientists concluded that a breed of wild sheep in Scotland was shrinking over time, a new study reveals why: milder winters tied to global warming.

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:10:14 GMT

Earth's most prominent rain band, near the equator, has been moving north at an average rate of almost a mile a year for three centuries, likely because of a warming world, scientists say.

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:39:40 GMT

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Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:58:29 GMT

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: One of the world's top nanotech researchers talks about molecular-scale drawing, medical breakthroughs and his newly won $500,000 prize.

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:21:19 GMT

Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago.

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:14:12 GMT

Many people in the United States and Europe are seeing gorgeous lavender sunsets lately thanks to the eruption more than two weeks ago of Russia's Sarychev Peak volcano.

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AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:27:34 GMT

AP - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:03:31 GMT

AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:01 GMT

LiveScience.com - In between mouthfuls of hot dogs and potato salad, Americans onhis July Fourth might actually ponder those famous phrases scrawled nearhe top of the Declaration of Independence:

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:24 GMT

AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:18 GMT

AFP - Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:05:11 GMT

SPACE.com - This Fourthf July weekend will be filled with dazzling fireworks displays for manymericans, but not for NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, who is flying high abovearth on the International Space Station.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:15:08 GMT

AFP - France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:24 GMT

AP - NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:29 GMT

Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:59 GMT

The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:55:17 GMT

Hopes are dashed that some of the few remaining hirola antelope have managed to colonise new, safer territory.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:40:19 GMT

Three new dinosaur species are found in Queensland, Australia, and named after the Outback song Waltzing Matilda.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:48:58 GMT

Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:03 GMT

Europe's Planck telescope reaches its operating temperature, making it the coldest object in space.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:31:54 GMT

The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:47 GMT

Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:38:45 GMT

TerreStar-1, the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite, is put in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:19 GMT

Bees smother hornets in a bee ball that kills the giant predators with heat and carbon dioxide.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:48:02 GMT

The five British-born individuals who have flown in space are being honoured with a commemorative pin.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:38:11 GMT

New details have emerged about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission. Scientists found patterns in the ground near the lander, multi-sided shapes about three to ten meters in size. The shapes are created when the surface contracts and the ice cracks. Sand fills in the cracks before the ice expands and buckles the surface to make the distinctive patterns.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/SPsWcs5kjlo height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Scientists have shown that if elderly men who were given growth hormone and exercised their legs showed an appreciable muscle mass increase. Researchers say, This raises the question: Can age-related loss of muscle strength and increased fragility be ameliorated by the therapeutic application of mechano growth factor?img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/QhmcqfqetoI height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

It is well documented that police officers have a higher risk of developing heart disease: The question is why. In the most recent results coming out of one of the few long-term studies being conducted within this tightly knit society, researchers have determined that underlying the higher incidence of subclinical atherosclerosis -- arterial thickening that precedes a heart attack or stroke -- may be the stress of police work.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/ceZ9TMtwIlc height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, a primary malignancy of the liver, was statistically significantly higher among women with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection than among women without the virus, according to a new study.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/MCBjipac_sI height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

The Archaea are single-celled organisms and a domain unto themselves, quite apart from the so called eukaryotes (bacteria and higher organisms). Many species live under extreme conditions, and carry out unique biochemical processes shared neither with bacteria nor with eukaryotes. Methanogenic archaeans, for example, can produce methane gas out of carbon dioxide and hydrogen.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/jnfU1V72qSI height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. A new study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/oc9MFyOVkds height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/-a6_LLHHIe0 height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

A new study reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone -- the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/4u5WNNUrYyI height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Scientists have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead to new drugs for the disease.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/iGs1lwqTgTA height=1 width=1

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Cancer experts say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements has the best chance yet of predicting disease metastasis.img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/9TFXtBjEA4g height=1 width=1

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