Honda to Sell Sleek Microjet in U.S. (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Robert Roy Britt LiveScience Managing Editor LiveScience.com Tue Jul 25, 12:30 PM ET Honda announced today it will begin taking orders for a new, small jet aircraft later this year. The HondaJet , unveiled last year, will enter the "very light jet" market in the United...

Pesticide Leaves Robins Unable to Carry a Tune (SPACE.com / LiveScience....

" Abigail W. Leonard Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Sun Jul 23, 10:45 PM ET Nearly half a century after DDT was first dumped across acres of North American farmland and three decades after it was banned in the United States and Canada, the toxic pesticide still has...

The Red Sea Parts Again (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Jul 19, 1:15 PM ET The Red Sea is parting again, but this time Moses doesn’t have a hand in it. Satellite images show that the Arabian tectonic plate and the African plate are moving away from each other,...

Fear of Snakes Drove Primate Evolution, Scientist Says (SPACE.com / Live...

" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Jul 21, 10:32 AM ET An evolutionary arms race between early snakes and mammals triggered the development of improved vision and large brains in primates, a radical new theory suggests. The idea, proposed by Lynne Isbell,...

Deadly Fish Virus Spreads in Northeast (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Robert Roy Britt LiveScience Managing Editor LiveScience.com Thu Jul 20, 11:15 AM ET A deadly virus found in two fish species in the northeastern United States last month appears to have spread to two more species, scientists said today. Meanwhile, hundreds of fish in Lake...

Top Predators Key to Ecosystem Survival, Study Shows (SPACE.com / LiveSc...

" Bjorn Carey LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com 2 hours, 3 minutes ago Top-level predators strike fear in the hearts of the animals they stalk. But when a deer is being mauled by a wolf, at least it can know that it's giving its life for the greater good. A new study...

Scorching U.S.: First Half of 2006 Sets Heat Record (SPACE.com / LiveSci...

" Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Jul 14, 5:00 PM ET The average temperatures of the first half of 2006 were the highest ever recorded for the continental United States, scientists announced today. Temperatures for January through June were 3.4...

Scientists Concoct Chocolate That Won't Melt (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Jul 14, 9:00 AM ET Chocolate is not widely consumed in the tropics, even though that's where most of the world's cocoa is produced. The reason: It's too hot. High temperatures in countries like Nigeria reduce chocolate...

States Ban Hunting of Live Animals over the Internet (SPACE.com / LiveSc...

" LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Fri Jul 7, 6:01 PM ET Louisiana has joined 21 other states in banning Internet hunting, the practice of using a mouse click to kill animals on a distant game farm. The cyber-shooting idea was the brainchild of Texan John Lockwood, who...

Newfound Reptile Swam in Dinosaur Era (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Jul 7, 9:00 AM ET Scientists have identified a new species of ancient aquatic reptile that swam the seas when dinosaurs still ruled the Earth. Dubbed Umoonasaurus , the creature lived in waters off the coast of what is...