Science news.

Posted June 12, 2013:

• NASA's Chandra Turns Up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door


• Iron Fertilization, Process of Putting Iron Into Ocean to Help Capture Carbon, Could Backfire


• Easy and Effective Therapy to Restore Sight: Engineered Virus Will Improve Gene Therapy for Blinding Eye Diseases


• Male Guppies Reproduce Long After Death


• Filmmaking Magic With Polymers


• Saliva Proteins May Protect Older People from Influenza


• When Will the Next Megathrust Hit the West Coast of North America?


• Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms


• Fingernails Reveal Clues to Limb Regeneration


• New Kind of Variable Star Discovered: Minute Variations in Brightness Reveal Whole New Class of Stars


• Sunny Super-Earth? Atmosphere of Super-Earth Exoplanet Observed for Time First by Two Japanese Telescopes


• Controlling Magnetic Clouds in Graphene


• Hands-Free Talking and Texting Are Unsafe for Drivers, Study Shows