HuffPost Science: Mars Rover Landing; Lion vs. Tiger; Robo-Woman Wows

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Rover Landing Could Be 'Blind' NASA is just 20 days away from landing a car-size rover on Mars, but mission managers might have to wait a little longer than anticipated to learn whether the challenging touchdown succeeds or not. Click the link above to learn more. Lion vs. Tiger: Who Wins Catfight? WATCH: Robo-Woman Wows With Facial Expressions Test Suggests Military Drone Could Fly FOREVER WOW: Auroras, Planets Team Up In Stunning Sky Show Follow @HuffPostScience On Twitter! BLOG POSTS Robert Fuller: The Secret to Science's Success Modeling has made humans what we are and our success as a species depends on learning to use them wisely. Winfried S. Peters: WATCH: Snail Attacks Pencil David Sloan Wilson: Clash of Paradigms A clash of paradigms is currently taking place for evolutionary theories of social behavior. In this corner, multilevel selection theory (MLST), a configuration of ideas that began with Darwin and has maintained a degree of continuity, in addition to a degree of change, up to the present. Victor Stenger: Higgs and the Mass of the Universe In all the recent hoopla about the long-sought Higgs boson, you often hear it said that it is responsible for the mass of the universe. This is not true. Assuming it exists, the Higgs boson is actually responsible for only a small fraction of the total mass of the universe. Dr. Reese Halter: Nature Helps Create Scrumptious Ice Cream Nestle scientists are looking to nature for help in revealing exactly which mechanism within ice crystal dynamics is responsible for taking the fun and flavor away from ice cream as it ages in home freezers.

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