Discovered: That scary asteroid that came close to Earth last
fall is coming back, this year's early spring is bad news for
flowers and thus butterflies, multitasking is still real, more
evidence against faster than the speed of light neutrinos and
how fruit flies are like humans.     • That scary asteroid is
coming back. Remember that asteroid that almost hit the Earth,
but didn't last fall? It's coming back in February 2013. And
this time, it will get even closer to our planet. Current
predictions have coming within 24,000 km of Earth, which is
closer than any satellites. That sounds scary to us. And, that
simulation to the right makes this all look very much too close
for comfort. But, researchers assure everything will be ok.
"This is a safe distance,"  says researcher Detlef Koschny. "But
it is still close enough to make the asteroid visible in normal
binoculars." So a near miss! That's a relief. Unless science is
pulling a Melancholia on us and telling us everything's fine,
when really the world is endi