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MAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new study based in part on NASA satellite data has shown that an increase in large, well-organized thunderstorms is be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser, a piloted space plane, was one of the leading contenders in for the NASA contract to ferry ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
It turns out that astrological signs are almost all wrong, because the Earth's wobble has thrown the zodiac out of whack ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 25, 2015Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
The winter ice covering the Arctic Ocean has reached its annual peak, but the extent of sea ice cover this winter is sma ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Natron is an alkaline salt lake of tectonic origin endoreic present in northern Tanzania.Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Pitcairn Island is well known for being the landing place of the HMS Bounty in 1790. The crew, who had successfully carr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Litlanesfoss is waterfalls surrounded by basalt columns Upphéraðsvegur located in Iceland.Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 24, 2015Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spin ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers have found fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed t ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The U.S. Defense Department could lose its current source of ocean-wind data this year, well before the planned early 20 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Winter storms can wreak havoc with our lives, but you probably don't think of them as bringing the sort of deadly menace ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 23, 2015Microbiology
to exclude other, more plausible alternatives, and I just do not think they have done that."Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
The astronaut Scott Kelly is about to take off for the International Space Station, and if he is like some space travele ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2015Videos
Our galaxy might have billions of planets that could sustain lifeWritten By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
About 2,300 years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle noticed what he called a "cold fire" emanating from ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
LOS ANGELES - The rainy season drove into California in December with
wet and windy promise: soaking rain, snow, da ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new study based in part on NASA satellite data has shown that an increase in large, well-organized thunderstorms is be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser, a piloted space plane, was one of the leading contenders in for the NASA contract to ferry
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It turns out that astrological signs are almost all wrong, because the Earth's wobble has thrown the zodiac out of whack
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The winter ice covering the Arctic Ocean has reached its annual peak, but the extent of sea ice cover this winter is sma
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Lake Natron is an alkaline salt lake of tectonic origin endoreic present in northern Tanzania.
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Pitcairn Island is well known for being the landing place of the HMS Bounty in 1790. The crew, who had successfully carr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Litlanesfoss is waterfalls surrounded by basalt columns Upphéraðsvegur located in Iceland.
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 24, 2015
Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...
As ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...
If you feel like you've heard just ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spin
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers have found fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed t
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The U.S. Defense Department could lose its current source of ocean-wind data this year, well before the planned early 20
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Winter storms can wreak havoc with our lives, but you probably don't think of them as bringing the sort of deadly menace
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
to exclude other, more plausible alternatives, and I just do not think they have done that."
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The astronaut Scott Kelly is about to take off for the International Space Station, and if he is like some space travele
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2015
Videos
Our galaxy might have billions of planets that could sustain life
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
About 2,300 years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle noticed what he called a "cold fire" emanating from
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
LOS ANGELES - The rainy season drove into California in December with
wet and windy promise: soaking rain, snow, da ...
wet and windy promise: soaking rain, snow, da ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim