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MAR 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 KimMAR 22, 2015Plants & Animals
The animal was a local legend among the people living in a protected area of southeastern Brazil's Atlantic rain forest. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more su ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Arctic sea ice shrank to the lowest winter extent ever recorded, according to data released today by the US-based Nation ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
Here's how Elon Musk's Hyperloop works.
Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
A mysterious coral species that was overshadowed by another, more well-known type may finally be getting its due.
< ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
Until recently, many people outside of Australia had never heard of the quokka, a Muppet-cute (despite its beady eyes an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
A small region in the southern Alaska coast saw an almost constant amount of rain, snow and glacial melting between 2003 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse - what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
This picture of Earth during a total solar eclipse was taken from the International Space Station.Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, have been creating a show across large parts of the Britain, and ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
Federal records show that this winter and the first two months of 2015 were the hottest on record globally, with a chill ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Earth doesn't have a monopoly on celestial light shows in the night sky. Mars has them, too.
NASA's MAVEN spa ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Hitching a ride on shipping containers is likely how these spiders from the Far East arrived in the United States. Known ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Normally, the very rare albino wallaroos are not found anywhere near racecars and revving engines. However, there is a f ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
An article by Andrew Griffin, appearing in the 17 March issue of The Independent, tells the story:
Life ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
This week, the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only a small part of the wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
German archaeologists announced this week they have discovered what could be the world's oldest pretzel.
Unea ...Written By: Robert Woodard
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
MAR 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
The animal was a local legend among the people living in a protected area of southeastern Brazil's Atlantic rain forest.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more su
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 21, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Arctic sea ice shrank to the lowest winter extent ever recorded, according to data released today by the US-based Nation
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Here's how Elon Musk's Hyperloop works.
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A mysterious coral species that was overshadowed by another, more well-known type may finally be getting its due.
< ...
< ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
Until recently, many people outside of Australia had never heard of the quokka, a Muppet-cute (despite its beady eyes an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A small region in the southern Alaska coast saw an almost constant amount of rain, snow and glacial melting between 2003
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse - what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
This picture of Earth during a total solar eclipse was taken from the International Space Station.
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 19, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, have been creating a show across large parts of the Britain, and
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 19, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Federal records show that this winter and the first two months of 2015 were the hottest on record globally, with a chill
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Earth doesn't have a monopoly on celestial light shows in the night sky. Mars has them, too.
NASA's MAVEN spa ...
NASA's MAVEN spa ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
Hitching a ride on shipping containers is likely how these spiders from the Far East arrived in the United States. Known
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Normally, the very rare albino wallaroos are not found anywhere near racecars and revving engines. However, there is a f
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
An article by Andrew Griffin, appearing in the 17 March issue of The Independent, tells the story:
Life ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
This week, the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only a small part of the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 17, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
German archaeologists announced this week they have discovered what could be the world's oldest pretzel.
Unea ...
Unea ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard