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Alien artifacts can’t be ruled out in solar system
Using mathematics, researchers conclude that we cannot rule out the possibility of alien artifacts in our solar system as they would likely remain unnoticed.
November 9, 2011
Sophie Nowicki on weak underbelly of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
The Pine Island Glacier - sometimes called the weak underbelly of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - is rapidly losing ice to the sea by Sophie Nowicki.
November 9, 2011
Baboons follow the leader to breakfast
If you're trying to drum up a crowd to go out for a drink after work, you're more likely to succeed if you're popular. Same with baboons, says new research.
November 9, 2011
Epic magnitude storm blasts northwestern Alaska
A epic magnitude storm with a pressure of 945 millibars, with the strength of a Category 3 hurricane, hit parts of northwestern Alaska.
November 9, 2011
Mask-bot: a robot with a human face
Researchers create a robot face -- Mask-bot -- animated by the beam of an internal projector.
November 8, 2011
Tornadoes hit Oklahoma on November 7, 2011
Severe weather threat continues on November 8, as storms pushes into Missouri, Arkansas, eastern Texas and Oklahoma and Louisiana. Large tornadoes not expected.
November 8, 2011
Nate Lewis on artificial photosynthesis
Plants use photosynthesis to make food from the sun's energy. Dr. Nate Lewis works to mimic that process to create a clean-burning fuel using water and sunlight.
November 8, 2011
Tornado in Oklahoma, and more developing
See these terrifying images of the tornado that touched down in Oklahoma about an hour ago (November 7, 2011 at ~21 UTC, or ~3 p.m. CST).
November 7, 2011
2005 YU55: See it when it passes Earth on November 8 and 9
When at its closest on November 8 and 9, asteroid 2005 YU55 will look like a steadily moving star. It'll cover a moon's width of sky in under 5 minutes.
November 7, 2011
Ice Age humans: Did they affect the extinction of large mammals?
A study of large-mammal extinction during the last ice age focuses on the effects of climate change and human encroachment on habitat.
November 7, 2011
