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Flying airplanes with mind control
Researchers demonstrate that brain-controlled flight is possible.
May 29, 2014
An ancient battle: A 900-pound croc takes on a 58-foot snake
An ancient, 16-foot, 900-pound crocodile may have been overmatched by a monster snake that swam in the same rivers 60 million years ago.
May 28, 2014
New image of seafloor zone where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might lie
A new illustration of the seafloor, created by two of the world’s leading ocean floor mapping experts, details underwater terrain where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight might be located.
May 27, 2014
View from space: Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn
The southernmost tip of South America, seen from the ISS.
May 26, 2014
Meet star cluster NGC 3590
This star cluster - called NGC 3590 - isn't just pretty. It's also helping astronomers understand the Milky Way galaxy in which our sun and Earth reside.
May 21, 2014
NASA is go for 2016 Mars lander
New Mars InSight mission is focused downward and inward, on Mars' core, mantle and crust. It'll even probe Mars' interior.
May 21, 2014
Some sunlike stars eat Earthlike planets
Some sunlike stars are "Earth-eaters." As they form, they ingest large amounts of the rocky material from which planets like Earth, Mars and Venus are made.
May 20, 2014
Pacific in 2014 looks like record-breaking El Niño year of 1997
Conditions in the Pacific Ocean continue to suggest that a super strong El Niño might be forming in 2014.
May 20, 2014
Why Saturn has auroras
After a three-year observing campaign of Saturn using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have confirmed that auroras on Earth and Saturn have a common origin.
May 19, 2014
