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What is the smell of rain?
The word for it is "petrichor." It’s the name of an oil that’s released from Earth into the air before rain begins to fall.
April 18, 2015
Brontosaurus is back!
If you had to name a dinosaur, you might say Brontosaurus. But, since 1903, experts have said that Brontosaurus isn't a separate species. Now Bronto is back!
April 13, 2015
Game on! Teaching science with games
The average U.S. student has played roughly 10,000 hours of games by the end of high school - only a little less time than the hours spent in school.
April 8, 2015
Bacteria key to ice worm survival
Living in ice is no easy feat, but ice worms make it work. Part of the secret to their survival on glaciers lies in a symbiosis between worm and bacteria.
April 8, 2015
Shrinking of Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating
A new study shows that not only has Antarctica's ice shelf volume gone down, but losses have accelerated over the past decade.
March 31, 2015
Greenland glacier melt increases mercury discharge
As glaciers melt, streams carry more mercury into the ocean, increasing risk of mercury poisoning in humans and wildlife in Greenland and in adjacent coastal countries.
March 30, 2015
Nova Sagittarii observation, March 29
The brightness of this unusual nova has gone up and down and now back up again. EarthSky friend Tom Wildoner tells you how to see the nova before it's gone!
March 29, 2015
India’s Mars probe has fuel for extended mission
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was expected to end on March 24. But it turns out that the probe could have another 6 months of life left in it.
March 27, 2015
Curiosity rover detects nitrogen on Mars
The discovery adds to the evidence that ancient Mars was habitable for life.
March 27, 2015
Super salamander nearly ate our ancestors
The thing that got us off the hook? A big hot interception 200 million years ago.
March 26, 2015
