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Little auks adapt to warming Arctic
This little bird, that looks kind of like a flying penguin, has got scientists rethinking how polar ecosystems are changing in our warming world.
January 23, 2015
Amazing 44-second meteor might be space debris reentry
Video of an impressive and slow meteor seen over Puerto Rico on December 28. It might be a Falcon 9 rocket body falling from orbit.
December 31, 2014
Video: Moonlight skating in Sweden
"Nights like these are almost to good to be true." See this touching, just-released video.
December 11, 2014
Video: Chasing Starlight
Beautiful new time-lapse video from Jack Fusco, under Canada's dark skies.
December 9, 2014
Killing rats to save birds as glaciers recede
Glacier melt means rats can reach bird nests on South Georgia, an island north of Antarctica and east of the Falklands. What to do? Send in helicopters!
December 8, 2014
Dawn Journal: Update on trek from Vesta to Ceres
Dawn spacecraft's chief engineer and mission director at JPL shares insights. Dawn due to reach Ceres in March, 2015. First spacecraft ever to orbit two planetary bodies!
December 6, 2014
Burning questions about winter cold
As the rest of Earth warms, debate continues on what’s causing the mid-latitude chill.
November 21, 2014
Curious about dark matter? Three scientists answer your questions
Why do you bet on axions or WIMPs?
If you find dark matter, what are the next steps?
Will we need a whole new "Dark Standard Model"?
What's it like searching for something you may never find?
November 9, 2014
Bhutan’s glaciers and yak herds are shrinking
Anthropologist Ben Orlove reports from Bhutan. “Of the things that my colleagues and I hoped to see on our trek, only one was missing … ice.”
November 5, 2014
Collect call from E.T. Do you accept the charges?
Odds are there’s intelligent life out there somewhere among the stars. Why haven’t we heard from an alien civilization? One viewpoint, in this article. What do YOU think?
November 4, 2014
