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Why do birds sing?

Birds spend a lot of time and energy singing, but they don't do it the same way in every season of the year. And some can't sing at all. What's the purpose of birdsong?

Planting a flag on the moon

With virtually no atmosphere on the moon - and, therefore, no wind - flags that fly freely on Earth would hang like limp cloth in the lunar environment. So Apollo 11 engineers had to rethink flagpole design entirely.

5 moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth

The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the moon.

What will Earth’s next supercontinent look like?

Here are 4 different scenarios of what planet Earth might look like when the next supercontinent forms.

Eclipses make animals do strange things

How do solar and lunar eclipses influence animal behavior? While the human world gathers to see tonight's lunar eclipse, what's the rest of nature doing?

Himalayan glaciers melting double fast since 2000

A new study, which used declassified images from spy satellites, shows that glaciers in the Himalayas melted twice as fast from 2000 to 2016 as they did from 1975 to 2000.

Will planetary low tide force regular sunspot sync-ups?

No, it’s not pseudoscience. Does a regular alignment of planets make a strong-enough tug to regulate the sun’s 11- and 22-year cycles? Read more in this story via Eos - a source for news and perspectives about Earth and space science - from the American Geophysical Union.

Zombie ants revisited

You'll meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects in this story by Gino Brignoli, a London-based researcher in tropical ecology.

6 things to know about carbon dioxide

Scientists say increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere is causing global temperatures to warm - sea levels to rise - and storms, droughts, floods and fires to become more severe. Here are 6 things about CO2 you might not know.

6 amazing facts about ants

It’s summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. And summertime is ant time. Here are 6 things about ants you might not know.

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