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What the flu does to your body

What's going on inside your body that brings such pain and malaise? An immunologist explains why the flu makes you feel so awful.

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March 2, 2018

Some black holes erase your past

You can't survive a passage into a black hole ... or can you? A UC Berkeley mathematician says you could enter certain types of black holes, but your past would be obliterated and you'd have an infinite number of possible futures.

EarthSky Voices

February 25, 2018

Drought worsens across US Southwest, southern Plains

A lack of precipitation across the southern and western United States has led to growing drought this winter.

EarthSky Voices

February 24, 2018

Future cities built with volcanic ash?

After water, concrete is the world's most-used building material. MIT researchers worked with volcanic ash as a concrete additive and substantially reduced building costs.

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February 11, 2018

Day Zero approaches as Cape Town’s water runs out

Cape Town - the South African city of 3.7 million people - is on the verge of running out of water. Day Zero is the day the taps will get turned off.

EarthSky Voices

February 11, 2018

View of Winter Olympics from space

Ready for the Olympics? Here's a look at the sites of the 2018 Winter Games, the South Korean cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung, from above.

EarthSky Voices

February 8, 2018

Harvard study links breast cancer to light at night

Artificial light has transformed the night sky, a change researchers continue to link to health problems.

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February 8, 2018

Why no full moon in February 2018?

January and March 2018 have 2 full moons. February has none. Astronomer David Chapman explains moon cycles and calendars, with a word about moon names in the indigenous Mi'kmaw nation of Canada's northern woodlands.

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February 6, 2018