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Eleanor Imster
Tracking Fukushima radiation across the Pacific
It took just over two years for the radioactive plume from Fukushima, Japan, to travel via ocean currents and reach the shores of North America, researchers say.
January 6, 2015
Video: Does being cold make you sick?
Being cold can't give you a cold ... or can it?
December 30, 2014
Year’s end at Achill Island, Ireland
Late December night sky over the Irish island of Achill.
December 30, 2014
Ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaur extinction, says study
Volcanic eruptions 66 million years ago played a role in the demise of the dinosaurs, says one theory. It challenges the idea that a meteorite impact was the sole cause.
December 24, 2014
New Zealand sunset
A fiery sunset last week at Styx Mill Reserve in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo by On Location Photography.
December 18, 2014
Video: 100 trillion microorganisms that live on and in you
There's a unique collage of more than 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in you that are essential to your life and part of what makes you, well, you. It's your microbiome.
December 17, 2014
Voyager spacecraft rides tsunami wave in interstellar space
Listen to how these waves cause surrounding ionized matter to ring like a bell. You’ve never heard anything from farther away ...
December 17, 2014
Hawaii’s Waimea Canyon
Known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. Photo by Chris Tinker.
December 16, 2014
Can you see two galaxies in this photo?
Hint: Not counting the Milky Way! Photo by David Magro Photography.
December 12, 2014
