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Eleanor Imster
Video: Predator X, most powerful marine reptile ever
This deadly hunter had a skull twice the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex's, and a bite force unmatched by anything in the Jurassic seas. Cool video!
November 6, 2014
Watch the pulse of New York City, measured in tweets
Scientists observe the daily heartbeat of different areas of New York City, through the lens of Twitter.
November 5, 2014
East Tennessee early snow
Snow fell in the east Tennessee hills on the first day of November.
November 4, 2014
Video: How to land on a comet
On November 12, the Rosetta spacecraft will attempt something "ridiculously difficult:" landing a probe on the surface of a speeding comet.
November 4, 2014
Cool facts about your biological clock
Feeling tired after turning the clock back? That's because the internal clock that controls your circadian rhythms needs time to adjust.
November 3, 2014
2014 Antarctic ozone hole holds steady
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual peak size in September. The size of this year’s hole was about the same as last year's.
November 1, 2014
Night spider
"She waits patiently through the night on her invisible web, stars dimly glowing in the background..."
October 30, 2014
Where is the missing Deepwater Horizon oil?
Researchers trace oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill to the Gulf of Mexico’s deep floor.
October 28, 2014
A week of solar flares at one giant sunspot
The biggest sunspot on the face of the sun in more than two decades erupted on October 26 with its sixth substantial flare in a week.
October 27, 2014
Cool composite of Comet Siding Spring near Mars
Hubble image of close passage of Comet Siding Spring near Mars. The comet passed Mars at about a third the distance between Earth and the moon on October 19.
October 26, 2014
