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Posts by
Eleanor Imster
Five fun physics tricks
Check out - and try - five fun physics tricks. Can you figure out the physics behind these phenomena?
August 7, 2014
California fire clouds
Fires raging over California last week created these towering pyrocumulus clouds - aka "fire clouds." A close look from jets flying nearby.
August 7, 2014
Horses communicate with expressive eyes and mobile ears
Do you think horses have expressive eyes? They do, say researchers, and they also have expressive ears.
August 5, 2014
Worst of the Gulf oil spill toxins still remain, research finds
Bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico consumed many of the oil toxins released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, but not the most toxic, says new research.
August 5, 2014
We’re in the early days of Earth’s sixth great extinction, say biologists
Since 1500, more than 320 land animals have gone extinct. Populations of the remaining species show a 25 percent average decline.
July 29, 2014
Mars rover set an off-world driving distance record this week
NASA’s Opportunity rover, still going after 10 years on Mars, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record with 25 miles of driving.
July 29, 2014
See which parts of the U.S. are losing groundwater
This map shows the amount of water stored in underground aquifers in the U.S. on July 7, 2014, in contrast to the average from 1948 to 2009.
July 25, 2014
