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Eleanor Imster
See it! Best photos of moon and Venus on September 8
As the line of sunsets swept westward yesterday, people around the globe thrilled to the sight of the moon and Venus in their twilight sky. See their photos!
September 9, 2013
Video: Can you trust your eyes?
New video from asapSCIENCE. Some Friday fun with optical illusions!
September 6, 2013
View from space: Smoke from California’s Rim Fire
Smoke from the Rim Fire choked Yosemite National Park during the busy Labor Day Weekend. The smoke is thick, entirely blocking the view of the ground from space. From the ground, the smoke obscured Yosemite’s normally pristine views.
September 3, 2013
Video: 4 minutes of 6-second science
Compilation from GE's #6SecondScienceFair. Go from "wow!" to "huh?" and back again.
August 29, 2013
Wolves howl because they care
When a member of the wolf pack leaves the group, the howling by those left behind isn't a reflection of stress but of the quality of their relationships.
August 23, 2013
Earth waves at Saturn
A collage of 1400+ images of people waving at the Cassini spacecraft on July 19.
August 22, 2013
More people, more air pollution
But the population-pollution relationship is not the same everywhere.
August 22, 2013
Astronauts’ sunrise with night-shining clouds
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this panoramic photo looking northeast from a point about halfway along the Aleutian Island chain.
August 22, 2013
Computer can read letters directly from the brain
A new method of analyzing MRI brain images enables researchers to determine which letter a test subject was looking at.
August 21, 2013
