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Eleanor Imster
This week’s waxing moon over Missouri
The June 17 waxing gibbous moon over Gladstone, Missouri. It's waxing toward a supermoon!
June 19, 2013
Bangkok sun halo
A sun halo, taken by our friend NongNoo Phoorithewet yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.
June 18, 2013
Video: Robot that runs like a cat (no fur, no face)
Even though it doesn't have a head, you can still tell what kind of animal it is.
June 17, 2013
Moon shrouded in mist, Prague
Quarter moon over a hotel in Prague, Czech Republic by Raymond Johnston
June 17, 2013
Sculptor galaxy black hole is sleeping, NASA says
It's about five million times the mass of our sun, at the center of a galaxy 13 million light-years away. Scientists want to be watching when it wakes up.
June 12, 2013
View from space: Tropical Storm Andrea
Watch a 20-second video of Tropical Storm Andrea from June 4 - June 6, a view from space.
June 7, 2013
Video: Remote helicopter controlled by brain waves
A team of researchers have learned to use their thoughts to steer a flying robot around a gym, making it turn, rise, dip, and even sail through a ring.
June 6, 2013
Genetically-engineered mosquitoes find humans less attractive
Scientists worked with Aedes aegypti, which transmits dengue and yellow fever. Modified mosquitoes showed a reduced preference for humans' smell.
May 30, 2013
Gut–brain connection is a two-way street, study says
A UCLA study suggests that bacteria ingested in food - such as yogurt - can affect our brain function.
May 29, 2013
Top ten new species 2013
This list includes a glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth.
May 28, 2013
