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Jorge Salazar
1,500-year-old Mayan tomb revealed in video
Archeologists share their first glimpse inside an ancient Mayan tomb that's been sealed for over 1,500 years.
June 27, 2011
Busy 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, with Chris Landsea
NOAA predicts a busy 2011 season for Atlantic hurricanes. Chris Landsea of the National Hurricane Center explains more about the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane season.
June 20, 2011
2011 Gulf of Mexico dead zone biggest ever?
Biological oceanographer Nancy Rabalaisthe speaks with EarthSky about how the extreme flooding of the Mississippi River in spring 2011 might result in the largest-ever dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
June 17, 2011
Vesta and Ceres targets of Dawn spacecraft
Chris Russell on NASA's Dawn mission to orbit around two of the biggest bodies in the asteroid belt: Ceres and Vesta. First stop Vesta in July 2011.
June 14, 2011
Voyager leaving sun for interstellar space
NASA's Voyager mission is headed where no spacecraft has gone before, beyond the space bubble that contains our solar system.
June 6, 2011
Do cell phones cause brain cancer?
Mary McBride explains some of the basics about how cell phones interact with the body, and about how much cell phone use could be too much.
June 1, 2011
Tornadoes in 2011 were extreme
Meteorologist Jeff Masters explains science behind the fierce 2011 tornadoes in the United States.
May 23, 2011
Health care for US kids by Godron DeFriese
An April 2011 report by the U.S. Institute of Medicine has found gaps in what we know about the health care services for children in America.
May 23, 2011
Endeavour space shuttle takes final flight
In 1992 Dan Brandenstein commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Endeavour. He spoke with EarthSky about Endeavour's final launch May 16, 2011.
May 16, 2011
Climate change explored by William Chameides
In releasing its final report to U.S. Congress on May 12, 2011, an NRC committee affirms that climate change is occurring and that human activities play a role.
May 14, 2011
