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Shireen Gonzaga
Tracking data reveals tiger shark migration in Hawaii
The migration period coincides with the birthing season of tiger shark pups, and a higher rate of shark attacks in waters around the main Hawaiian islands.
September 10, 2013
Understanding the radioactive legacy of Chernobyl and Fukushima
Scientists fear not enough is being done to study long-term effects of radioactive contamination from the nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi.
September 3, 2013
Authenticating the world’s most expensive coffee
Coffee cherries eaten by palm civets create the world's most expensive coffee. But blatant forgeries use beans that have never seen a civet's insides.
August 26, 2013
Tracking the Chelyabinsk meteor dust plume
The meteor that plunged through Earth's atmosphere over Russia on February 15, 2013 lasted just moments. But it created a belt of dust that persisted for months.
August 20, 2013
Nevada rock carvings may be oldest in North America
Rock carvings in western Nevada could be the oldest known North American petroglyphs, perhaps as much as 14,800 years old.
August 20, 2013
New study reveals final days of a child, 800 years ago
The researchers examined burial soil, at spots where the child's major organs would have been situated, to understand the child's final days.
August 13, 2013
What does your desk say about you?
"We found ... that you can get really valuable outcomes from being in a messy setting." - Kathleen Vohs
August 12, 2013
False GPS signals could threaten transportation security
How hard is it to spoof a ship's navigation system into believing false GPS signals, deliberately leading it off its charted course? Not that hard, apparently.
August 7, 2013
Shark Week 2013 brings new sharks and live talk shows
Shark stories, tweets, a Google hangout, comedy talk shows - and why it's a bad week for a seal named Snuffy - in Discovery's 26th annual Shark Week.
August 4, 2013
Secret to the long migrations of great white sharks? Liver fat
In a recent study, an ingenious analysis of satellite tracking date provided evidence that fat stored in sharks' livers lets them migrate long distances without prey.
August 1, 2013
