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How 600,000 pounds of dead salmon nourished Alaskan trees
For 20 years, researchers counting dead salmon tossed them on the side of a shallow creek. The result, it turns out, was healthier, faster-growing trees. You'll enjoy this video.
October 30, 2018
New species of missing link between dinos and birds
"You could say that it puts Archaeopteryx back on its perch as the first bird!"
October 29, 2018
Did scientists confirm Earth’s dust cloud satellites?
Have the Kordylewski clouds been confirmed? They were first reported In 1961, 2 clusters of dust, orbiting at about the moon's distance. They're faint. Have scientists now detected them?
October 28, 2018
Check out these 2 rectangular icebergs
These 2 images of sharp-edged icebergs - weirdly perfect rectangles - were captured on the same day by a researcher flying over Antarctica.
October 28, 2018
NOAA issues 2018-19 Winter Weather Outlook for US
About 3/4 of the United States is more likely to be warmer-than-average than colder-than-average this winter, according the NOAA report, and western drought is likely to persist or worsen.
October 28, 2018
Eruption of the world’s deepest undersea volcano
A research team has documented a volcanic eruption in the western Pacific Ocean that's deeper below the ocean surface than Mount Rainier’s height above sea level.
October 25, 2018
US tornado frequency shifting eastward
Although Tornado Alley is still tops, vulnerable regions east of the Great Plains are catching up, according to a new study.
October 24, 2018
How Earth feeds volcanic supereruptions
To better understand where magma gathers in Earth’s crust, researchers studied the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand, the planet's most active cluster.
October 21, 2018
What makes giant soldier ants?
Charles Darwin puzzled over why ants come in such wildly different sizes. The question even made him doubt his theory of evolution. New research might explain why.
October 18, 2018
How do dogs process words?
What's happening in your dog's brain when it hears you say squirrel? New research looks at how dog's brains react to human words.
October 18, 2018
