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Being called a bird brain is no insult
A new study has found that bird brains have significantly more neurons than do mammal - even primate - brains of the same mass.
July 27, 2016
Watchers spy rare white whale Migaloo
Not all experts agree that the white whale spotted off Australia's east coast on Tuesday was the beloved Migaloo. But most are adamant it was.
July 27, 2016
Sky and Earth time-lapse, New Zealand
A new time-lapse video from New Zealand, showing both its dramatic landscape and the sky above. It's called "The Edge of Perception."
July 26, 2016
A year of Earth from a million miles
Watch a full year of Earth's sunlit side, seen from a million miles away by the DSCOVR spacecraft.
July 24, 2016
Healthy forests need birds and bees
A new study shows that we humans can help maintain healthy forests by focusing conservation efforts on the protection of animal pollinators and seed dispersers.
July 22, 2016
1st half of 2016 warmest on record
The 6-month period from January to June was our planet's warmest half-year in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880.
July 21, 2016
Shifting identities for traveling neutrinos
MIT researchers show that neutrinos can change between several distinct “flavors” while traveling from a facility near Chicago to a detector in Minnesota.
July 19, 2016
Giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh
A huge earthquake could be building beneath Bangladesh, Earth's most densely populated nation. There's potential for some 140 million people to be affected.
July 18, 2016
Researchers recreate 1st steps on dry land
In a groundbreaking study, researchers explored a key evolutionary transition - from animals living in water to living on land - using a robot called MuddyBot.
July 16, 2016
Noctilucent clouds over Europe last week
Time-lapse video of the amazing noctilucent cloud display over northern Europe on July 12-14, 2016. Adrien Mauduit called it a "storm" of these clouds.
July 16, 2016
