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Mexico City earthquake was rare ‘bending’ quake
A new study on the 2017 quake that killed 300 in Mexico City finds that both its location and cause were unusual. But seismologists say it could happen again.
March 14, 2018
Colorado serenade
You'll enjoy this one. Gorgeous views of day and night skies over the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
March 13, 2018
Scientists discover supercolony of 1.5 million penguins
The Adélie penguins on the Danger Islands had gone undetected because the islands are so remote and the water surrounding them so treacherous.
March 8, 2018
Views of home
Intriguing and inspiring perspectives of our home planet from spacecraft cameras looking back at Earth.
March 7, 2018
Melting permafrost might unleash carbon within decades
Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic will thaw enough to become a permanent source of carbon to the atmosphere in this century, says a study.
March 7, 2018
Wildfires will likely get worse in western North America
A new study projects increases in burning across the U.S. West and Canada. It suggests large fires - such those we've seen recently in California - may become more common.
March 5, 2018
Almost-real-time map of global fishing
"Until now we didn’t really know where people were fishing in vast swaths of the ocean …"
March 2, 2018
How naked mole rats stay cancer-free
Another piece in the puzzle of how these wrinkled, hairless, buck-toothed creatures live such long and cancer-free lives.
February 28, 2018
Drought worsens across US Southwest, southern Plains
A lack of precipitation across the southern and western United States has led to growing drought this winter.
February 24, 2018
Watch an octopus get spiky
Octopuses and cuttlefish have an amazing defense tactic. They can erect 3D spikes from their skin, hold them for an hour, then retract them and swim away.
February 23, 2018
