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NASA astronaut returns from year in space
NASA's Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko landed safely in Kazakhstan on March 2. The landing wraps up Kelly's one-year mission aboard the ISS.
March 2, 2016
Bacteria from Sahara on Swiss glaciers
Bacteria living among dust particles from the African Sahara Desert have been found trapped in ice and snow high on the Swiss Alps.
March 2, 2016
Biggest ever US methane leak from California blowout
The Aliso Canyon leak, finally plugged on February 11, vented 100,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere - a climate impact equivalent to the annual emissions of half a million cars, say scientists.
March 1, 2016
Leap babies
If you’re born on a leap day, do you have birthdays only once every four years?
February 28, 2016
Rare superbloom in California’s Death valley
Heavy autumn rains have transformed the barren landscape into riot of flowers not seen in decade. Have a look!
February 26, 2016
First animal was likely sea sponge
A new genetic analysis suggests that the first animal to appear on Earth was very likely the simple sea sponge.
February 25, 2016
Multiple cosmic impacts 790,000 years ago
Geoscientists reached this conclusion after dating glassy stones called tektites from various parts of the world.
February 25, 2016
Largest fireball since Chelyabinsk falls over Atlantic
The biggest fireball since the Chelyabinsk explosion plunged through the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean on February 6.
February 24, 2016
El Niño prolonging record coral bleaching event
This year's intense El Niño - added to our warming climate - is prolonging what's already the longest global coral die-off on record, according to scientists.
February 24, 2016
Extinction of giant herbivores changed global landscapes
Extinctions of large herbivores such as mammoths, mastodons, and ground sloths helped turn many open landscapes into forests, scientists say.
February 23, 2016
