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Photos: Russian cargo craft undocks from ISS
A look at the departing Russian cargo spacecraft from an ISS window as it undocked this morning, and a look back at the ISS from the cargo spacecraft.
June 9, 2014
Eruption subsides at Alaska’s Pavlof volcano
Large plumes of ash were released during an eruption at Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano in early June 2014. The volcano remains on an orange alert level.
June 9, 2014
This insect has nature’s highest-pitched call
The newly discovered ‘Supersonus’ hits the animal kingdom’s highest-pitch call. Why? For love, of course.
June 6, 2014
Why do koala bears hug trees?
As temperatures climb, koalas move to cooler trees and go limp, like wet dishrags. Turns out their tree-hugging is a cooling mechanism.
June 4, 2014
Kansas had a heat burst on the night of June 3-4
For a few hours around midnight, in Kansas, temperatures suddenly shot up by 10 degrees F. Meteorologists call it a heat burst. Read how it happens.
June 4, 2014
Severe storms blast through central U.S. on Tuesday
More severe weather expected Wednesday through the Ohio/Tennessee Valley region. Damaging wind and large hail. A tornado threat cannot be ruled out.
June 4, 2014
What caused the record Greenland ice melt in summer 2012?
It was hot in summer 2012, but that year also had record wildfires in the N. Hemisphere. Scientists now think soot from the fires helped melt Greenland's ice.
June 2, 2014
2014 Atlantic hurricane season begins
June 1 is the official start to the Atlantic hurricane season.
June 1, 2014
Identify 500 birds with new Birdsnap app
Take a picture of a bird and identify it. This free new iPhone app is an electronic field guide featuring 500 of the most common North American bird species.
May 30, 2014
Two incredible and scary weather videos
A tornado and a lightning strike. Watch these two scary videos of dangerous weather from the U.S. Great Plains.
May 29, 2014
