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2014 Great Backyard Bird Count
The 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count takes place worldwide February 14-17. It's your chance to help scientists track the health of bird populations.
February 14, 2014
Kelud volcano in Indonesia is erupting, thousands evacuating
Thousands are being evacuated on densely populated island of Java. Eruption took place 90 minutes after alert status for volcano was raised to highest level.
February 13, 2014
New painkillers from tarantula venom?
A protein from the venom of the Peruvian green velvet tarantula blunts activity in pain-transmitting neurons, says a new Yale University study.
February 13, 2014
View from space: Watch winter storm move across US
NASA video of satellite imagery shows three days of movement of a massive winter storm that stretches from the southern U.S. to the northeast.
February 13, 2014
Fossils reveal earliest known live birth
The fossil embryos of three little ichthyosaurs are preserved within the body of their mother that died while giving birth, 248 million years ago.
February 13, 2014
Crocodiles climb trees
A new study finds that crocodiles climb trees. If you don't believe it, here's a photo.
February 12, 2014
Strong earthquake in remote western China
The quake took place in China's sparsely populated region of Xinjiang. It's not yet known if it caused casualties or significant damage.
February 12, 2014
What killed the woolly mammoth? New clues.
Ten thousand years ago, large mammals of the Arctic, like the woolly mammoth, went extinct. What caused it? Climate change? Disease? Over-hunting by humans?
February 10, 2014
View from space: Sochi Winter Olympic sites
A satellite view of the skiing and snowboarding sites for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
February 7, 2014
Video: Will this go faster than light?
Light speed is the ultimate speed in our universe. Why we haven't been able to build - or even conceive of - a contraption that goes faster than light.
February 7, 2014
