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Places to go: Maldives is the world’s lowest country
Not one of its 1,200 mostly uninhabited coral islands measure more than six feet (1.8 meters) above sea level.
February 7, 2014
MIT theorists predict new forms of exotic insulating materials
Topological insulators could exist in six new types not seen before. The results could help provide insights into quantum physics.
February 6, 2014
Death toll climbs to 16 since Mount Sinabung eruption
Thousands displaced from their homes. Disaster agencies still mobilizing medical and social services. A thin layer of ash expected to arrive in Malay Peninsula on Wednesday.
February 5, 2014
Dinosaur discovered in 2008 now known among largest land animals
Bone structure indicates that it was a juvenile, estimated to be 60 feet (18 meters) long. An adult would have been much larger.
February 3, 2014
Largest human migration takes place around now
Hundreds of millions return to their home villages around the Chinese New Year. In a week to 10 days, 3.6 billion passenger miles are clocked on trains, buses, and cars.
February 1, 2014
View from space: Site of Superbowl XLVIII
A satellite view of the Meadowlands in in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It's the Superbowl's first northern, cold-weather venue.
February 1, 2014
The Grand Canyon much younger than we knew?
Some scientists believe the Grand Canyon formed 70 million years ago. But a new study suggests that it formed in its entirety only 5 to 6 million years ago.
January 31, 2014
Coral reef discovered off Greenland
By sheer coincidence, researchers have discovered a reef of living cold-water corals in southern Greenland.
January 30, 2014
Newly-discovered virus has voracious appetite for anthrax
The newly-discovered anthrax-devouring Tsamsa virus, found in a zebra carcass in Namibia, could lead to new ways to combat deadly anthrax bacteria.
January 30, 2014
