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Video: Earth’s atmosphere is escaping
It'll be billions of years before it's gone, but this video explains it in two short minutes!
May 22, 2013
View from space: Four satellites views of Moore tornado
Four images from space, from NASA and NOAA satellites, of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013.
May 21, 2013
New method for producing clean hydrogen
Engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications.
May 21, 2013
Great white sharks supplement a seal diet with dead whales
Great white sharks, apex ocean predators, are also mega scavengers of the largest of ocean carrion, dead whales.
May 21, 2013
Official death toll lowered in Moore, OK tornado tragedy
Officials have lowered the death toll to 24 confirmed deaths and hundreds of injuries from the massive tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma yesterday.
May 21, 2013
What are the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes?
These are the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes since 1900.
May 21, 2013
Compressing air for renewable energy storage
Study identifies two compressed air energy storage methods and sites for the Northwest.
May 20, 2013
Invasive ladybugs: Secrets of their success
The harlequin ladybug gets a leg up on the natives with the aid of a parasitic fungus.
May 20, 2013
Incredible videos and photos of tornadoes in central U.S. May 18-19
Videos and photos of tornadoes that pushed through the central U.S. this past weekend. Warning: some are graphic. More severe weather expected today.
May 20, 2013
Chris Zahm: Understanding and probing the world below our feet
Necessary resources such as oil and water lie below our feet. How today's scientists are coming to understand the world underground, while exploring for resources in safe, practical and effective ways.
May 20, 2013
