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Where are the coldest places on Earth?
Antarctica, Greenland and Siberia are among the coldest places on Earth.
December 30, 2012
Recap of 2012 Christmas storm in US
This storm will go down as producing the most tornadoes ever recorded on Christmas Day in the United States since record keeping began. Photos and videos here.
December 28, 2012
How fast can a wet dog shake dry?
Researchers have found that furry mammals can shake themselves 70 percent dry in just a fraction of a second.
December 28, 2012
Top conservation issues to look out for in 2013
A team of researchers has identified 15 issues that could affect the diversity of life on Earth in 2013.
December 26, 2012
View from space: US city lights
Here's a satellite image of the United States at night.
December 26, 2012
Significant storm to affect the U.S. on Christmas
A Major storm system will bring an outbreak of severe storms across the U.S. southeast and a major winter storm across the center of the country on Christmas Day.
December 24, 2012
Gift giving: Wild dolphins to humans in Australia
Scientists think that gift giving among wild dolphins at the Tangalooma Island Resort in Australia is a form of play behavior.
December 23, 2012
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas!
Congratulations! You survived the end of the world, and Christmas is around the corner. Time to focus on that popular question: will we have a white Christmas?
December 21, 2012
Temperature records from nature reaffirm climate warming
In a large compilation, scientists used used 173 independent datasets - from natural sources such as ocean sediments - to show warming over the past century.
December 20, 2012
The aurora borealis and the coming Solar Maximum
Right now, there's huge excitement among those of us who hunt for the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights.
December 18, 2012
