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X-ray images of a lightning strike
A lightning-fast camera has been used by scientists to take x-ray images of lightning flashes in Florida.
December 28, 2010
Does lightning ever flash during a snowstorm?
Thunderstorms with lightning do happen more often when air temps are warm, but it's possible to see lightning in cold weather, too - even during a snowstorm.
December 28, 2010
Keith Long: Rare earth elements in 14 U.S. states
The U.S. has the resources to meet an increasing global need for rare earth elements - elements used in high-tech products and technologies for alternative energy - according to Keith Long.
December 27, 2010
John Seidensticker on saving wild tigers
Only about 3,200 tigers remain in the wild. John Seidensticker predict that, without international intervention, wild tigers will go extinct by the year 2022.
December 27, 2010
Life discovered deeper underground than ever before
A research team (Stephen Giovannoni) has discovered life deeper in the Earth's crust than ever before, a mile below the ocean floor in the North Atlantic.
December 27, 2010
Snowpocalypse pounds U.S. east coast December 2010
Another snowpocalypse! A blizzard pounded the U.S. east coast over the 2010 Christmas weekend, grounding hundreds of flights in the U.S. Northeast.
December 26, 2010
Top 10 climate events for 2010
Who knew, decades ago when scientists first began talking about global warming, that extreme weather events would be such a big part of the picture?
December 23, 2010
Scientists engineer a mouse that sings like a bird
Japanese researchers with the "Evolved Mouse Project" have used a genetically engineered "evolution" to create a mouse that sing like birds.
December 22, 2010
English schoolkids publish study on bees
In what could be a first, a group of schoolkids has had its scientific study of bees published in the December 22 edition of a science journal, Biology Letters.
December 22, 2010
Shark Conservation Act passed by U.S. lawmakers to protect sharks from fin trade
The Shark Conservation Act - passed by U.S. lawmakers this week and now headed for President Obama's desk - would tighten the ban on capturing sharks for their fins.
December 21, 2010
