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Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count starts December 14
Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count is one of the longest-running citizen science projects in existence. Here's how to participate.
December 8, 2017
Turning hurricanes into music
A meteorologist and a music technologist are turning data from tropical storms into musical graphs. Can listening to storms help us understand them better?
December 7, 2017
Yetis? Nope. DNA study says bears
A new DNA study of purported Yeti samples from museums and private collections is providing insight into the origins of this Himalayan legend.
December 4, 2017
See it! December’s full supermoon
December's full supermoon was the closest and brightest full moon of 2017. Wonderful photos here from the EarthSky community around the world.
December 4, 2017
Do songbirds share ‘universal grammar’?
A new study suggests that humans and songbirds have common biological hardwiring that shapes how they produce and perceive sounds.
November 30, 2017
Your dog is good for your heart
Can your dog help you live longer? Maybe, according to a new study of the association between dog ownership and cardiovascular health among more than 3.4 million Swedes.
November 29, 2017
Now we know Earth blocks neutrinos
"This achievement is important because it shows, for the first time, that very-high-energy neutrinos can be absorbed by something -- in this case, the Earth."
November 27, 2017
Waving hi to ISS
Karthik Easvur created this image as the International Space Station soared over Hyderabad, India on November 22. How you can spot it. Plus, who's aboard ISS now?
November 25, 2017
Our nights are brighter, and brighter
The International Dark-Sky Association has campaigned for decades to reduce artificial light at night. Yet a new study shows our night skies still brightening at a rate of 2 percent each year.
November 24, 2017
