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Are we in a sixth mass extinction?
This short video puts modern extinctions in context by comparing them with Earth's 5 previous mass extinctions.
September 29, 2016
New theory on why time advances
Why does time flow inexorably toward the future? A Berkeley physicist proposes that time is expanding because space is expanding.
September 26, 2016
Today in science: Michael Faraday
Meet Michael Faraday, the man behind the electric motor and theory of electromagnetism.
September 22, 2016
Satellite sees 3 California wildfires
There were more than a dozen wildfires burning in California, as of September 20.
September 20, 2016
Climate change’s role in Louisiana floods
After a rapid assessment, scientists have concluded that climate change increased chances of the August record rains in Louisiana by at least 40%.
September 10, 2016
After a year on (simulated) Mars
A week ago, a test crew emerged after living for a year in Mars-like conditions inside a solar-powered dome on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano.
September 4, 2016
Hurricane Hermine strikes Florida coast
National Weather Service in Tallahassee reported that Hermine made landfall east of St. Marks, near Tallahassee, early Friday morning as a Category 1 hurricane.
September 2, 2016
Space X explosion at Cape Canaveral
No injuries in Thursday's explosion on a SpaceX launch pad at Cape Canaveral. But Facebook's planned satellite is no more.
September 1, 2016
No alien signal, says SETI astronomer
A strong signal from a sunlike star sparked speculation this week that we might - at last - have heard from an alien civilization. Now astronomers say ... no.
August 31, 2016
