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Snapshot of early human ancestors’ lives
Scientists used fossil remains and primitive tools to build a vivid description of what life was like for our early human ancestors, 1.8 million years ago.
March 20, 2016
Incredible solar eclipse footage from flight
Spectacular video shows last week's total solar eclipse from a redirected Alaska Airlines flight. Wish we all could have been there!
March 15, 2016
NASA astronaut returns from year in space
NASA's Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko landed safely in Kazakhstan on March 2. The landing wraps up Kelly's one-year mission aboard the ISS.
March 2, 2016
Biggest ever US methane leak from California blowout
The Aliso Canyon leak, finally plugged on February 11, vented 100,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere - a climate impact equivalent to the annual emissions of half a million cars, say scientists.
March 1, 2016
Cockroach egg impressions from 4,300 years ago
More information about early human settlements - and in this case the insects who lived alongside them - is being found in ancient bits of broken pottery.
March 1, 2016
Simplified calendar and no time zones?
In the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar, there are no leap years and Christmas always falls on a Monday. Plus, it’s the same time everywhere on Earth.
February 29, 2016
Leap babies
If you’re born on a leap day, do you have birthdays only once every four years?
February 28, 2016
Record number of NASA astronaut applications
More than 18,300 people applied to join NASA’s 2017 astronaut class - almost three times the number received in 2012.
February 19, 2016
Plastics in ocean harm oysters
Ground-breaking data on a negative effect on oysters from microplastics, which enter our oceans via cosmetics, clothing, and industrial processes.
February 18, 2016
Space rocks from Florida fireball found!
A rare find by meteorite hunters in Florida, from the daylight meteor that streaked across skies in the U.S. southeast in late January.
February 16, 2016
