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What is the Anthropocene?
Soon, scientists will decide whether the word Anthropocene should be formally added to the Geologic Time Scale. It indicates a world shaped by human beings.
January 4, 2016
Earth ABCs from space
HNY - Happy New Year! All 26 letters of the alphabet, spelled out in Earth's features as seen from orbit.
January 1, 2016
Why does the new year begin on January 1?
New Year's Day is a civil event. Its date isn't precisely fixed by any natural seasonal marker.
January 1, 2016
Giant squid surfaces in Japanese harbor
Rare encounter with a giant squid. First one caught on camera was in 2012.
December 29, 2015
Dark skies disappearing
Earth's night skies are lighter, thanks to towns, cities and industrial complexes. How that affects astronomy ... as well as birds, insects and people.
December 28, 2015
NASA suspends 2016 launch of InSight Mars mission
NASA has called off the planned March 2016 launch of the InSight mission to Mars, following failure to repair a leaky instrument in the science payload.
December 24, 2015
Science fireplace
Warm up your holidays with this crackling science fireplace. It takes about an hour for the whole log to burn.
December 23, 2015
Awesome Falcon 9 landing in Florida
Don't miss the video of last night's first-time-ever successful landing of Space X's Falcon 9 rocket. Congrats to Elon Musk and the team at Space X!
December 22, 2015
Has LHC found revolutionary new particle? Maybe.
Large Hadron Collider researchers see tantalizing hints of a new particle that could revolutionize physics.
December 18, 2015
