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Weather-related natural disasters are up
With COP21 poised to begin in Paris, a new UN report suggests that weather-related disasters were nearly twice as frequent over the past decade as two decades ago.
November 23, 2015
How a year in space changes bodies
Astronauts are spending a year aboard the International Space Station, and researchers are looking at what happens to their bodies at the molecular level.
November 20, 2015
Top 10 most dangerous volcanoes
At the number one spot is the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
November 18, 2015
6 million years of human evolution in 1 minute
Mesmerizing reconstructions of long-lost human ancestors - created using fossil discoveries and forensic techniques - from a 2013 book published by Yale Press.
November 17, 2015
Asteroid buzzed Earth this weekend, hours after discovery
Discovered on Saturday, closest just hours later, this small asteroid came closer to Earth than weather and television satellites orbit.
November 15, 2015
Mystery object WTF has come home
It was the first time astronomers knew just when and where a piece of space debris would reenter Earth's atmosphere. It was last night, over the Indian Ocean.
November 14, 2015
Video: Why your body is amazing
Some fun for a Friday, from the guys at AsapScience.
November 13, 2015
NASA is recruiting astronauts
Want to be an astronaut? NASA is seeking explorers for future space missions. Here's what it takes and how to apply.
November 9, 2015
Saturday night’s mystery light not a UFO
People in Los Angeles and various states in the U.S. West saw the mysterious light. It was confirmed as a Naval missile test off the California coast.
November 8, 2015
Weather disasters linked to climate change
Thirty two groups of scientists in 20 countries analyzed 28 weather disasters in 2014 - and found half of them linked to human-caused climate change.
November 7, 2015
