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7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan
Hundreds reported dead, with the death toll set to rise. The most severely affected areas are remote. As of late Monday, communications were cut off.
October 26, 2015
Where did the first dogs come from?
New DNA analysis says your pooch's ancestors were Central Asian wolves
October 23, 2015
NASA unveils Pluto Time mosaics
Mosaics of Pluto and Charon, created from your photos sent to NASA during this summer's #PlutoTime campaign.
October 20, 2015
Brain activity pattern as unique as fingerprint
Your brain scans are quintessentially you, says a new Yale study.
October 19, 2015
Neutrinos, ghost particles … what are they?
Physicist John Beacom explains the mystery of neutrinos, the almost massless and almost noninteracting elementary particle.
October 16, 2015
Video: Paddle boarding with whales
Touching juxtaposition of a classic John Lennon song with a magnificent video of whales. Video by Jaimen Hudson.
October 11, 2015
See Wednesday’s rocket launch from U.S. mid-Atlantic
Time will be 7 p.m. EDT this evening. People in a wide swath of U.S. mid-Atlantic states can see it, if skies are clear.
October 6, 2015
How close to sending people to Mars?
There's now a target date of 2030 for a manned mission to Mars. But how close are we, really, to becoming Martians?
October 5, 2015
Sea ice still too thick for Arctic shipping route
Despite climate change, sea ice will continue to make the Northwest Passage too treacherous to be a regular Arctic shipping route for decades, says study.
October 3, 2015
U.S. Southeast braces for floods
U.S. landfall looks increasingly unlikely. "Historical" flooding possible in parts of the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
October 2, 2015
