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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
High ‘supermoon tides’ strike coasts
Sunday's supermoon, combined with an 18.6-year lunar cycle, caused high tides on both sides of the Atlantic this week. There were many flood warnings and alerts in effect in the UK on Tuesday night. In eastern North America, Tropical Storm Joaquin might combine with high tides to cause flooding.
September 29, 2015
2015 wildfire season a record-breaker
Worst recorded years for U.S. wildfires are 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. This year has already joined that list, and wildfire season is still going strong.
September 21, 2015
India’s monsoon not bringing enough rain
“Right now, the monsoon is 12 percent below average and dropping, and [India is] headed for a pretty serious dry season,” said a researcher.
September 17, 2015
