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Powerful earthquakes off Chile’s coast
At least five people killed and 1 million evacuated, after a powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile last night. Tsunami waves and many strong aftershocks followed. Tsunami advisory for California and Hawaii.
September 17, 2015
Video: This year’s El Niño compared to 1997-98
Wow! Check out this visual comparison of the emerging El Niño with the record-breaking El Niño of 1997-98, which created weather extremes around the globe.
September 17, 2015
LHC creates liquid from Big Bang
Scientists using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have produced tiny droplets of a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birth of the universe.
September 15, 2015
New species of human found
Scientists say they have found a total of 1,550 bones representing 15 individuals. They say it's the largest fossil hominin find on the African continent.
September 11, 2015
Watch ISS crew’s return to Earth on Friday
Three International Space Station crew members will leave the spacecraft and return to Earth on Friday, September 11. Watch their departure and landing.
September 9, 2015
Is the pronoun ‘I’ becoming obsolete?
Thinking of plants and animals - including humans - as independent individuals might be an oversimplification, according to modern thinking in microbiology.
September 6, 2015
Plastic bits in 90% of seabirds
A new study estimates that almost all seabirds have eaten plastic.
September 2, 2015
Got a minute? Climate change/sea level rise
How is climate change connected to sea level rise? One-minute video explains.
August 28, 2015
Want to see Earth’s super predator? Look in the mirror.
Our efficient killing technologies have given rise to the human super predator. Our impacts are as extreme as our behavior, says study.
August 28, 2015
Liquid water elsewhere in our solar system?
If so, where are we likely to find it? Could we ever get to it? Would we be able to drink it? A planetary geoscientist explains.
August 26, 2015
