Tornado track in northern Illinois

Satellite view makes clear how unlucky the 150 people of the town of Fairdale were on April 9.

Liftoff!

SpaceX Dragon capsule now on its way to International Space Station after Tuesday's successful liftoff via Falcon 9 rocket. Rendezvous set for Friday morning.

Game on! Teaching science with games

The average U.S. student has played roughly 10,000 hours of games by the end of high school - only a little less time than the hours spent in school.

How good is your eyesight? Take this test.

Who do you see? Take a couple of minutes to have some fun. Video from the guys at AsapSCIENCE.

The python that’s eating Florida

Burmese pythons were imported to Florida as pets. Now tens of thousands of them are in the wild and they're eating ... everything. New York Times video.

A seasonal tornado forecast would be tricky to create

There's a seasonal hurricane forecast. Why no seasonal tornado forecast? Here's why an official tornado or severe weather outlook for the United States would be tricky to create.

Large Hadron Collider is back up!

The world's largest particle smasher restarted Sunday after a two-year upgrade.

Like coastlines? You’ll like this video

Should you spend a glorious summer day - or a cold, windy winter day - collecting beach-cast seabird carcasses in the name of citizen science? Maybe. Watch a video.

Super salamander nearly ate our ancestors

The thing that got us off the hook? A big hot interception 200 million years ago.

First one-year ISS crew to launch Friday

The goal of the mission is to find out how the human body responds to a prolonged stay in space. Watch the launch, watch the arrival.

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