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ISS astronauts send Christmas greetings to the world
Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts send greetings and talk a little about their own Christmas Day in space.
December 25, 2014
Video: 100 trillion microorganisms that live on and in you
There's a unique collage of more than 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in you that are essential to your life and part of what makes you, well, you. It's your microbiome.
December 17, 2014
Video: Moonlight skating in Sweden
"Nights like these are almost to good to be true." See this touching, just-released video.
December 11, 2014
Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count starts December 14
Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count starts December 14 and runs through January 5. It’s free and anyone can participate, but you have to sign up in advance. Here's how.
December 11, 2014
Incredible video of dense fog over Dallas
Video capture by a drone of dense fog with zero visibility on Tuesday, December 9, in Dallas, Texas. Amazing visuals!
December 9, 2014
Killing rats to save birds as glaciers recede
Glacier melt means rats can reach bird nests on South Georgia, an island north of Antarctica and east of the Falklands. What to do? Send in helicopters!
December 8, 2014
Video: We are dead stars
Every atom in our bodies was processed in the body of an ancient star.
December 5, 2014
Is it better to be a night owl or an early bird?
Early birds versus night owls. Who wins the battle over bedtime? Let's see what the guys at AsapSCIENCE have to say about this one. New video!
December 5, 2014
Days of darkness this December? Of course not.
Heard the rumor that "NASA says" Earth will experience several days of total darkness in December 2014? Not true, of course.
December 1, 2014
