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Strong earthquake rattles Mexico’s Pacific coast
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Thursday. Many frightened people, but only minor damage reported so far.
May 8, 2014
Today science: Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen
Here's why climbers use supplemental oxygen to climb Mount Everest. Also, the curtailment of the 2014 Everest climbing season following a deadly avalanche.
May 8, 2014
Ancient Peruvian culture predating Nazcas used desert lines to guide people to solstice festivities
The Paracas immediately preceded another culture called the Nazca, which is famous for making massive line drawings in the Peruvian desert.
May 6, 2014
Maybe I’m not even here, and other crazy beautiful stuff physics told me
In her short animated documentary - called Why Do I Study Physics? - Xiangjun Shi finds beauty in both the orderly world of physics and the chaos of real life.
May 5, 2014
Bright daytime meteor seen over Canada and U.S. Northeast
People in the U.S. Northeast and Canada began reporting a bright daytime meteor on the afternoon of May 4, 2014. Photos and some dashcam videos here.
May 5, 2014
Incredible video shows April 30 landslide in Baltimore devouring cars
This video shows happened in Baltimore's busy Charles Village neighborhood Wednesday, when a retaining wall buckled and sent cars and mud tumbling onto railroad tracks below.
May 2, 2014
A circuit board modeled on the human brain
New microchips based on the human brain are 9,000 times faster and use significantly less power than a typical PC.
April 30, 2014
Photos and videos of U.S. tornadoes April 27-29, 2014
Photos and videos from the devastating storms killed at least a dozen people, and possibly many times that number, in the U.S. Central Plains and Southeast in recent days.
April 30, 2014
Want to retain information? Take notes with a pen, not a laptop.
Taking notes on a laptop is fast and convenient. That could be a problem.
April 29, 2014
Severe weather batters U.S. Central Plains
After a slow start to severe weather season in 2014, Sunday brought storms to the U.S. Central Plains. Monday through Wednesday, the system will move into the U.S. Southeast.
April 28, 2014
