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Top 4 facts about landslides
Last weekend's fatal mudslide in Washington state obliterated the village of Oso, Washington and left a trail of devastation in its wake. On Tuesday, the death toll stood at 14.
March 25, 2014
Video: Grizzly eats my GoPro
Brad Josephs, who captures video of grizzlies and wolves in Alaska, commented, "Note to self: when filming grizzly bears, never hide your camera in a fish."
March 25, 2014
Flight 370 will make us rethink airline safety, says expert
An expert in atmospheric dynamics and aviation meteorology comments on the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
March 24, 2014
Ocean wave currents in the search for Malaysia Air Flight 370
We've all seen satellite images of possible floating debris from the missing jet. Why can't we just fly to that spot and find it? The answer is ocean currents.
March 23, 2014
Video: Are we loving manatees to death?
Manatee season at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida is November 1 to March 31. You can almost imagine the manatees breathing a sigh of relief.
March 21, 2014
Watch ‘father of inflation’ learn of gravitational waves discovery
Physicist Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde is one of the main authors of inflationary universe theory. Watch his emotions as he learns his theory was proven true this week.
March 19, 2014
Overgrazing by deer is changing the face of U.S. forests
Deer's natural predators, wolves, have been exterminated. Today, overgrazing by deer in hugely multiplied numbers is affecting forests.
March 18, 2014
Video: Bill Nye tells how the Science Guy came to be
Bill Nye uses the unlikely pairing of Steve Martin and Carl Sagan as role models to become "the Science Guy."
March 14, 2014
Do microbes spoil food to avoid sharing?
Don't enjoy your fruit with a coating of slime and fur? Fine then, that just leaves more for the microbes.
March 13, 2014
Cosmos is coming Sunday night
If you watch this three-minute long trailer for the new Cosmos without wanting to tune in to the whole series ... you are made of sterner stuff than me.
March 8, 2014
