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View from space: Sochi Winter Olympic sites
A satellite view of the skiing and snowboarding sites for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
February 7, 2014
Video: Will this go faster than light?
Light speed is the ultimate speed in our universe. Why we haven't been able to build - or even conceive of - a contraption that goes faster than light.
February 7, 2014
Catch-and-release fishing creates too much trauma for some sharks
When a shark swims away after being caught by a catch-and-release sport fisherman, that doesn't mean the shark will survive the encounter.
February 7, 2014
Curiosity rover sees Earth and moon from Mars
Earth is now an evening "star" as seen in the sky of Mars. A closer look reveals a double world.
February 7, 2014
Places to go: Maldives is the world’s lowest country
Not one of its 1,200 mostly uninhabited coral islands measure more than six feet (1.8 meters) above sea level.
February 7, 2014
A uniquely human brain area?
It's called the ventrolateral frontal cortex. It's a part of the brain involved in human processes, such as strategic planning and multi-tasking.
February 6, 2014
Hearing improves after a week of blindness
A study suggests that the loss of one sense - vision - can improve another sense - in this case, hearing - by altering the brain circuit.
February 6, 2014
How your memory rewrites your past
Your memory isn't like a video camera. Instead, your memory plucks fragments of the present and inserts them into the past to create a story to fit your current world.
February 5, 2014
Full video of Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic leap from 24 miles up
Baumgartner's jump came 65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a plane. But Baumgartner went supersonic using just his body.
February 4, 2014
Largest human migration takes place around now
Hundreds of millions return to their home villages around the Chinese New Year. In a week to 10 days, 3.6 billion passenger miles are clocked on trains, buses, and cars.
February 1, 2014
