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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
View from space: Site of Superbowl XLVIII
A satellite view of the Meadowlands in in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It's the Superbowl's first northern, cold-weather venue.
February 1, 2014
Video: Stargazing in the Canadian Rockies
Jack Fusco captured more than 2,000 photos during the 2013 Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Canada, in order to create this timelapse video.
January 30, 2014
Newly-discovered virus has voracious appetite for anthrax
The newly-discovered anthrax-devouring Tsamsa virus, found in a zebra carcass in Namibia, could lead to new ways to combat deadly anthrax bacteria.
January 30, 2014
Space travel weakens flies’ immune systems
Fruit flies sent as eggs on a 12-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery had a key part of their immune system weakened, as they grew in space.
January 30, 2014
Will the Black Death reemerge?
Scientists have analyzed the genomes of two of the world's most devastating plagues - each killed about half the people in Europe. The findings suggest a new strain of plague could emerge in humans again.
January 29, 2014
7,000-year-old hunter-gatherer had dark skin, blue eyes
Researchers analyzed the DNA from a tooth belonging to the 7,000-year-old remains of European hunter-gatherer to determine his appearance.
January 28, 2014
Large sharks and rays could go extinct in coming decades
"Losing these fish will be like losing whole chapters of our evolutionary history." - Nick Dulvy
January 28, 2014
Chinese moon rover Yutu is in trouble
The little robotic explorer is China's first on the moon. The Chang'e 3 that carried it set down in December. The rover might not survive the lunar night.
January 28, 2014
Persistent hunting can help win the war on lionfish
“And we don’t have to catch every lionfish to do it.” - Stephanie Green, Oregon State University.
January 27, 2014
