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Habitable environment on Martian volcano?
A volcano erupting under an immense glacier would have created large lakes of liquid water on Mars in the relatively recent past. And where there’s water, there's the possibility of life.
May 28, 2014
A gamma ray burst from the Andromeda galaxy yesterday? No.
No GRB in M31. False alarm. Darn.
May 28, 2014
Two hoodoos under the Milky Way
Double hoodoos under a starry Utah sky, by David Rankin
May 28, 2014
New image of seafloor zone where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might lie
A new illustration of the seafloor, created by two of the world’s leading ocean floor mapping experts, details underwater terrain where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight might be located.
May 27, 2014
April 2014 tied with warmest on record, or second-warmest
Yes, some of us in North America have been shivering this spring. But our local weather is not the whole story.
May 27, 2014
Hurricane season outlook 2014: “Normal”
Atlantic hurricane names in 2014: Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaias, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky, and Wilfred.
May 27, 2014
View from space: Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn
The southernmost tip of South America, seen from the ISS.
May 26, 2014
Tracking foodborne illness with Yelp
A pilot project uses online restaurant reviews to find unreported outbreaks of food poisoning.
May 26, 2014
Fireflies and stars
If you're star-watching, try capturing a few photos of fireflies, too.
May 26, 2014
