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Storm season begins in Australia
A spooky night in Ipswich, Australia, by Nathan A. Smith.
November 14, 2013
Your brain sees things you don’t
Our brains process visual input that we never consciously perceive. A study challenges currently accepted models about how the brain processes visual information.
November 13, 2013
Video: Home at the shore
A thanks to those working on the Jersey shore to restore damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. This video shows the beauty that's still there.
November 13, 2013
Heavy atoms help give black hole jets their power
Jets of a black hole known as 4U1630-47 contains heavy particles, such as iron and nickel. It helps explain why black hole jets pack such a wallop.
November 13, 2013
Oldest big cat fossil ever found
Four-million-year-old skull of relative of snow leopard fleshes out fossil record of big cats and challenges suppositions about how and where they evolved
November 13, 2013
Video: Zombie coral reefs
What corals are, and how some species of coral can seemingly come back... from the dead!
November 13, 2013
Yellowstone’s White Dome Geyser, midnight
White Dome Geyser, in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, erupting at midnight, by Zack Clothier.
November 13, 2013
NASA Cassini spacecraft provides new view of Saturn and Earth
The image sweeps 404,880 miles (651,591 km) across Saturn and its inner ring system. Plus you can see Venus, Mars and Earth.
November 12, 2013
Another view of the jet in Saturn’s F ring
The jets in Saturn's F ring are thought by scientists to be caused by the ring's particles interacting with small moons orbiting nearby.
November 12, 2013
Virus killing dolphins, and now whales, along U.S. east coast
The disease has spread from New York to Florida, with a total of 753 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore from July 1 until November 3.
November 12, 2013
