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Link between Neanderthals and humans is still missing
The search for a common ancestor that connects modern humans with the Neanderthals who lived in Europe thousands of years ago isn’t over yet, researchers say.
October 22, 2013
How climate change affects microbial life below the seafloor
Sediments from the deep sea give insight into the dynamics of the deep biosphere.
October 22, 2013
Doomsday in 2032 from asteroid 2013 TV135? Not likely
Asteroid 2013 TV135 is big. But it's not likely to hit us.
October 22, 2013
Night and day on Saturn
Awesome mosaic by the Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn
October 22, 2013
View from space: Life reclaims Mount St. Helens
Two satellite images show how life has returned to Mount St. Helens since the volcanic eruption of 1980.
October 21, 2013
1,000 days of the sun in three minutes
Watch three years of solar activity in three minutes, in this NASA video.
October 21, 2013
How endangered porpoises hear in one of the world’s busiest rivers
New research on how the highly endangered Yangtze finless porpoise navigates and communicates in th high-traffic waters near China's Three Gorges Dam.
October 21, 2013
Typhoon Francisco expected to strike Japan later this week
Typhoon Francisco is expected to weaken but will likely bring an increase in surf, rip currents, heavy rain, and gusty winds to Japan by the end of the week.
October 21, 2013
Foraging acrobatics of humpback whales
Acoustic and camera tags attached to the whales revealed a repertoire of feeding acrobatics. The video in this post gives you a whale's-eye view of what happens.
October 21, 2013
Glory, seen from a hot air balloon
Eileen Claffey saw this glory - formed when water droplets in the air scatter light backwards - this past weekend, while riding in a hot air balloon.
October 20, 2013
