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U.S. doctors still prescribing way too many antibiotics
Only 10 percent of adult sore throat cases are caused by bacteria, but 60 percent of these patients are given antibiotics.
October 7, 2013
Draconid meteors
A couple of Draconid meteors caught on camera by Richard Turner in early October, 2011.
October 7, 2013
Spider web, soybean field, sunrise
Unique perspective on an ordinary spider web, shot on the edge of a soybean field at sunrise.
October 6, 2013
Tropical Storm Karen moving toward landfall on Saturday
Karen is expected to hit the Gulf Coast near southeast Louisiana, with a second possible landfall near Mobile, Alabama, Saturday night and Sunday morning.
October 4, 2013
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Device could open up new areas of research on materials and biological samples at tiny scales.
October 4, 2013
Stormy first weekend of October in the U.S.
Stormy weather is likely Saturday, October 5 in the north-central United States, where a strong cold front will trigger winter weather and severe weather.
October 4, 2013
Video: London Zoo’s first tiger cub birth in 17 years
For 105 days, zookeepers monitored Sumatran tiger Melati through hidden cameras installed to keep an eye on her first birth. See the birth on this video.
October 4, 2013
What if NOAA were completely shut down?
The U.S. government shutdown has halted all NASA activities. What if it halted all of NOAA, too, instead of only about 55% of it, as now?
October 4, 2013
Which neurons fire when this image tricks your brain?
Scientists have pinpointed the brain region responsible for “illusory contours”—when you perceive imaginary shapes and surfaces against a fragmented background.
October 4, 2013
Aurora and tall trees
The northern lights seen from Finland on October 2, by Thomas Kast.
October 4, 2013
