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2012 set to be warmest year ever recorded in US
2012 is likely to break 1998 for the warmest year ever recorded since record keeping began in the contiguous United States.
December 14, 2012
Invasive boa constrictors are spreading across Puerto Rico
It is illegal to own a boa constrictor on Puerto Rico. Scientists are trying to figure out where these snakes are coming from.
December 14, 2012
Will you still see meteors tonight, December 14, 2012? Yes!
The peak of the Geminid meteor shower is past - but only barely. If you watch late tonight or in the wee hours tomorrow, you should still see some meteors.
December 14, 2012
6.4-magnitude earthquake off coast of Baja California
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warming following the earthquake, which occurred at 2:36 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
December 14, 2012
Dolphin hearing system component found in insects
A hearing system component thought to be unique in toothed whales like dolphins has been discovered in insects, following research involving the University of Strathclyde.
December 13, 2012
Asteroid Toutatis passed within 18 lunar distances on December 11-12
Here are images, videos and info from the sweep past Earth of this 3-mile-wide (5-km-wide) space rock.
December 13, 2012
Saturn’s large moon Titan has mini Nile, scientists say
Titan's Nile is no dry riverbed. It appears to be filled with liquid, presumably ethane mixed with methane.
December 12, 2012
At least 650 dead and hundreds still missing from Super Typhoon Bopha
Super Typhoon Bopha struck the Philippines on December 4, 2012 as a Category 5 storm with 160 mile per hour winds.
December 12, 2012
NASA’s EUNIS mission: Six minutes in the life of the sun
A NASA mission to study the sun will make its third launch for a six-minute flight to gather information about the way material roils through the sun's atmosphere.
December 11, 2012
New meteor shower might coincide with 2012 Geminids!
Debris left behind by Comet Wirtanen might produce 30 meteors per hour, added to 100 meteors per hour from the Geminids. That would be an awesome meteor show!
December 11, 2012
