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Like us, great apes suffer mid-life crisis
They may not go out and buy a shiny sports car, but chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a mid-life crisis, just like humans.
December 4, 2012
NASA Mars rover fully analyzes first soil samples
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has analyzed Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil.
December 3, 2012
Have Venus volcanoes been caught in the act?
Astronomers have speculated for decades about active volcanoes on Venus. Do volcanoes erupt beneath Venus' clouds?
December 3, 2012
Super Typhoon Bopha major threat for the Philippines
Super Typhoon Bopha will hit the Philippine island of Mindanao early Tuesday morning (December 4, 2012) as a Category 4 or 5 storm.
December 3, 2012
Photos from friends: December 3, 2012 line-up of three planets
No one has sent us a photo of planets above pyramids yet, but we hope someone will! Meanwhile, enjoy our friends' photos of the December 3 planets, which were seen from around the world.
December 3, 2012
Watching the seasons change in the atmosphere of Titan
Who would have imagined we'd be able to watch the seasons change in the atmosphere of Saturn's large moon Titan? The Cassini spacecraft makes it possible.
December 2, 2012
MESSENGER finds new evidence for water ice at Mercury’s poles
New observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice in its polar craters.
November 30, 2012
US west coast getting hit hard by extreme weather
An atmospheric river is creating a lot of wind, rain, and snow across the west coast of the United States. The nasty weather will continue this weekend.
November 30, 2012
Lesli Wood: Exploring Gulf of Mexico deep water oil
To meet demand for oil within U.S. borders, industry has pushed the limits of technology to reach oil reserves in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
November 30, 2012
For pandas, bamboo buffet may run short
China’s endangered wild pandas need bamboo to survive, but models show that climate change may kill it off in swaths.
November 30, 2012
