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Seals return to breed within a body length of birth place
Female Antarctic fur seals have an uncanny ability to return to within a body length of where they were born when it's time to breed, say researchers.
November 2, 2011
Crepuscular rays: View from space
Have you seen crepuscular rays from the ground, fanning out from a sunset or sunrise? Now see them from space.
November 2, 2011
Star with spiral arms spotted by astronomers
SAO 206462 appears to be a relatively young star with spiral arms surrounding it, maybe it's a planetary system.
November 1, 2011
Zombie ants: When ants become walking dead
An ingeniously deadly fungus hijacks the bodies of ants for food and reproduction. Read more about these cool zombie ants here.
October 31, 2011
New England hit by unprecedented snowfall late October 2011
The snow shattered records in New England this past weekend, in what will likely be known as the Halloween Snowstorm of 2011.
October 31, 2011
NASA in final preparations for large asteroid flyby November 8
NASA will be tracking 2005 YU55 with antennas of the Deep Space Network in California as the asteroid flies closer than the moon's distance on November 8, 2011.
October 30, 2011
October 30 successful Soyuz rocket launch is good news for ISS
The successful launch of the Soyuz rocket on October 30, 2011 means the International Space Station won't go unmanned, as some had feared.
October 30, 2011
Joel Cohen: Top 10 key population trends on Earth with 7 billion
How can we understand a world with 7 billion people? Population expert Joel Cohen explains the top population trends on a planet with 7 billion inhabitants.
October 30, 2011
World of 7 billion: What’s your number?
On October 31, 2011, the world population reached 7 billion people. Check out the "What's your number" calculators and find out your place.
October 30, 2011
Antarctic killer whales appear to rejuvenate skin in tropics
NOAA researchers report the first long-distance migration of a killer whale. The brief trips of killer whales to tropical waters may assist with skin rejuvenation.
October 30, 2011
