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Video: Joshua Tree nights
Shot in Joshua Tree National Park in California. Relax ... and enjoy the night sky.
July 25, 2014
Record high global temp in June 2014 follows record warmth in May
The last below-average global temperature for June was in 1976 and the last below-average global temperature for any month was February 1985.
July 23, 2014
Camelopardalids: Just a few centuries late in catching a good show
Remember the Camelopardalids, the meteor shower earlier this year astronomers said would be spectacular ... except it wasn't? Now, the same astronomers explain why.
July 22, 2014
lnside the mysterious Yamal crater
Scientists are back from a first exploration of the strange crater on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. Curiouser and curiouser.
July 22, 2014
Does Earth have a second moon?
Mars has two moons, Jupiter has 67, Saturn 62, Uranus 27, Neptune 14. But our planet Earth has just one moon. Doesn't it?
July 22, 2014
Transiting exoplanet with longest year yet
Most distant planets known so far orbit close to their stars and thus have a short "year." Kepler-421b has a year about twice as long as Earth's.
July 21, 2014
Alzheimer’s disease slows when you exercise body and mind
Hard evidence that Alzheimer's can be slowed by physical and mental exercise, a diet rich in plants, and by monitoring risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
July 18, 2014
Is our universe a bubble?
The multiverse hypothesis - the idea that there are other universes - can be tested, scientists say.
July 18, 2014
Mars Curiosity rover now crossing dangerous terrain
The car-sized rover is currently crossing a stretch of hard, rocky ground like that which previously dented and punctured its aluminum wheels.
July 17, 2014
Three next-generation dark matter experiments get a green light
Next generation, in this case, is defined as experiments that will be at least 10 times as sensitive as the current crop of dark matter detectors.
July 16, 2014
