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Great Lakes are mostly frozen
Ice cover on North America’s Great Lakes reached 88 percent in mid-February 2014, levels not observed since 1994.
February 27, 2014
Closest, brightest supernova in decades is also a little weird, say astronomers
Analysis of the supernova discovered last month is suggesting to Berkeley scientists that what we think of as ‘normal’ supernovae behavior is actually unusual.
February 27, 2014
Kepler confirms a whopping 715 new planets
Some of the new worlds are similar in size to Earth and orbit in the habitable zone of their parent stars.
February 26, 2014
Fukushima radiation reaches Canadian waters
Radiation from Japan's leaking Fukushima nuclear power plant has reached ocean waters offshore Canada, researchers said on February 24.
February 26, 2014
This zircon crystal is oldest known piece of Earth’s crust
A tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep station - or ranch - in western Australia is now the oldest known piece of our planet, dating to 4.4 billion years ago.
February 26, 2014
View from space: The Koreas at night
In this ISS astronaut photo of the Korean Peninsula at night, North Korea is almost completely dark compared to neighboring South Korea and China.
February 24, 2014
The science of the musical brain
Researchers scanned the brains of jazz musicians while the musicians “traded fours." Results show common brain circuitry for both music and language.
February 24, 2014
What’s happened to Japan’s tsunami debris?
An animation depicts the three-year path across the North Pacific of debris generated by the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
February 21, 2014
Runaway star creates bow shock as it speeds through galaxy
Kappa Cassiopeiae speeds through the galaxy at 1,100 kilometers per second. It creates this bow shock, which is about 4 light-years ahead of its star.
February 21, 2014
World’s oldest wild bird gives birth at age 63
An albatross named Wisdom is thought to be the oldest wild bird - and the oldest bird mom - in the world. Her latest chick hatched in early February on Midway Atoll.
February 21, 2014
