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Is it better to be a night owl or an early bird?
Early birds versus night owls. Who wins the battle over bedtime? Let's see what the guys at AsapSCIENCE have to say about this one. New video!
December 5, 2014
The yin-yang of sea ice at Earth’s poles
Arctic sea ice is decreasing. Antarctic sea ice is at an all-time high. How can that be? This 3-minute video offers an explanation.
December 4, 2014
Does this Martian meteorite contain traces of life?
Researchers say they’ve found evidence of biological activity inside a meteorite from Mars that landed on the Moroccan desert in 2011.
December 3, 2014
Astronomers and citizen scientists discover a strange galaxy
J1649+2635 is one of only four galaxies known to have both spiral arms and jets of subatomic particles propelled outward from its core at nearly light speed.
December 3, 2014
2014 shaping up to be warmest year on record
The global average temperature over land and ocean surfaces for January to October 2014 was the highest on record, according to a NOAA report.
December 3, 2014
How galaxies evolve in the cosmic web
Galaxies in thread-like filaments within the cosmic web have a much higher chance of actively forming stars. So galaxy evolution was accelerated in the filaments.
December 3, 2014
Glacier melt rate in West Antarctica tripled in last decade
A comprehensive, 21-year analysis reconciling four different techniques. A word about this year's sea ice extent. And why is info about Antarctica so hard to come by?
December 3, 2014
Relentless blitz of small space rocks erased much of Earth’s primordial atmosphere
The inevitable question arises: What replaced the atmosphere? It's possible the same impactors that ejected the atmosphere also introduced new gases.
December 2, 2014
Wisdom is back!
World’s oldest known albatross - at least 63 years old - has been seen with her mate for the first time this mating season at Midway Atoll.
December 1, 2014
Super-Earth transit detected from the ground
The astronomers say their technique should let others make ground-based characterizations of dozens of super-Earths, expected to be found in space surveys.
December 1, 2014
