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There’s a Reason It’s Called Global Warming: European Emissions Rise From Imported American Coal
US carbon dioxide emissions go down, but European emissions go up, as coal is traded worldwide
If We Had Followed This Plan, We’d Be Living on Mars By Now
If you think Curiosity is exciting, imagine where we could have been if someone had put these guys in charge
New iPad App Lets You Noodle Around Einstein’s Noggin
iPad app sees Einstein's autopsied brain digitized
Tsunami Debris Is Just Now Arriving at Hawaii’s Coast
A dock 30-by-50 feet long, with Japanese writing on it, was found floating off the coast of Hawaii, around the same time that a plastic blue bin (a seafood storage container in its past life) became the first confirmed piece of tsunami debris to reach Hawaii. Authorities have not confirmed whether or not the dock was [...]
The End of Balloons
With helium reserves running low, some scientists are calling for drastic measures, including the reduction of balloon use
Are Science Museums Going Extinct?
Will science museums survive when the topics they cover are invisible or impossibly far away?
Here’s What Space Shuttle Endeavour Looked at While You Looked at Space Shuttle Endeavour
Here's what Endeavour saw during its #Spottheshuttle tour
Diamond Mines Are a Paleo-Climate Scientist’s Best Friend
A column of magma worked its way up from the mantle and drilled its way to the surface, bedazzling itself with diamonds that it picked up along the way
The Hobbit You Grew Up With Isn’t Quite the Same As the Original, Published 75 Years Ago Today
The Hobbit was first published 75 years ago today - and it wasn't exactly the way you remember it
Artist Builds House, Invites Partiers to Trash It
Can a party ever be art?
These Thin Sections of Rock Look Like Beautiful Stained Glass
The beautiful MicROCKScopica project was created by Bernardo Cesare, a professor of petrology and a photographer, who combined his talents in an absolutely stunning way
Does This Cat Know When You’re Going to Die?
Oscar the cat seems to know who will die and when - or perhaps he's just looking for someone to pet him
This Robot Is Made Entirely of Paper And It Can Walk
This guy built a whole robot out of paper, and it actually works
Fire Tornado, Fire Devil, Whatever—Just Look at This Swirling Column of Fire
New York's state climatologist and a professor of atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, the columns of dust are more similar to a dust devil
Honey Was the Wonder Food That Fueled Human Evolution (And Now It’s Disappearing)
Energy-rich honey could have been the food that let humans get so brainy
This Professor Can Tell From the Pixels That Your Photo’s Been ‘Shopped
A new software package can figure out if a photo has been 'shopped or not
These People With Amazing Memories Could Help Fight Crime
Super-recognizers - people who remember faces and names extremely well - could help police officers track and find criminals more effectively
What A Pilot Sees in a Week of Flying
A beautiful time-lapse takes you across Europe
The Real World Versions of Revolution’s Dystopian Cities
A new TV show looks very dystopian, but there are places that resemble Revolution's landscape in the world today
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