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Japan’s Mount Ontake Erupted Suddenly Over the Weekend
36 hikers are feared dead; because of toxic gas, rescue operations have been suspended
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Anyone Can Make Up Their Own Weird Or Random Holiday
Case in point: Today is International Coffee Day as well as National Poisoned Blackberries Day
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Boston Just Found a Time Capsule That No One Knows How to Open
The 113-year-old copper box is inside a golden lion statue’s head
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African-American Girls Are More Likely To Be Suspended Or Expelled
Among other measures that illustrate education barriers, African American girls are twice as likely to be held back a grade
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The Housing Recovery Isn’t Helping the Families the Crash Hurt Most
The housing crash hurt lower income families most
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Movies and deliveries are moving on up, while fines and bans go into effect in parks
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With Its New Security Law, Australia Tries to Out-NSA the NSA
Australia’s soon-to-be-passed law will give the country expanded surveillance powers
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Ten Percent of Americans Drink Half the Booze
America has a lot of moderate drinkers, and a few really heavy ones
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This Is How the Milky Way Will End
A computer simulation shows how the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda
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The USDA Approved a New GM Crop to Deal With Problems Created by the Old GM Crops
Weeds became resistant to the herbicide partner of older genetically modified crops
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Scientists Plan to Kill Off the American West’s Tumbleweeds
Two species of fungus from Russia could be the bane of America’s tumbleweed
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Using Natural Gas Will Only Delay Renewable Energy
Analysis of a range of climate policies reveals that a gas boom might lead to only a slight reduction in emissions
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New Marine Robots Could One Day Patrol the Oceans
How do you keep an eye on the oceans? With robots
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Water Vapor Found on Small, Cloudless, Hot Planet
NASA announced yesterday that water vapor had been detected on exoplanet HAT-P-11b
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Wolf Hunting Made Illegal Again in Wyoming
A federal judge called the state’s management plan inadequate, though wolf numbers and genetics are still strong
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More Women Have Reproduced Than Men
A new study shows that more women than men have contributed to the human gene pool
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Bubbles of Plasma in Space May Have Cost U.S. Lives in Afghanistan
New analysis reveals that unusual space weather may have scrambled radio signals and sent a rescue mission awry
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People Get Separation Anxiety When Parted From Their Phones
Separating college students from their smartphones can cause anxiety, especially for those who use their phones a lot
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How Bird Migrations Show Up Beautifully on Doppler Radar
Large groups of birds taking off around sunset typically show up as circles that grow and disperse
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