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Fast Neutrinos
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Science Today Quiz
Spanish researchers recently discovered that noise in the ocean severely affects
- Coral
- Sea Lions
- Squid
- Eels
That’s right!
Cephalopods like squid, cuttlefish and octopuses are so sensitive that ocean noise pollution can kill them. Read more here.
Oops!
Cephalopods like squid, cuttlefish and octopuses are so sensitive that ocean noise pollution can kill them. Read more here.
Plants on exoplanets with two suns may be
- Green
- Blue
- Red
- Black
Correct!
Discover all the potentials of alien plant life here.
Bummer!
Discover all the potentials of alien plant life here.
In Antarctica, climate change seems to be already wreaking havoc. Even toward the bottom of the food chain, this creature is upsetting populations of other, larger animals.
- Krill
- Anchovies
- Phytoplankton
- Zooplankton
The last launch of NASA’s space shuttles is scheduled for late June. How many missions have shuttles flown?
- 57
- 82
- 135
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Top Story: December 6, 2011
Dangerous Kilauea
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano had an explosive past. Might it also have a dangerous future?
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Top Story: December 7, 2011
Voyager Headlines
NASA's 30-year-plus mission continues to make news, traveling to the edge of our Solar System.
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Top Story: December 8, 2011
Drought - Past and Future
The history of droughts in certain areas are preparing us for future water shortages.
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Top Story: December 9, 2011
More Headlines from AGU
Tsunamis, the solar max and… oysters? Our Friday science news round-up featuring headlines from this week’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting.
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Top Story: December 12, 2011
Climate Change at the AGU
What can past climate tell us about future climate? How can one method of reporting current climate change help create consistent models? Answers from the AGU meeting!
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Top Story: December 14, 2011
The Elusive Higgs
Hints of the Higgs? Perhaps yes, perhaps no...
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Top Story: December 19, 2011
Science Today Top Stories
While we're on vacation, enjoy some of our top stories from 2011.
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Top Story: December 27, 2011
New Species 2011
Academy researchers had a very busy year, adding 140 new relatives to the family tree.
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Top Story: December 29, 2011
Smart Birds?
Not so “bird-brained” after all: it turns out that pigeons are good with numbers. Starlings, however, can make poor decisions when given too much information.
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Top Story: January 3, 2012
Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2012
Start your New Year with a light show-- the Quadrantid Meteor Shower!
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Top Story: January 4, 2012
Leave Those Bees Alone!
Local researchers have found another foe of the honey bees: deadly parasitic flies.
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Top Story: January 5, 2012
The Opportunistic Mimic
Here's a mimic that mimics a mimic!
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Top Story: January 6, 2012
Superants & Fracking Quakes
The first week of 2012 has already packed a wallop with science news stories. Here are a few we didn’t want you to miss.
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Top Story: January 9, 2012
Leaping Tails
Here’s a tale about tails—lizards’, robots’ and dinosaurs’ tails to be exact.
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Top Story: January 10, 2012
Dark Matter Map
“Dark” Doesn’t Mean “Doesn’t Exist”
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Top Story: January 11, 2012
Stars are Born
Reporting from day two of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas…
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Top Story: January 12, 2012
Planets, Planets, Planets
Reporting from day three of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas…
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Top Story: January 13, 2012
A Murderous Plant!
Meet a newly-discovered carnivorous plant that uses its underground leaves to feed upon worms!
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Top Story: January 17, 2012
Evolution of Multicellularity
Experimental Evolution! Don't try this at home...
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Top Story: January 18, 2012
Claw or Nail?
What's the difference between a claw and nail? Perhaps human origins!
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Top Story: January 19, 2012
Earth-like Titan
Researchers are discovering more Earth-like features on Saturn's moon, Titan.
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Top Story: January 20, 2012
Universe Update, January 2012
Coming at you from the desk of the Director of the Morrison Planetarium, hand-picked stories in space and astronomy news.
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Top Story: January 23, 2012
Bowerbirds' Optical Illusions
Ah, the trouble lovelorn males will go to to get some lovin’.
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Top Story: January 24, 2012
Archaeopteryx in Color
Researchers have uncovered the color and flight abilities of the important dinosaur-bird.
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Top Story: January 25, 2012
Solar Storm Hits Earth
Or so the headlines have read for the past few days. Here’s the skinny on the largest solar storm since 2003…
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Top Story: January 26, 2012
Magnetic Soap
The first magnetic soap may assist in cleaning waste-water and oil spills.
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Top Story: January 31, 2012
Blurry Spider Vision
Scientists have now brought jumping spiders' blurry vision into focus.
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Top Story: February 1, 2012
Volcanoes and Little Ice Age
Could four volcanoes trigger an ice age that lasted for centuries?
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Top Story: February 2, 2012
New Neighbors?
An new, nearby exoplanet may be the most habitable yet!
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Top Story: February 3, 2012
Climate Proposals and Support
Last month, two exciting steps were taken to help the fight against global warming.
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