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11/24/2024 06:08:58 am

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Working on the LHC

Large Hadron Collider Restarts Next Week but Won't Smash Any Particles Yet

Scientists are busily preparing for the LHC's next proton smashing experiments but turning on the powerful machine should be taken with caution.

Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster; Hits All Time Record Low This Winter

The Arctic ice has significantly become thinner by 65 percent from 1975 to 2012.

Rosetta Finds Nitrogen on Comet 67P; Shows it Came from Pluto Region

The solar system's outer regions are abundant in nitrogen, the main gas found in the gas giants.

Partial solar eclipse

[PHOTO] Who Saw the Solar Eclipse Today?

A total solar eclipse was seen for 2.5 hours around the Atlantic especially in the Faroe Islands in Scotland and Svalbard in Norway.

Dead polar bear

Solar Eclipse Tourist Attacked by Polar Bear in Norway

A sleeping Czech tourist was mauled by a wandering polar bear at his campsite in Svalbard.

Why do Auroras Have Different Brilliant Colors?

Oxygen atoms glow green and yellow while nitrogen generates brilliant reds and blues.

Toxodon platensis

Darwin's 'Strangest Animal in the World' Identified

It's an elephant sized beast with a rhinoceros body type; a hippopotamus head and bizarre rodent teeth.

Martian aurora

NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft Spots Mystery Cloud and Ultraviolet Aurora on Mars

This bright ultraviolet aurora light show on the alien world spanned the entire northern hemisphere.

First DNA Study of Britain's Genetic History: Vikings had Little to Do with It

The study reveals some 30 percent of Britons originated from German ancestors.

Al Gore

Al Gore: Punish Climate Change Deniers; Accept Science Already

Gore is also responsible for the 2006 Academy Award winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth".

NASA's Asteroid Data Hunter contest

Download a NASA App to Hunt for Killer Asteroids

It encourages everyone to take part in the hunt for next asteroid that could blow up our planet.

Antarctic Ice Sheet

Antarctica is Melting Fast due to Massive Valleys of Warm Water Beneath It

This extreme phenomenon led to the melting of the Great Ice Sheet of West Antarctica.

Ewww!

Global Warming will Change the Quality of our Food

It's definitely a wake-up call when your regular bread and fruit jam for breakfast may no longer be available in 50 years.

Will  they destroy us?

Stop the Robots: Anti-Robot Protest Held at SXSW

They warned our over reliance on technology will lead to the early demise of humanity.

Arctic Sea Ice

Faster Melting Arctic will Cause More Intense Summer Heat Waves

The warm temperatures today are just telltale signs of the beginning of this hotter summer.

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