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Supermoon eclipse: How to watch it onlineIf you're not able to view Sunday night's total lunar eclipse where you live, you can still watch it online.
Did our ancestors have better hearing than we do?A new study suggests that human ancestors had sharper hearing in certain frequencies and the hearing pattern resembles that of chimpanzees. 聽
NASA Mars probe anniversary: A look back over one year at the Red PlanetMAVEN, a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars, has been gathering data on the planet for the past year.
First LookSEE Pluto's scaly surface in the latest dazzling images from New HorizonsThe NASA New Horizons team has received back images of Pluto's surface, depicting strange new geological patterns that are baffling and delighting scientists.
First LookWild horse genome reveals hidden costs of domesticationCaptive breeding has helped preserve the last breed of wild horse on Earth, but it has also altered the Przewalksi horse's聽gene pool.
First LookCould you fight off prehistoric 20-foot lizards? Early Aborigines likely did.A new discovery shows Australia's first human inhabitants grappled with massive predatory lizards.
Tomb discovered in Pompeii is window into world scientists know little aboutA 4th century B.C. intact grave, discovered by French archeologists recently, provides clues about an ancient society that's a mystery to us.
'Supermoon' has company: Earth will shadow NASA moon probe, tooBoth the humongous harvest moon and NASA's聽Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe will be in Earth's shadow during Sunday's lunar eclipse. This darkness could be risky for the solar-powered probe.
Going to a lunar eclipse viewing party: Try these moon munchies
Stunning new Pluto images: Could we have imagined this 50 years ago?New photos from the New Horizons mission to Pluto point to a revolution in our understanding of the solar system that has been 50 years in the making.
Bees' tongues are shrinking, and now scientists know whyWhat scientists still don't know: How will this affect the global bee population?
First LookHow a water cycle keeps a comet 'alive'A comet's rotation directly affects how it emanates gas, say scientists analyzing data from the Rosetta space probe.- Scientists find an easier way to kill coral-eating starfish. An improvement?At half the price, vinegar is just as effective as ox bile in killing sea stars that are harming the Great Barrier Reef. But are conservationists missing the bigger picture?
The six biggest myths about the moonSunday's 'supermoon' lunar eclipse affords an opportunity to debunk some of the most persistent myths about Earth's natural satellite.
Scientists discover earliest known ritual decapitation in AmericasDiscovered in a cave in Brazil, the 9,000-year-old remains shed light on the funerary rites of ancient Americans. 聽
California drought: Why a fire might be good for giant sequoiasExperts are using the drought to map different responses within the sequoia forests, signifying specific areas that will need a fire after the drought.聽- Three reasons Sunday's lunar eclipse will be so specialSunday brings a Harvest Moon, a supermoon, and a lunar eclipse, all at once.
First LookWhat do fish scales have to do with tooth enamel? More than you would think.A team of researchers from Sweden and China聽discovered that our teeth enamel originated from the scales of ancient fish.
Messier 17: Could a massive cosmic rose smell as sweet by any other name?A spectacular nebula, Messier 17, rapidly churns out newborn stars that create its distinctive rosy glow.
Was this 9,000-year-old American decapitated out of kindness?Archeologists found a skull that had been decapitated in what appears to be a funeral ritual.
