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At a whopping 14,000 miles, whale wins the longest mammal migrationVarvara, a critically endangered western North Pacific gray whale, just took home the gold for longest mammal migration. Where did this rare Russian whale go?
High-res maps show how dark and light come together in the universeNew maps created by the Dark Energy Survey show the distribution of dark matter across galaxy clusters.
SpaceX Dragon capsule launches, but return of booster goes awryThe Dragon cargo capsule is expected to arrive at the International Space Station Friday morning. The booster accurately targeted its landing spot 鈥� a barge 鈥� but came down 'a little bit too hard,' a SpaceX official said.
Science NotebookThe surprising science behind the aluminum soda canMost of us interact with soda cans every day, so it's easy to forget that their design is the result of brilliant engineering and manufacturing carefully honed over decades. The modern soda can can hold beverages at pressures up to six atmospheres, yet is less than a tenth of a millimeter thick.
A bias toward women in US college science jobs, says studyAll things being equal, US colleges聽preferred women scientists over identically qualified men two-to-one, says a new study. 'People seem to have internalized the value of gender diversity, and are consciously or unconsciously upgrading women candidates,' says one researcher.
Can SpaceX return booster to a barge? Third try Tuesday.A planned launch on Monday was scrubbed because of weather. The effort by SpaceX represents the latest step in a bid to beat down the cost of launching payloads to space by developing a fully reusable rocket.
Four-year-old discovers 100-million-year-old dinosaurThe discovery of a Late Cretaceous dinosaur puts Wylie Brys in a growing pool of kids who have made notable contributions to science.- Monty Python changes its tune for Stephen HawkingFamed cosmologist Stephen Hawking performed a rendition of Monty Python's classic 'Galaxy Song.' Here are five more songs to kindle the scientific spirit.
Liquid water near Mars's surface? Curiosity rover finds compelling evidence.NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected perchlorate compounds capable of lowering the freezing point of water, allowing it to remain liquid near the Red Planet's surface.
Can SpaceX land a rocket stage on a floating barge this time?SpaceX estimates that it has about a three in four chance of successfully landing聽the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on a customized barge after helping to launch a cargo ship into orbit on Monday.聽- Universe's expansion may not be accelerating as much as thought, say scientistsResearchers from the University of Arizona have detected variation in a kind of supernovae used as a standard measure of distance, suggesting that the acceleration of the expansion of the universe might be lower than previously thought.
Prehistoric terror bird may have hunted by listening to footstepsAn exquisitely preserved fossil of an ancient terror bird reveals that the fearsome predator had exceptional low-frequency hearing.聽
Scientists to dig deep into dino-killing-impact craterScientists plan to drill some 5,000 feet deep into the Chicxulub crater, which is believed to have been created by an impact 65.5. million years ago that ended the age of dinosaurs.
Weird US weather: Blame the big warm blob in the PacificThe drought in California and New England's long winter could be traced to a warm water blob in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles off the West Coast, say scientists.聽
How smart phones could bring early earthquake detection to developing worldWhile not as sophisticated as science-grade detection systems, a network of smart phones could bring early warning to regions where state-of-the-art equipment is financially out of reach.
Scientists unearth fossilized, flightless, four-foot terror birdAn exquisitely preserved skeleton unearthed in Argentina reveals clues about how ancient terror birds communicated.聽
Where do sea turtles spend their 'lost years?'Researchers tracked young sea turtles as they began their decade-long disappearance into the open-ocean.
Why are mountain gorillas losing their genetic diversity?After completing a genetic map of the subspecies, scientists say inbreeding has led to a substantial loss of diversity among mountain gorillas.
Did Tyrannousaurs eat each other?New research shows that members of the tyrannosaurid family fought with, and sometimes bit, each other.
Scientists investigate mysterious methane bloom over US SouthwestA giant mass of methane hanging over Four Corners - where Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona meet 聽- is聽the country's largest concentration of the greenhouse gas. But no one knows where it came from.聽
