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Learn about animals, weather and natural disasters, alternative energy, environmental politics and space.

  • 11 amazing photos from Discovery's 'Life'

    Tue, May 21, 2013 2:44 PM

    From lizards to leopard seals, these amazing photos offer a glimpse into the diverse biology of planet Earth.

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  • Dogs and humans evolved together

    Wed, May 15, 2013 10:17 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    Some studies show that the wild dogs of South China may have been the first domesticated canines.

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  • Farming on Mars: NASA ponders food supply for 2030s mission

    Wed, May 15, 2013 9:38 AM by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com

    Gravity, space radiation and artificial lighting are just some of considerations in feeding manned missions to Mars.

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  • Mount Everest is melting

    Wed, May 15, 2013 9:12 AM by Becky Oskin, LiveScience

    Researchers suspect that the glacial melting in the Everest region is due to global warming, but they have not yet established a firm connection.

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  • Caterpillars morph into butterflies in amazing 3-D images

    Tue, May 14, 2013 7:10 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The images of the insects were taken with a CT scanner that has the resolution to image insects as small as 0.2 inches.

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  • Bald eagle swoops in and steals angler's catch

    Tue, May 14, 2013 4:41 PM by Shea Gunther

    Bald eagles do what they want, including taking the fish that you just caught but haven't reeled in yet.

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  • Sequester forces cuts in volcano monitoring

    Tue, May 14, 2013 2:34 PM by John Platt

    The budget to monitor volcanoes in Alaska has been halved by recent cuts.

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  • Hubble telescope discovers 'polluted' dead stars

    Tue, May 14, 2013 2:07 PM by Megan Gannon, SPACE.com

    The material is thought to be leftover from terrestrial planets that formed when these stars were first born.

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  • Beautiful plankton blooms seen from space

    Tue, May 14, 2013 11:35 AM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    Phytoplankton blooms can absorb about one-third of the carbon dioxide humans emit into the air each year.

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  • Polar bear cub prepares for new home in New York

    Tue, May 14, 2013 10:16 AM

    Video: An orphaned polar bear cub that arrived at the Alaska Zoo two months ago will soon depart for a new adventure: meeting another young cub at the Buffalo Zoo.

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  • Solar flares explained: What's causing the eruptions?

    Tue, May 14, 2013 10:13 AM by Mike Wall, SPACE.com

    The flares are the result of built up magnetic energy on the sun being released.

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  • Scientists measure LA's carbon footprint

    Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10 AM

    Video: A project at CalTech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is trying to measure the carbon footprint of human activity in the Los Angeles basin.

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  • Was Darwin wrong about coral atolls?

    Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

    A new study shows that coral reef-building is more complex than Darwin thought.

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  • Cutest 4-year-old ever picked as mayor

    Tue, May 14, 2013 9:59 AM

    Video: Dorset, Minnesota, chooses its mayor from a hat. This year, the winner was a 4-year-old boy.

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  • Chris Hadfield and crew land safely on Earth

    Tue, May 14, 2013 9:53 AM by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com

    The three astronauts orbited the Earth 2,300 times and logged 61 million miles during their 144 days on the International Space Station.

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  • 'Einstein's planet': New alien world revealed by relativity

    Tue, May 14, 2013 6:40 AM by Clara Moskowitz

    The planet, officially known as Kepler-76b, is 25 percent larger than Jupiter and weighs about twice as much.

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