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Earth’s moon may be causing quakes after all

The moon is really a lost piece of Earth, blasted away during a cataclysmic collision with another planet. For 4½ billion years, it has circled around us in a vast, cosmic dance. Though it’s...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Bigger sea species more threatened

Extinctions are hitting larger animals harder, study finds

DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Warmer climate isn’t so hot for plants

Years-long test shows hotter planet won’t mean greener pastures

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Scientists excited by Earth-like neighbor

Possible habitable planet found in a galaxy not so far away

DATE: Aug 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Here’s one really long fish tale

Greenland shark may have lived as long as 400 years

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Is Jupiter’s red spot turning up the heat?

Scientists try to explain why planet’s upper atmosphere is hotter than expected

DATE: Jul 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Get ready to wait this New Year’s

Timekeepers will tack on an extra second on Dec. 31

DATE: Jul 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Astronaut to test DNA decoder

Device could be used to search for alien life

DATE: Jul 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

China turns a giant eye to the skies

World’s biggest radio telescope will be looking for aliens

DATE: Jul 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Well, who’s the bird brain now?

Scientists say birds may be using quantum mechanics to navigate

DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Scientists tune in to second cosmic clash

Find suggests black holes are colliding often

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Frogs do it too, and apparently in many different ways

NEW YORK – This just in from the Department of Amphibian Philandering. For years, scientists have thought frogs and toads used only six positions to mate. It turns out they may be...

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

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