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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 15th, 2015
Here's What Created Those Stunning Auroras Last Week

Here's What Created Those Stunning Auroras Last Week

Spoiler alert: it was intense activity on the Sun

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 15th, 2015
Watch: Science Video Explains Light

Watch: Science Video Explains Light

Crash course in what light is made of and how it behaves

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 14th, 2015
NASA's Curiosity Rover Takes Selfie on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Rover Takes Selfie on Mars

The rover took this selfie on its 1,126th Martian day

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 14th, 2015
Watch: Why Nuclear Bombs Create Mushroom Clouds

Watch: Why Nuclear Bombs Create Mushroom Clouds

Science video explains how nuclear bombs work

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 11th, 2015
Space Photo Shows Auroras Seen from Aboard the ISS

Space Photo Shows Auroras Seen from Aboard the ISS

It was NASA astronaut Scott Kelly who snapped this photo

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 11th, 2015
Watch: Colored Blobs Floating in Space Are Oddly Mesmerizing

Watch: Colored Blobs Floating in Space Are Oddly Mesmerizing

Life aboard the ISS is quite entertaining

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2015
NASA: Well, of Course You Could Grow Plants on Mars

NASA: Well, of Course You Could Grow Plants on Mars

All the right nutrients are there, the space agency says

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2015
Watch: Humpback Whales Swimming Under the Northern Lights

Watch: Humpback Whales Swimming Under the Northern Lights

Here's something we don't see often enough

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 7th, 2015
Ancient Creature Behaved like a Vacuum Cleaner at Lunchtime

Ancient Creature Behaved like a Vacuum Cleaner at Lunchtime

Study describes odd animal that lived 23 million years ago

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 6th, 2015
Watch: Flares and Plasma Frolicking on the Sun

Watch: Flares and Plasma Frolicking on the Sun

The video covers four days of solar activity

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 5th, 2015
Watch: How Pee Shaped the World as We Know It

Watch: How Pee Shaped the World as We Know It

Believe it or not, pee helped the advance of science

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 5th, 2015
Scientists Want to Clone Panda Bears Living at Edinburgh Zoo

Scientists Want to Clone Panda Bears Living at Edinburgh Zoo

The end goal is to save the species from going extinct

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 4th, 2015
NASA Releases New Space Photo of Hurricane Joaquin

NASA Releases New Space Photo of Hurricane Joaquin

The image was obtained from aboard the ISS

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 4th, 2015
Watch: Chocolate Chip Cookies, As Explained by Science

Watch: Chocolate Chip Cookies, As Explained by Science

Video explains the chemistry of baking cookies

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 2nd, 2015
Powerful Burst of Radiation Documented on the Sun

Powerful Burst of Radiation Documented on the Sun

This one peaked this past Thursday, at 8:13 p.m. EDT

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 2nd, 2015
Watch: Video Shows Joaquin Grow into a Major Hurricane

Watch: Video Shows Joaquin Grow into a Major Hurricane

The animation follows Joaquin from September 29 to October 1

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 1st, 2015
Titanic Lunch Menu Sells for $88,000 (€78,600) at Auction

Titanic Lunch Menu Sells for $88,000 (€78,600) at Auction

The menu was only expected to fetch $50,000 (€44,300)

 
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