The Eta Aquarid meteors, also known as the Aquarids, are known for their speed. These meteors are fast – traveling at about 148,000 mph into Earth’s atmosphere.
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The trees told us: Scientists see fingerprint of warming climate on droughts from 1900
The secret was in the trees. Looking at tree rings from ancient trees, scientists in a new study say they’ve finally foundthe fingerprint of human-caused global warming on drought.
The trees told us: Scientists see fingerprint of warming climate on droughts from 1900
The secret was in the trees. Looking at tree rings from ancient trees, scientists in a new study say they’ve finally foundthe fingerprint of human-caused global warming on drought.
Jawbone of prehistoric human ‘cousin’ Denisovan discovered in Tibet
The jawbone the monk discovered decades agowasn’t from a donkey. Instead, the 160,000-year-oldfossil was from a Denisovan, a long-extinct, sister group of Neandertals
Spy games? Russia could be using beluga whales for military purposes
A whale hasbeen discovered in waters near Norway with tight harnesses on it, which could have been attachedby the Russian military.
Say it ain’t snow: Winter storm to pound 4 million people across 1,200 miles of Midwest this weekend
A potent late-April snowstorm is forecast to dump up to 9inches of snow across a 1,200-milestripeof the Midwest and Great Lakes states over the weekend.
‘Unprecedented, catastrophic:’ Cyclone Kenneth slams into storm-battered Mozambique
Cyclone Kennethslammed into northeastern Mozambique on Thursday, only six weeks after Cyclone Idairavagedthe African nation.
The sounds of silence: New device could create words out of thoughts
Trapped inside their bodies, stroke patients may be able to think – but not speak. But now, a prototype of a new device could one day literally give avoice to the voiceless.
Bad air days on the rise: The nation’s most polluted city is …
Though California cities have the nation’s worst air quality, as usual, a new report finds that smog and soot pollution is increasing in other U.S. cities as well.
‘Mars quake’: Here’s what the first tremor on the red planet sounds like
The first “Marsquake” has been detected. The finding”officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology!,” said Bruce Banerdt of NASA.