A whale hasbeen discovered in waters near Norway with tight harnesses on it, which could have been attachedby the Russian military.
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Are we ready for the end of the world? NASA conducts drill for potential asteroid strike
NASA is conducting a drill this week to see how we’d prepare if a giant asteroid was hurtling toward the Earth.
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.
Weird prehistoric creature was ‘strangest crab that ever lived,’ with a ‘hodgepodge of body parts’
Crabs are already among the freakiest-looking animals we encounter, so it’s no surprise their ancestors were bizarre, too.
Violent storms, floods, tornadoes leave 5 dead in South
Violent storms unleashed floods and tornadoesacross Texas and Louisiana late Wednesday and early Thursday, leaving at least five people dead.
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.
For richer, for poorer: Global warming has made the world’s rich richer and the poor poorer, study says
Due in part to rising temperatures from human-caused climate change,the gap between the world’s poorest and richest people has increased in the past half-century.
Get off the screen and look up! The Lyrid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you Sunday and Monday nights
The Lyrid meteor shower will be coming to a sky near you both Sunday and Monday nights, though a bright moon may interfere with the skywatching fun.