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To Image Leaky Atmosphere, NASA Rocket Team Heads North
On a frigid morning in early December, a team of NASA rocket scientists will huddle in the control room in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, a remote archipelago off the northern coast of Norway.
Virtual Reality Could Serve as Powerful Environmental Education Tool, According to Stanford Researchers
Utter the words “ocean acidification” in mixed company, and you’ll probably get blank stares.
Is Being a Night Owl Bad for your Health?
Night owls may have a higher risk of suffering from heart disease and type 2 diabetes than early risers.
What is the most common form of ocean litter?
Cigarette butts are the most common form of marine litter.
Black Hole 'Donuts' are Actually 'Fountains'
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas surrounding active supermassive black holes are not simple donut shapes.


