Earth

  1. Earth

    Surviving tornadoes mostly depends on a lot of luck and the right attitude

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  2. Humans

    AAAS board defends climate scientists

    “AAAS vigorously opposes attacks on researchers that question their personal and professional integrity or threaten their safety based on displeasure with their scientific conclusions.” This declaration was contained in a 400-word denunciation of attacks on climate scientists and the politicization of climate science that was issued June 29 by the organization's board of directors.

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  3. Earth

    BPA makes male mice less macho

    Studies show that exposures in the womb or during adolescence can erase masculine habits or reverse sexes' behavior.

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  4. Animals

    Lionfish no match for big groupers

    Despite its invasive success, the lionfish can't withstand grouper appetites.

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  5. Earth

    Floodwaters may trigger fault motion

    In sediments under California’s Salton Sea, geologists find evidence for a natural disaster one-two punch.

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  6. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Platypuses in trouble, toxins in lakes and a chemical link to early puberty in this week’s news.

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  7. Paleontology

    Big dinosaurs kept their cool

    Body temperature of long-gone beasts resembled that of mammals, study of fossil teeth suggests.

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  8. Earth

    Modern-day sea level rise skyrocketing

    A spike that began during the 19th century appears to be linked to rising temperatures and increasing greenhouse gases.

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  9. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Earth’s bulging waistline, plus ancient mangrove swamps and new threats from wildfires in this week’s news.

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  10. Earth

    Death of a Continent, Birth of an Ocean

    Africa’s Afar region gives glimpses of geology in action.

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  11. Humans

    Couch potatoes: Where the risks lie

    Several new studies finger television viewing as a potentially unhealthy pastime. I know, that hardly sounds surprising. For years, research has been linking hours in front of TV screens with an elevated risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, not to mention obesity. But what makes the recent spate of analyses different, researchers argue, is that they’re finally homing in on consistent estimates of the magnitude of risks — and hints at what underlies them.

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  12. Earth

    Tsunami lit up the heavens

    Camera captures glowing atmospheric ripples triggered by Japan’s deadly quake as they pass over Hawaii.

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