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"Spacequakes" Shake Earth's Skies
The space weather phenomenon swirls auroras and can spawn magnetic "twisters" that can knock out power lines, a new study says.
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Photos: Algae Blankets Beaches
Mats of green algae have covered miles of coastline in China, creating foul odors and possibly choking life underneath the waves.
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Photos: Human-Sacrifice Hall Found
Built for the "presentation," in which prisoners' cuts filled cups with blood, an ancient chamber has emerged in Peru with burials intact.
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China Oil Spill Photos
Fire, crude, and an inky cleanup mark the great China oil spill of 2010—a drop in the barrel compared to the Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Photos: Floods Test Giant Dam
China's massive Three Gorges Dam is being pushed to its limits by heavy monsoon rains that have sent water gushing through spill gates.
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Jumbo Squid Flash in Rare Video
Filmed away from humans for the first time, jumbo squid light up during an expedition that also found them to have superstrong bites.
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Space Photos This Week
Radar of a rocky desert, a Martian bull's eye, and "cool" mirrors feature among the week's best space pictures.
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"Spectacular" Species Off Canada
New pictures reveal a potentially new—and arguably adorable—purple octopus and other rare species found off Canada.
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Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?
Recent finds may help reveal who wrote the scrolls. For starters, they may hail from the purported home of the Ark of the Covenant.
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Recent Global Warming "Undeniable"
The past decade was the hottest on record, a government report says—part of an "unmistakable upward trend."
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Gulf Oil Spill News and Pictures
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100s of Gulf Turtle Eggs Relocated
In an effort to save baby sea turtles from the BP oil spill, workers are moving up to 700 nests from the Gulf to Florida's Atlantic coast. Video.
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Oil Seeps Linked to Another Well
Seeps detected near the Deepwater Horizon wellhead highlight difficulties in teasing out the cause of leaks in the oil-rich Gulf.
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Valley of the Whales
The origins of the marine mammal lie buried in Egyptian sand.
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A Grassland Kingdom
India’s Kaziranga park shelters tigers, buffalo, and rhinos.
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Restoring Tribal Lands
U.S. tribes strive to undo years of environmental abuse.
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