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First LookFlorida issues state of emergency as tropical storm Erika batters CaribbeanTropical storm Erika has caused four deaths and caused widespread flooding across the Caribbean islands this week and is expected to make landfall in Florida by Monday.
An emerging challenge to science's credibilityA core tenet of science is the ability to reproduce an experiment's results. But worries are growing that many nonreproducible results are being accepted.
First LookNASA has debunked this Mars hoax for years. Why does it persist?Supposedly Mars will appear in the night sky Thursday night like Earthlings have never seen before – equal in size to the moon.
Rising seas even more dangerous than thought, says NASAMelting ice sheets are contributing to rising sea levels more than previously thought, suggests data from NASA satellites.
Why do we keep falling for that dumb Mars hoax?Mars is not going to look as big as the moon from Earth, and, barring a major cataclysm in our solar system, it never will.
First LookOrion parachute test: Sometimes failure means successA representative version of the Orion spacecraft was shoved out of a military aircraft flying more than six miles above the Arizona desert on Wednesday.
Global sea levels rise three inches: Is that a lot?NASA scientists say rising sea levels – a natural consequence of the warming of our planet – are unavoidable and more dangerous than thought.
First LookButterflies in space? Hubble beams back specular image of iridescent 'wings'Two stars, dust, and luck creates the phenomenon, according to NASA, but how exactly that occurs is 'one of the great classic problems of modern astrophysics.'
First LookCould this ancient complex be the lost palace of Sparta?Scientists are hoping the discovery of an Ancient Greek palace can shed light on one of the world's most mysterious civilizations.
First LookTiny specks of dust hold big clues about a home's occupantsThe average household contains more than 5,000 different species of bacteria and around 2,000 species of fungi.
Is Stephen Hawking's latest black hole theory full of holes?Stephen Hawking's latest black hole pronouncement is being dismissed by some physicists as merely a capitulation to established string theory.
First LookMysterious nautilus, thought extinct, spotted in Papua New GuineaAllonautilus scrobiculatus, a fuzzy, slimy mollusc hasn't been seen for nearly three decades – until now.
First LookDid Stephen Hawking end decades-old debate on a black-hole paradox?Stephen Hawking: The physicist offered a new theory that may help solve one of the most debated points in astronomy.
First LookNASA's Dawn spacecraft takes remarkable pictures of dwarf planet CeresNASA released four new images – the crispest ever seen – of the dwarf planet Ceres on Tuesday.
Ancient lunar 'fire fountains' point to moon's originCarbon levels in volcanic glass from the moon are very similar to those found in volcanic rock that erupted at Earth’s mid-ocean ridges, say scientists.
First LookAs Danny sputters out, tropical storm Erika gathers steamTropical storm Erika, the fifth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is forecast to make landfall on the Leeward Islands sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Could adorable tiny tech backpacks save the honeybees?Scientists are using microsensors in an effort to figure out what’s causing mass deaths in bee colonies worldwide.
Lion kills guide at Zimbabwe park where Cecil livedA lion attacked and killed a park guide at Hwange National Park, the same park Cecil the Lion was poached earlier this month.
Officials: Gray wolves have returned to Northern CaliforniaThe gray wolf pack of two adults and five pups was spotted in southeastern Siskiyou County. It is named the Shasta pack for nearby Mount Shasta.
How eight microsatellites could improve hurricane forecastsThe suitcase-sized satellites began moving off assembly tables earlier this month and are designed to estimate wind speeds in the core of a hurricane.
