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Drought in California: How farmers are copingCrops that need less water and demand a high price are becoming increasingly important in the country's top state for agriculture.
- See Pluto's frozen 'heart' in amazing detail
NASA has stitched together a new false-color image from photos snapped by its New Horizons space probe during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Students in France find 560,000-year-old human toothIn what at least one paleontologist hails as a major discovery a duo of student volunteers unearthed France's oldest known human fossil.
Got a question for Stephen Hawking? Now's your chance.From July 27 to Aug. 4, famed physicist Stephen Hawking will be taking questions in a Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' thread.
Science NotebookClimate change trifecta exacerbates urban, coastal floodingStorm surge, high rainfall, and rising sea levels put low-lying US coastal cities at risk of devastating floods, researchers say.
Scientists unlock secrets of dinosaurs' powerful chompT. rex, Velociraptor, and other theropods used serrated teeth to tear apart their prey, say scientists.
Science NotebookT. rex's nine-inch, serrated teeth: A dentist's dream or nightmare?New research found that unique serrations make Tyrannosaurus teeth highly resistant to damage, thus helping the dinosaur and its relatives secure their place at the top of the prehistoric food chain.
Musk, Hawking: Terminate killer robots before they terminate usBillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, physicist Stephen Hawking, and others have signed an open letter warning of the dangers of combining weapons with artificially intelligence.
- Despite glitch, planet hunter's discoveries keep rolling in
Despite a malfunction two years ago, NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope still managed to spot the very Earth-like exoplanet Kepler-452b, whose discovery was announced last week.
Science NotebookMusk, Hawking, Chomsky: Why they want a ban on killer robots.Leading researchers in robotics and artificial intelligence signed an open letter, published Monday, calling for a preemptive ban on autonomous offensive weapons.
Science NotebookReboot the suit: With $500,000 pledged, Smithsonian sets sights even higherThe Smithsonian Institute's crowdfunding campaign to preserve the spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong raked in $500,000 in just five days, and now the organizers are setting their sights even higher.
- Breathtaking Pluto images reveal icy dwarf planet's plains and mountains
NASA's New Horizons space probe has sent back its highest-resolution images yet of Pluto and its moons.
- What would it be like to live on Earth's planetary 'cousin'?
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like planet yet discovered outside our own solar system, probably has stronger gravity and a thick atmosphere, say scientists.
Science NotebookAre Sierra Nevada wildfires getting worse now with climate change?Researchers from the University of California, Davis, describe the increased frequency of wildfires in high elevations as 'yet another harbinger of climate change.'
Astounding New Horizons photos reveal Pluto's atmosphere, surfaceSpectacular new photos snapped by NASA's New Horizons space probe reveal flowing ices and a hazy atmosphere.
Success in Kickstarter campaign to save Neil Armstrong's spacesuitThe Smithsonian's Kickstarter campaign to conserve the spacesuit that Neil Armstong wore on his historic walk on the moon has met it's goal, and the museum now hopes to raise more money to help conserve Alan Shepard's suit.
- New Horizons snaps spectacular shot of Pluto's atmosphere
A new image captured by the LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager aboard NASA's New Horizons space probe shows the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere backlit by the sun.
Rarely seen beaked whale washes ashore in MassachusettsScientists are trying to figure out how a beaked whale usually confined to deep water washed up on the shore Friday in Plymouth, Mass.
Scientists solve bizarre 'hair ice' mysteryScientists have determined how a cold-tolerant fungus can stimulate the growth of thin strands of ice that sprout from rotting wood like hair.
Climate change drove sloths, mammoths to extinction, say scientistsDramatic climate shifts made it difficult for large animals such as the woolly mammoth to survive, new research confirms.
