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What Happens When An Earthquake Strikes The Place Where You Grew Up?

I'm from Napa, the epicenter for a recent 6.0 magnitude quake that challenged my ideas about Mother Nature and human nature.

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Rosetta Spacecraft Piggy-Backs on Comet to Solve Ancient Mysteries

Considering this mission's dangers, cortisol levels for European scientists are probably sky high. Luckily, the payoff looks promising.

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Humanity's Legacy Might be the Tunnels and Holes We've Dug

An easy-to-forget feature of human ingenuity may be the final vestige of our time in the universe.

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NASA Comes Clean: Solar Flare Nearly Decimated Earth’s Electrical Grid

Scientists just deduced that we narrowly escaped a date with electrical doom.

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Want to See the First Spider to Walk the Earth? Science Can Do That for You

See how it all began for the subject of our arachnophobia nightmares.

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Science is Sweet: Dark Side of the Moon Mystery Solved!

We’ve been puzzled by moon photos for more than 50 years, but behold! Researchers claim to have an answer for the orb’s ever-inconsistent appearance.

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Science is Sweet: “Mega-Earth” Discovery Shocks Scientists

Long-maligned simply as gassy afterthoughts, Kepler data shows giant planets can have life-hospitable conditions.

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