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February 27, 2017
Severe weather brings up climate change
San Antonio is cleaning up after an assault this week by an astounding four tornadoes. Is this what the future holds for us? We’ll hear…
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January 27, 2017
Rare Jurassic Fossils Found Near Banff
A trove of exceptionally preserved fossils has been discovered at Ya Ha Tinda Ranch near Banff National Park, helping to expand scientists’ knowledge of marine…
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January 17, 2017
Weaknesses in Mexico’s Oil Sector are Creating ‘Chaos’ during the Holiday Season
Officials say it’s time for Mexicans to pay market prices for gasoline and longtime subsidies are not sustainable especially with the peso’s dramatic fall…
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January 17, 2017
Breakup of Supercontinent Pangea Cooled Mantle and Thinned Crust
The oceanic crust produced by the Earth today is significantly thinner than crust made 170 million years ago during the time of the supercontinent Pangea,…
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December 8, 2016
A Warming Earth Is Making It Harder to Study Mars
THE DRY VALLEYS are home to some of the unfriendliest terrain that humans could contemplate setting foot on. It’s frigidly cold, incredibly dry, and its…
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December 8, 2016
Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Eagerly Take Stakes in Mexican Offshore Fields
MEXICO CITY — The international oil industry on Monday agreed to pay billions of dollars to the Mexican government for rights to drill in the…
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November 28, 2016
An Ice Sheet the Size of New Mexico Hidden in Martian Crater
An ice sheet with more water than Lake Superior may slake the thirst of future astronauts living on Mars. Using radar soundings from NASA’s Mars…
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November 22, 2016
Drilling Into the Chicxulub Crater, Ground Zero of the Dinosaur Extinction
Some 66 million years ago an asteroid crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, triggering the extinction event that obliterated the dinosaurs and nearly extinguished…
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November 14, 2016
These strange funnels on Mars might be cauldrons for alien life
Scientists have analyzed a strange depression on the surface Mars, and say it could be the perfect place to search for signs of life, because…
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October 25, 2016
The Oldest Bird Voice Box Ever Found
The Jurassic Park movies portrayed a prehistoric soundscape filled with brachiosaurus bellows, velociraptor shrieks and Tyrannosaurus rex roars. But because paleontologists have never found fossilized…
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February 27, 2017
Severe weather brings up climate change
San Antonio is cleaning up after an assault this week by an astounding four tornadoes. Is this what the future holds for us? We’ll hear…
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2017
Rare Jurassic Fossils Found Near Banff
A trove of exceptionally preserved fossils has been discovered at Ya Ha Tinda Ranch near Banff National Park, helping to expand scientists’ knowledge of marine…
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2017
Weaknesses in Mexico’s Oil Sector are Creating ‘Chaos’ during the Holiday Season
Officials say it’s time for Mexicans to pay market prices for gasoline and longtime subsidies are not sustainable especially with the peso’s dramatic fall…
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2017
Breakup of Supercontinent Pangea Cooled Mantle and Thinned Crust
The oceanic crust produced by the Earth today is significantly thinner than crust made 170 million years ago during the time of the supercontinent Pangea,…
Read MoreDecember 8, 2016
A Warming Earth Is Making It Harder to Study Mars
THE DRY VALLEYS are home to some of the unfriendliest terrain that humans could contemplate setting foot on. It’s frigidly cold, incredibly dry, and its…
Read MoreDecember 8, 2016
Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Eagerly Take Stakes in Mexican Offshore Fields
MEXICO CITY — The international oil industry on Monday agreed to pay billions of dollars to the Mexican government for rights to drill in the…
Read MoreNovember 28, 2016
An Ice Sheet the Size of New Mexico Hidden in Martian Crater
An ice sheet with more water than Lake Superior may slake the thirst of future astronauts living on Mars. Using radar soundings from NASA’s Mars…
Read MoreNovember 22, 2016
Drilling Into the Chicxulub Crater, Ground Zero of the Dinosaur Extinction
Some 66 million years ago an asteroid crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, triggering the extinction event that obliterated the dinosaurs and nearly extinguished…
Read MoreNovember 14, 2016
These strange funnels on Mars might be cauldrons for alien life
Scientists have analyzed a strange depression on the surface Mars, and say it could be the perfect place to search for signs of life, because…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2016
The Oldest Bird Voice Box Ever Found
The Jurassic Park movies portrayed a prehistoric soundscape filled with brachiosaurus bellows, velociraptor shrieks and Tyrannosaurus rex roars. But because paleontologists have never found fossilized…
Read More