October 20, 2015 Scientists accidentally capture ball lightning For decades such unidentified flying objects have simply been dismissed as optical illusions or "swamp gas." Now science has no excuse. Mysterious ball lightning has been captured on scientific equipment -- albeit by accident.
October 20, 2015 New island off Japan keeps growing and growing New images of a new island formed by a volcanic eruption 600 miles south of Tokyo reveal that the 14-acre mass along the western edge of the “Ring of Fire” is here to stay.
October 20, 2015 Yellowstone magma much bigger than thought, study says The hot molten rock beneath Yellowstone National Park is 2 1/2 times larger than previously estimated, meaning the park's supervolcano has the potential to erupt with a force about 2,000 times the size of Mount St. Helens, according to a new study.
October 20, 2015 Entire US Antarctic research program canceled by NSF due to partial gov't shutdown As scientists had feared, the National Science Foundation announced it was canceling the U.S. Antarctic research program for this year because of the ongoing government shutdown.
October 20, 2015 New photos of Pakistan's 'Earthquake Island' The Earth performed the ultimate magic trick last week, making an island appear out of nowhere.
October 20, 2015 Oldest water on Earth found deep underground A pocket of water some 2.6 billion years old the most ancient pocket of water known by far, older even than the dawn of multicellular life has now been discovered in a mine 2 miles below the Earth's surface
October 20, 2015 Three Canadians killed in Antarctica plane crash Three Canadians were killed in Antarctica after their plane crashed last week into the freezing cold and hurricane force winds of the icy continent, the National Science Foundation confirmed Monday.
October 20, 2015 Mysterious 'Nazca Lines' in desert form labyrinth, archaeologist says Some of the Nazca Lines, mysterious geoglyphs that span a vast swath of the rugged Peruvian desert, may have once been a labyrinth with a spiritual purpose, a new study suggests.
October 20, 2015 University of Michigan program aims to bolster scientific basis of Great Lakes cleanup effort The University of Michigan is establishing a research program designed to make sure the federal government bases decisions in its billion-dollar battle to clean up the Great Lakes on solid scien...
February 5, 2015 Record number of Oklahoma tremors raises earthquake threat, officials say The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has increased by about 50 percent since October 2013, significantly increasing the chance for a damaging quake in the central part of the state, federal and state agencies said Monday.
