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The worst drought in 900 years helped spark Syria's civil war
The drought in the Levant region from 1998 to 2012 was the most severe in at least 900 years.
The emotional moment astronaut Scott Kelly landed on Earth after a year in space
"A year is a long time, you know. It felt like I’d been up there my whole life."
By Elizabeth Pierson & Miriam Kramer
7.8 magnitude earthquake off Indonesian coast prompts tsunami warnings
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra on Wednesday evening local time, prompting tsunami warnings.
Hairy noses drive home an important message on China's air pollution
"Change air pollution before it changes you."
By Victoria Ho
Great Barrier Reef faces serious coral bleaching risk
The next few weeks are critical as the Great Barrier Reef, along with reefs around the world, faces what authorities have called the longest-ever coral bleaching event on record.
By Ariel Bogle
An early bloom turns Tokyo garden into yellow flower wonderland
The center of Tokyo now looks more like a sea of yellow than a major metropolis.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after 340 days in space
He lived on the International Space Station for nearly a year. Now that Kelly is home, the real science begins.
Astronaut Scott Kelly's last sunrise photos from space are gorgeous
That's a pretty amazing off-world sunrise.
Australian farmers use thousands of sheep to spell anti-gas message
No this is not a request for awesome tunes, it is a protest against gas mining.
By Johnny Lieu
NASA is working on a quieter supersonic jet for commercial use
Lockheed Martin will work on a "low boom" supersonic aircraft design.
How cities around the world are protecting billions of people from climate change
New research suggests that the global community may need to do more to make sure its most vulnerable populations are being protected.
By Chelsea Harvey
Thousands of seagulls swarming in China is like 'The Birds' IRL
They were in search of food.
By Victoria Ho
40 out-of-this-world photos from Scott Kelly's year in space
Some people dream of living in Paris for a year, or even just a few months abroad. How does a year in space sound?
By Johnny Simon
A blue bubble shines in deep space in new Hubble photo
Check out that blue Hubble bubble.
Take in the beauty of Pluto's frozen north pole canyons
Pluto's north pole shimmers in false color in this New Horizons photo.
The businesswoman running 1,040 miles across 7 deserts for water
When your cause is the future of humanity, sometimes muscle cramps and sore feet cease to matter so much.
By Ariel Bogle
The 'super immunity' of bats is good for them, and potentially good for us
For most people, bats are curious creatures that only venture out as we go to sleep, but they are also something of a medical mystery.
By Ariel Bogle
The Milky Way's cold clouds glow in huge, new cosmic map
The cold Milky Way is shining like a diamond in this new map.
Mysterious burst of radio waves traced to galaxy billions of light-years away
The galaxy it came from was 6 billion light-years away.
Those 2 colliding black holes may have been born in a giant star
The black holes may have been created by the death of a huge star.
This astronaut could take you to the edge of space and back in a balloon
Ron Garan is the new chief pilot at World View.
The real story of that 'music' Apollo 10 astronauts heard at the moon
So, what was that strange music the astronauts heard?
Death Valley, the driest place in North America, is now a sea of yellow flowers
Thanks to record-breaking rains last year, one of Earth's hottest and driest spots is now awash in sea of yellow wildflowers.
By Elizabeth Pierson and Andrew Freedman
Watch this sea snail flutter through the ocean just like a butterfly
The "sea butterfly" is a zooplankton snail that behaves more like an insect, and its movement may pave the way for a fleet tiny underwater robots.