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Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:40 -0400

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:15 -0400

A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States.

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:36 -0400

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:57:39 -0400

Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:13 -0400

A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:

Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:18:58 -0400

Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says.

Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:26 -0400

NASA's Curiosity rover drills again.

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:28 -0400

A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported.

Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:54 -0400

Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.

Alaska volcano's ash prompts flight cancellations

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:37:11 -0400

An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ash.