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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.

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:33:19 -0400

Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.

Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:39 -0400

Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist.

Mice return from a month in space

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:19 -0400

A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind.