PIA25716: Russell Crater Dunes

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Deaths of 3 endangered Cambodian dolphins raise alarm

Three endangered freshwater dolphins have died within 10 days of each other, alarming conservationists in Cambodia. …

Philippines floods force tens of thousands to flee homes

Christmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes,…

Savage US blizzard leaves 32 dead, power outages, travel snarls

A brutal winter storm that brought Christmas chaos to millions of Americans will be slow to…

Five ways sequins add to plastic pollution

Sequins are nearly always made of plastic and will take hundreds of years or more to…

Army of islanders to protect gecko the size of a paperclip

Locals on Union Island are trained to ensure a diminutive reptile does not get wiped out…

Water pipe robots could stop billions of litres leaking

About 20% of our water supply is lost to leaks and scientists say miniature ‘pipe robots’…

22 dead as savage US blizzard cuts power, snarls travel

More than 200,000 Americans woke up without power on Christmas morning as a days-long winter megastorm…

Dinosaurs were in their prime, not in decline, when fateful asteroid hit

Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate…

Glass act: Scientists reveal secrets of frog transparency

Now you see them, now you don’t. Click here for original story, Glass act:…