Seismic events are common in Antarctica, where ice deformation causes hundreds of micro-earthquake strikes hourly, but the region's ice sheets vibrated differently after the 8.8-magnitude quake that hit Chile in 2010.
Today is a time to discover your inner elephant - the third annual World Elephant Day, when people throughout the world honor the giant species and promote ways to protect them from the ongoing threats they face.
With Earth's atmosphere in the sights, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, is positioned to begin its scientific mission, the first-ever spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Before we Earthlings can send anything bigger than just tiny remote-control dune buggies to Mars, not to mention crews of human explorers, spacecraft builders will have to develop adequate energy storage systems.
A 10-year study of sleep patterns during space flight has revealed lack of adequate sleep - and use of sleeping pills - is extensive among astronauts in the United States space program.
One year after the United States Food and Drug Administration told food manufacturers they had no more than twelve months to ensure all of their "gluten-free" claims are valid. that the products they label as "gluten-free" really don't contain any wheat, rye, barley or any of their many derivatives, regulators can take action against food makers whose products are suspect.
A seismic research project planned along the coast of New Jersey's Long Beach Island that environmentalists and local fishermen criticized has been postponed until next summer due to mechanical failures.
The attorneys general from 29 states are asking the United States Food and Drug Administration to craft even harsher regulations on e-cigarettes than the ones the agency proposed earlier this year.
