Latest News Articles - Topics on this page range from global climate change to archeology discoveries. We provide RSS feeds for offline readers. You can also send alerts to your mobile device. Some of our weekly reports are on the Arctic Ocean sea ice. The ice has shattered last year's record low. The ice continues to vanish due to global warming. The extent of the sea ice cover is also smaller since the 1980s. We also featured the mystery of the missing pyramid in Egypt. Archaeologists have found a pyramid believed to be that of King Menkauhor. Menkauhor ruled for only eight years more than 4,000 years ago. |
 The Arctic Ocean sea ice has shattered last year's record low. The ice continues to vanish from global warming. The extent of the sea ice cover is also smaller since the 1980s. |
 Hurricane Ike continues to grow in size. Hurricane warnings have been issued for Louisiana and Texas. The storm will make landfall on Friday. |
 Hurricane Ike is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. The storm is moving toward the northwest near 8 mph. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph with higher gusts. Ike is expected to become a major hurricane within the next 24 hours. |
 Hurricane Ike is a dangerous Category 4 storm. The storm is expected to take a similar track as Gustav which concerns Louisiana. Portions of South Florida residents were asked to evacuate. |
 Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly overnight into a Category 4 hurricane. The monster storm is rotating fiercely in the open Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center said it was too early to tell whether it would threaten the United States. |
 Tropical storm Hanna is expected to become a hurricane during the next 24 hours. The storm is currently moving past the Bahamas in a north westward direction. |
 Hurricane Gustav has brought strong winds and rains into New Orleans. The storm slammed into Louisiana early on Monday. |
 Hurricane Gustav is a category 4 storm. Forecasters are calling it a monster as it enters the Gulf. Thousands of people are evacuating New Orleans. The current track puts the storm right on Louisiana. |
 Tropical Storm Gustav steers into the Gulf of Mexico after killing 23 people. Gustav is aiming for Louisiana which is expected to be a major category 3 to category 5 hurricane. Hanna is moving northwest but expected to make a turn west towards Florida. |
 Hurricane Gustav will make its way into Haiti on Tuesday. The storm's current track threatens Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. |
 The two Georgia men who found a Bigfoot carcass said it was a joke. Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer said the prank got out of hand. |
 Tropical Storm Fay is once again pounding the coast of Florida. The storm dumped nearly 30 inches of rain in southern Brevard County, Florida. |
 Tropical Storm Fay moves ashore over southwest Florida. The storm barely made hurricane strength with top speeds of 60 mph. Most forecasters are still calling it a tropical storm. |
 Weather forecasters expect Tropical Storm Fay to hit Florida with hurricane strength. Over 25,000 Florida tourists have been evacuated. Most stores in Key West are closed. |
 Tropical storm Fay has top winds of 50 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center said the storm could become Hurricane Fay by Tuesday. Florida governor declares a state of emergency to free up federal funds. Hurricane watches are posted in parts of the state. |
 The latest Bigfoot discovery in northern Georgia has failed a DNA test. Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer said they found the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods. Tests on material from the remains revealed DNA from an opossum. |
 A tropical depression named Fay moves over the Dominican Republic. The storm could hit the southeast United States, bringing high winds to Florida. |
 Egyptian archaeologists uncover a missing pyramid. The missing pyramid is believed to be that of King Menkauhor. Menkauhor ruled for only eight years more than 4,000 years ago. |
 The famous Stonehenge monument was used as a burial site. Researchers say it was used around 2,600 BC. |
 Metro city residents in the United States are greener than their suburbs. Kentucky leads largest per capita carbon footprint. |
 Scientists claim sequencing of female genome. The research was done at Leiden University Medical Center. |
 NOAA predicts a 65 percent probability of an above normal hurricane season. The agency also said there is only a 25 percent probability of a normal season. |
 Supernova booms from a galaxy. The galaxy is 90 million light-years away. |
 The Dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant relative of chickens. The dinosaur was far more closely related to living birds than alligators. |
 Hubble telescope unveils images of colliding galaxies. The spinning galaxies are slipping into one another causing wreaking stellar destruction. It will eventually give birth to new and larger galaxies. |
 Greenhouse gas emissions released in 2007 rose 19 billion tonnes. The burning of fossil fuels will likely remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years. |
 PETA is offering scientists a $1 million cash prize. The catch? They have to produce a commercialize lab that can create meat by 2012. |
 An earthquake struck Illinois. Many cities in the midwest also felt the quake. |
 A vast lake in Greenland has melted away. Scientists blame global climate change.
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 John Wheeler gave black holes their name. He also played a key role in the atom bomb program. |
