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- Better chow yields more milk: A more nutritious form of corn for dairy cows boosts farm profits, teen investigator finds
- Fuzzy future: Kids may suffer impaired vision from spending too little time outdoors, studies suggest
- Building with moon rocks: Working on the moon with lunar soil and grit could prove easier, more efficient and less costly than using earthly materials
Earth Science
- Two new studies help explain fate of pollutants released in the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history.
- Seasonal patterns in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions can be linked to rain and snow in certain locations.
- A fossilized feathered dinosaur dined on bird not long before its own demise.
- Fluctuations in ultraviolet light can set up frigid, snowy conditions across parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- A lopsided arrangement of continents could lead to reversals in Earth's magnetic field.
- The dual chemistry of island chains reflects variations in the distribution of ancient material bubbling up from deep within the Earth.
- BPA triggers gene changes in people, cleaning drain waters and more in this week's news.
- The region's largest tremor in recent history hit northwest of Richmond, felt over much of the East Coast.
- A killer methane belch, radon-siphoning trees, deep oil-spill science and more in this week’s news.
- Climate scientists suggest energy is buried deep undersea or released to space.
- Camera captures glowing atmospheric ripples triggered by Japan’s deadly quake as they pass over Hawaii.
- Rising temperatures have decreased global grain production and may be partly responsible for food price increases.
- A "drip" deep within the Earth may have raised the Colorado plateau to create the spectacular landscape of the U.S. Southwest.
- Japan tremor may be part of a second grouping of great quakes since 1900, some scientists say.
- East African seismic study reveals how land gives way to ocean crust.
- Scientists discover what causes the rumbles before a volcano erupts, plus more in this week’s news.
- Research links pesticides to Parkinson’s disease, plus more in this week’s news.
- In experiments, microorganisms can stimulate minerals to produce hydrogen, a key fuel for growth in a thriving subterranean world.
- During the large 2010 tremor, faults ruptured mainly outside the area due for a big one, leaving the region vulnerable to future events.
- Chemicals from a massive Siberian eruption 250 million years ago may have polluted the atmosphere and killed off most life on the planet.
- A mathematical analysis shows what it takes to remove rock fast enough to create a cavern.
- Radar studies of desert drainage patterns point to ancient oases in the Sahara.
- Cold temperatures have kept a buried Antarctic range fresh for hundreds of millions of years.
- New crater and composition measurements from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter are helping scientists understand the moon’s history and scout for future landing sites.
- Rocks in Nevada preserve evidence of superfast changes in Earth’s magnetic polarity.
- A decade of droughts has stifled the increasing growth of terrestrial vegetation.
- Whirlwinds leave dark paths behind by sucking sand grains clean.
- Researchers discover a fresh meteorite impact crater using Google Earth.
- Left intact, dense swaths of trees can reduce tsunami damage, a new study suggests.
- Seafloor sediments show that agriculture has greatly boosted airborne dust in the last two centuries.
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