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  1. Climate

    2014 was Earth’s warmest year on record

    Record-hot 2014 marks the 38th consecutive year of temperatures above the 20th century’s average.

    By Beth Mole
  2. Tech

    Using Facebook ‘likes,’ computer pegs people’s personalities

    Using limited data from Facebook, computers can outdo humans in assessing a user’s openness, neuroticism and other personality traits.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Earth

    Faulty thermometers exaggerated western U.S. mountain warming

    Defective thermometers used in snowpack and ecology research overstated warming in western U.S. mountains.

    By Thomas Sumner
  4. Animals

    Mountain migration is a roller coaster for bar-headed geese

    Bar-headed geese rise and fall to match terrain below them when migrating over the Himalayas.