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Nine hours after it was discovered a tiny, 4 foot in diameter, space rock streaked less than 4,000 miles above southern Africa as it passed throug...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
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October of 2019 was a record breaking month for my team the Catalina Sky Survey during which we discovered 240 Earth approaching asteroids. This di...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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In ancient times, Aboriginal people in southwestern Australia quarried fine grained rock on an ancient hill called Barlangi Rock to make very sharp...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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In the space of less than 13 hours four small space rocks zipped through the Earth-Moon neighborhood. All of them were discovered by my team, the N...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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On a clear but windy night, near the fall equinox, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was able to discover and verify 23 new Earth approa...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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An object the size of this huge space rock enters the Earth's atmosphere every 180,000 years with an energy of 5,800 megatons of TNT. The only pla...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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During the monsoon rainy season, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate, Hannes Groeller took a vacation in his native Austria. Returning to begin the fa...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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Caption: Siding Spring Observatory, Credit: www.destinationsjourney.com
One of the most frustrating situations for an asteroid hunter is a night when the stars are shining bright above the mountain but the humidity is s...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The race to explore the Moon by robots and eventually human lunar colonists is on. Near the lunar south pole human space colonists could use solar ...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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In the American southwest we welcome the Monsoon rainy season during which the Earth receives much needed moisture. However, after six weeks of clo...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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Caption: Shawn Campbell helps Justin Herris get back on the boat after a dive at the Circle of Heroes military memorial off the coast of Clearwater, Fla., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
A growing number of programs try to treat PTSD by getting veterans into nature, even deep under the sea. But there's little scientific evidence tha...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 5
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In a most amazing turn of events, an international team of astronomers have published research in the Journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters w...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Category 5 Hurricanes & Mega Fires the New Normal ? We get the facts with data based Volo Foundation co-founder Thais Lopez Vogel

  • Added: Sep 15, 2019
  • Length: 25:39
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The Phoenicids are a minor meteor shower which was discovered by the first Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition on December 5, 1956. To spot the ...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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Amitav Ghosh’s newest novel Gun Island is a story about both two of his great themes - migration and climate.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
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Imagine how strange and wonderful it would be to witness such an event. When the impacting object hit it produced huge boulders, which held loose...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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Caption: Their "First Dance" was to the Country-Western song "Count on Me".
Those who sign on for white water rafting trips, fishing and hunting day trips are hoping to find a few hours or so of Great Abandon, an experience...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
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The Chinese, Chang'e 4 made a soft landing on the far side of the Moon where it is impossible to have direct radio communications with the Earth. I...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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On October 7, 2018 the moonless night sky became 25% brighter and reached the point where it is at a small light polluted city, all without human ...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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Wind your way through the world’s markets, both physical and financial, to find out how they’re changing. This week on Meat + Three, we explore glo...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A screenshot from a July 23 Facebook post shows mold on a mattress at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Other photos posted by airmen showed moldy shoes, walls, and uniforms., Credit: "Air Force amn/nco/snco" Facebook group
Mold has long been a problem at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. But when airmen started posting photos on Facebook, the Air Force stepped...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 6
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In 2018 there were 15 Meteorite Fall Events for which observers saw a fireball streaking across the sky which then led to the discovery of pieces o...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: El Paso County, Col. resident Liz Rosenbaum spends about $70 per month on bottled drinking water rather than drink from her tap., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
The military is spending millions of dollars to clean up water contamination around bases throughout the country. But people living with the contam...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
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As crazy weather makes headlines globally, Sandip Roy reflects on the monsoons of his past.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Recently the Kepler Spacecraft found that a catalogue star HD 139139 now nicknamed the "Random Transiter" had 28 apparently random sharp narrow di...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9