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Giant, Toxic Weed Poses Health Risk

Posted by Emily Sohn Tue Jul 19, 2011 07:48 AM ET | 0

The giant hogweed can cause third degree burns and blindness -- and it's spreading fast. Read more

Human: Fossil Hunters: Cool Jobs [VIDEO]

Posted Wed Dec 22, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

World travel, summers in the outdoors and a first look at some of the oldest bones in the world. The perks of paleontology are many, as Discovery News' James Williams finds out. Watch video

Northern Lights Beamed Over Internet

Posted Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:01 PM ET | 0

A website observatory will stream the aurora borealis live over the internet. Read more

Preschools Take Root in Forests

Posted Mon May 24, 2010 12:10 PM ET | 0

Some preschools across the country are swapping classrooms and desks for trees and mud. Read more

Remains of Early 1900s Plane Found in Antarctica

Posted Sat Jan 2, 2010 07:03 AM ET | 0

An Australian explorer had once hoped to use the single-propeller plane as a motorized sled. Read more

Next-Gen Flying Robots Inspired by Birds, Bees : Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:26 PM ET

Future flying robots could be easier to steer, thanks to a new study that breaks down how birds and bats turn in mid-air. Read more

Ozone Linked to Deadly Lung Disease: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:25 PM ET

Now research shows that breathing in ozone year in and year out can lead to chronic and deadly lung disease. Read more

Moist Air May Hold Off Flu : Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:24 PM ET

Grandma may have been right about keeping a teakettle warming on the stove in winter to moisten the air. Read more

A Half-Dozen Dirty Earth Tricks

Posted Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:17 PM ET | 0

A slide show about the half-dozen ways Earth launches deadly tsunamis. Read more

Even humans are getting into the tsunami-making act.

Last Spring at Ivanpah?

Posted Mon May 18, 2009 09:54 PM ET | 0

A slide show about how a pristine desert valley is threatened by a solar power plant. Read more

Ivanpah Valley is threatened by a solar power plant.

NASA Grows Algae for Biofuel, Treats Waste: Discovery News

Posted Thu May 14, 2009 11:17 AM ET

NASA scientists propose a new way to produce biofuel that sanitizes waste water, removes carbon dioxide from the air, and doesn't compete with agriculture for land or water. Read more

Larger Than Life

Posted Fri Feb 20, 2009 06:07 PM ET | 0

A tour of Earth's largest organisms -- superorganisms spanning oceans and composed of zillions of phytoplankton. Read more

The Gulf Stream is a river of heat and a superorganism in itself.

Pompeii Family's Final Hours Reconstructed : Discovery News

Posted Thu Dec 11, 2008 09:14 AM ET

By analyzing skeletons and deposits at a house in Pompeii, researchers piece together a family's last hours after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Read more