Sarah B. Puschmann
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3% of High-School Seniors Have Used K2 or Spice in the Past Month
It may look like weed, and it may be smoked like weed. But synthetic cannabinoids — a category of drugs, some of which are legal — can be far more dangerous than natural marijuana. → Read More
Ancient Marsupial Relative Was Tree-Climbing Oddball
More than 40 million years ago, on a small island that has since coalesced with other islands to become modern-day Turkey, an odd beast the size of a domestic cat lived in the trees: a bone-crushing marsupial relative. → Read More
New Ancient Sloth Discovered in Mexican Sinkhole
The skeleton of a new ancient ground sloth, discovered in a Mexican sinkhole, is most closely related to giant ground sloths in South America. → Read More
Hurricane Irma Unearths Another Surprise on Florida Shore
After the floodwaters from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma stirred up quite a few terrors, the latest discovery resulting from the storms — a wooden canoe — may come as a relief. → Read More
E.T. Art? Crop Circles Look 'Alien' from Space
These crop circles in southwest Egypt, formed by center-pivot irrigation, have been photographed by an astronaut on the International Space Station and posted by the NASA Earth Observatory on Sept. 18. → Read More
Newfound Roman Mosaic Is So Rare, an Archaeologist Thought It Was a Hoax
A roman mosaic thought to date from the fourth century was discovered on Aug. 13 in Boxford, England. → Read More
Antarctic Caves Warmed By Volcanic Steam May Harbor Life
Although the temperatures in caves on the world's southernmost active volcano are closer to that of a summer night than a sauna, new research suggests that even this moderate heat may make life possible there. → Read More
Farewell, Basi: World's Oldest Captive Panda Dies at 37
The oldest giant panda in captivity died yesterday in China at the age of 37 of multiple causes including cirrhosis and renal failure. → Read More
Break It Up! Territorial Hippos 'Save' Wildebeest from Crocodile Attack
A wildebeest escapes the jaws of a crocodile in Kruger National Park, South Africa when two hippos, unhappy with the disturbance, chase the croc off. → Read More
Hurricane Irma by the Numbers
Take a look at how Hurricane Irma, still tearing through the state of Florida, has already made history. → Read More
Where Will Hurricane Irma Make Landfall on the Florida Peninsula?
Ferocious Hurricane Irma continues to roar through the Atlantic on its path toward the Florida Peninsula. Here's what meteorologists are forecasting for its landfall in the Sunshine State. → Read More
Triceratops Skull, Skeleton Discovered Together in Rare Find
A construction crew in Colorado was forced to stop work on a new fire and police station recently when one of the workers hit something unusual: a pair of bones from a Triceratops that lived more than 65 million years ago. → Read More
How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names?
TAs Hurricane Irma blasts through the Caribbean, one may wonder how such an energetic force ended up with such a stodgy name. → Read More
Where Will Hurricane Irma Make Landfall?
Hurricane Irma, a "potentially catastrophic" storm gaining strength in the west Atlantic, has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. → Read More
New Russian Tanker Makes One of the Fastest Arctic Crossings
A Russian tanker recently carried over 75,000 tons of liquified natural gas (LNG) across an arctic shipping route without the use of an icebreaker chaperone ship. → Read More
Fire Ants Make Themselves into Rafts to Float to Safety in Houston
As floodwaters rise in Houston and its surrounding area, fire ants are staging their own type of evacuation, by floating to safety on rafts made out of their own bodies. → Read More
What's Causing Tropical Storm Harvey's 'Unprecedented' Rainfall?
Tropical Storm Harvey has caused unprecedented destruction in southeastern Texas and continues to displace residents as a result of a high pressure system blocking the storm's movment. → Read More
Rooms from Henry VIII's Greenwich Palace Discovered
Underground rooms from Greenwich Palace, Henry VIII's birthplace and a center of courtly life, were discovered in April by a team working on a conservation project at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, England. → Read More
Rooms from Lavish Greenwich Palace Uncovered (Photos)
Conservators working on a project at the Old Royal Naval College in England discovered rooms from Greenwich Palace, the birthplace of Tudor monarchs Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, his daughter. → Read More
Solar Eclipse Is Backdrop for Breathtaking Dives (Photos)
During the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, four divers were photographed plunging into a water tank in McMinnville, Oregon. → Read More