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Long exposure of the sky during the Geminids meteor shower in 2007. (Berkó Ernő)
 
You Are Going to Want to See Saturday's Geminids Meteor Shower. Here's Where and When
The Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak of activity in the wee hours of Saturday, December 14.
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This smooth rock face at Corona Heights in San Francisco was polished by millions of years of geologic activity. (Callan Bentley/Northern Virginia Community College)
Take a Google Earth Tour of the Bay Area’s Most Epic Rock Formations
Geologists created a digital tour of rock formations at Angel Island, the Marin Headlands and other locations around the Bay Area.
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Smoke blows over the Bay Area from the Camp Fire in Butte County. (Images provided by Planet)
Wildfire Smoke, Once Considered Sterile, Teems With Life
New research indicates that wildfire smoke transports living microbes, along with ash, dust and pollution.
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Swedish environmental activist, 16 year old Greta Thunberg attends a rally in Vancouver, British Columbia on Oct. 25, 2019. (DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)
Greta Thunberg Is Time's Person of the Year
The 16-year-old Swede has become the face of a new generation of activists, drawing large crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year-and-a-half.
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The San Diego Zoo Safari named its newest southern white rhino calf "Future." (Courtesy of San Diego Zoo Safari Park )"
Meet ‘Future,’ the New Baby White Rhino at the San Diego Zoo
A baby white rhino born last month at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been named Future for what she represents to rhino conservation worldwide.
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Climate Change Contributing to Weather Catastrophes 'Right Now'
 
The science of attributing the role of climate change in extreme weather continues to improve, resulting in strong evidence that a warming planet is impacting heat waves, floods and other disasters.
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How Ridiculous Ideas Gain Traction. We're Looking at You, Flat Earth
 
A science communication researcher who is studying why some people think the Earth's surface is literally flat clues us in on who is buying this extremely wrong concept and how it has spread.
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