Articles

Former North Korean Tyrant Kim Jong Il Liked to Eat Snakes, Hippos and Spiders
The Dear Leader's personal sushi chef reveals a litany of bizarre tastes.

Skin Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Other Cancers
There's another reason those at risk for skin cancer to stay vigilant about protecting their health. Men and women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer...
Water Worlds: Has NASA Found Mirror Earths?
The Kepler Space Telescope might have hit the motherlode

Some Skin Cancer Survivors Still Use Tanning Beds
Say it isn't so. A recent survey found that even people who have survived melanoma -- the deadliest form of skin cancer -- fail to protect themselves from the...

Apparently, the Sun Does Revolve Around the Marine Corps
One thing the war in Afghanistan has taught the Pentagon: even the lightest of U.S. forces -- that would be the Marine Corps – relies too much on fuel to keep...
Photo Essays

Never Mind Icarus: The Solar-Powered Plane is Here
In the 117 years since the first solar cell was developed and the 110 years since the first powered flight, you’d have thought we would have combined the two...

Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
Stunning images of the sun, Earth and far-away locales in our roundup of cosmic views from March 2013.
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Top 10 Sun Myths
NASA's new 360-degree image of the sun is a stunning look at the star that gives us all life. But for centuries, we had wild beliefs about the sun and how it got...


