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Video: Amazing escape – Car swamped by landslide
Video of a car almost being washed away by floods and a landslide in northwest China has been released. The…
2020 mission to Mars – to find signs of life, NASA says
Life on Mars? That’s the question facing the NASA team responsible for putting together the objectives for 2020 rover mission…
Tropical storm heading to Hawaii (+map)
It may not sound scary but “Flossie” is the name of the latest tropical storm in the Northern Hemisphere Pacific Ocean….
Video: ‘Baseball-sized hailstones’ fall in Kansas
Hailstones the size of baseballs, according to reports, fell on Hutchinson in central Kansas on Tuesday as storms sweep across…
Boeing earnings top expectations despite 787 woes
Boeing’s problems with its 787 have made headlines, but they aren’t slowing the big plane maker down. The company’s second-quarter…
New York: 737 nose wheel fails on landing, 10 injured
Ten people suffered minor injuries Monday when the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines jetliner collapsed after landing at New…
China quake; 89 dead, 584 injured
Rescue teams are scrambling to reach the site of Monday morning’s strong and shallow earthquake in northwestern China that has…
Quake hits China, 296 injured, death toll now 47
Updated 6:05pm — At least 47 people were killed in an earthquake that struck central China today, China’s state-run Xinhua…
Studies: Martian atmosphere was destroyed long ago (+80 photos)
If we want to see a live Martian, even a tiny microbial one, we may be billions of years too…
Wildfire threatens 4000 Californian homes
It’s already torched more than 55 square kms — and the massive mountain fire in southern California is nowhere near…
