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Realtime data, more about earthquake dynamics, and loads of other information.

Learn how grafting, hybridizing, and transgenics have transformed cultivation.

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

These unique – and uniquely beautiful – seal species spend their lives amid the sea ice

Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

The Okeanos Explorer is the newest vessel in NOAA's fleet and the first to be dedicated solely to exploration and discovery missions. Follow along with the scientists and crew on their discovery voyages.

Skilled listeners share their secrets.

Design and build a musical instrument that responds to changing light.

Come along as we explore the cool, dark world of cheese.

Specialized cells have a common origin. What sets them on separate paths?

Come with us to Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico, which is rich with thousand-year-old artifacts of the ancient Pueblo culture and contains sites that appear to have been astronomical observatories.

Music, fear, sadness all can cause goosebumps. But why?

Art/science teams explore the underlying systems that give the San Francisco Bay Area its unique character.

For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?

Who lives in the Arctic, and how did they get there?

Your CRT screen may appear to wiggle when you give it the raspberry, but the only thing wiggling is you.

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

There are about 500 dispatches from scientists working in the Arctic and Antarctica, along with original videos, photos, webcasts, and articles.

The Instruments Aboard the Mars Exploration Rover

the Fudge House on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco!