Science News, 2014
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Major science news stories, from a plant-eating giant to our first close-up of a comet
by Catherine McNiff
 NASA AIRS depiction of the polar vortex Related Links |
Health
Ebola OutbreakThousands are struck down by the rare and deadly Ebola virus
EnterovirusNon-polio EV-D68 kills 12 and sickens hundreds across 47 states.
Weather & Climate
Where the Wind BlowethThe challenge of climate change at home and abroad
Baby, It's Cold OutsideCold snap, polar vortex, and snow, oh my!
Disasters
MudslideA mudslide in Oso, Wash. was one of the worst in U.S. history
Tainted WaterA chemical spill in the Elk River in W. Virginia poisons drinking water for hundreds of thousands
Science
Space ReportsOur first close up of a comet, plus laser-guided messaging from space
Dreadnoughtus schraniEvidence of a heretofore unknown dinosaur is uncovered in South America and is almost too big to believe
- More from 2014 Year in Review
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