Dan Vergano
These Maps Show Where Irma's Storm Surge May Hit Hardest
Experimental federal maps project where higher storm surge waters — as high as 15 feet in some places — are now predicted for Florida's coast.
Dan Vergano
Here's How Zoo Animals Are Hunkering Down Ahead Of Irma
Even SeaWorld is battening down for the onslaught of the ocean storm.
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Here’s How Hurricane Irma's Evacuations Will Roll Out
“The highways weren’t designed to empty a state,” said one expert.
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Hurricane Floodwaters Are Headed For Trump's Mar-A-Lago
With evacuation ordered for Miami's coastal zones, Trump properties are facing a storm surge threat.
Dan Vergano
Here's Why Irma Is Such A Frightening Storm
“We spent all last week calling Harvey ‘unprecedented,’” said one expert. “Now it’s ‘unprecedented’ times two.”
Dan Vergano
The Secret Cuban Weapon Blamed For Hurting US Diplomats Sounds Unlikely, Experts Say
"I feel a sonic weapon is very unlikely,” said one expert. “They don’t work very well.”
Dan Vergano
Here’s Why We Didn’t See Harvey’s Torrential Rain Coming Sooner
“It definitely did intensify quickly — and in fact quicker than most of us expected,” said one expert.
Dan Vergano
The World’s First Uranium Bank Is Getting Ready For Withdrawals
A UN agency bank for nuclear fuel will open next week. It aims to keep developing nations from building uranium factories.
Dan Vergano
A Government Science Envoy Quit By Writing A Letter To Trump That Spells Out "IMPEACH"
A State Department science envoy castigated President Trump over his response to the Charlottesville march.
Dan Vergano
We Literally Used To Behead Astronomers Over Their Eclipse Predictions
A Babylonian clay tablet gives the oldest intact record of a solar eclipse, on March 5, 1223 BCE. “The sun went down, its gatekeeper was Mars,” the tablet says.
Dan Vergano
7 Animals That Freak Out During Eclipses
When the sun or moon vanishes from the sky, it tends to weird out animals just as much as people.
Dan Vergano
Scientists Are Shocked About How Easy It Is To Tweak Genes In Human Embryos
“This is not the beginning of designer babies,” said one bioethicist. But good luck getting people to believe that.
Dan Vergano
NASA's Mars Program Is As Sad As It’s Ever Been
While a flashy mock Mars rover parades across the country, the real ones have never been more in danger of losing touch with Earth. “NASA is barely keeping the Mars Exploration Program on life support,” a new review finds.
Dan Vergano
A Penis Enlargement Killed A Man In Sweden
“It’s a completely useless procedure that never works and disfigures men, and could kill you,” one urologist said.
Dan Vergano
We Could Have Gone Past The Moon In 2020. But NASA Nixed It
The space agency decided against a manned mission to the moon, but not because of astronaut safety, a summary report concludes.
Dan Vergano
The Way TSA Agents Profile You At The Airport Is Not Based On Legit Science, Report Says
A new report finds no “valid evidence” for the TSA’s $186 million “Behavioral Detection Assessment” program. But the agency says it will keep doing it anyway.
Dan Vergano
Here's What You Need To Know About John McCain's Very “Aggressive” Cancer
Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, afflicts about 12,000 people nationwide every year.
Dan Vergano
We Have Been Lead Poisoning Ourselves For 2000 Years, Glacier Ice Shows
The Black Death, when people were too busy dying to mine for lead, was the only time period when lead in the air dropped back to its natural, undetectable levels.
Dan Vergano
This Map Shows How Some US Counties Are Prescribing Way More Opioids Than Others
"Clinical practice is all over the place," one expert said. Around 20,000 people died of prescription pain pill overdoses in 2015.
Dan Vergano
These Three Very Good Police Dogs Overdosed On Fentanyl — And Lived
“The insidious this thing is that the amount of fentanyl that could kill you is so small it’s invisible,” a detective said.
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