They can find out everything from attendance, to grades, to disciplinary problems, to what the student ate for lunch. Skyward Inc. Tsunami Researchers looked at a volcano off the northwest coast of Africa, which hasn't erupted in 50 years. They say when it does start erupting again, it could eventually dump a huge chunk of the mountainside into the ocean, creating a tsunami that would sweep across the Atlantic Ocean and could devastate coastal areas of North and South America and the Caribbean. Geophysical Research Letters Mount Etna Researchers say Mount Etna's eruption patterns may be changing. Old Growth Fires Mike Boettcher, National Correspondent Wildfires have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres in the western United States this summer.
Officials say they're seeing more fires, and more destruction, than usual.
Mike Boettcher reports on one of the reasons. When that question goes to court, the water rights may go to developers or environmentalists, farmers or homeowners. Scientists have discovered some clues that suggest the key to longevity may be in a few genes on a single chromosome. The Japanese space program got a boost this week, when a new type of rocket successfully put a test payload into orbit. The dynamics of a football pass just got a little less mysterious, thanks to a scientist and a wind tunnel.