Chimps in Uganda: Resilience
Their chorus of pant hoots gave them away in dramatic fashion. The chimpanzees we'd been looking for were nearby, and we knew exactly where to find them. Though farmland and trees blocked our view, we could hear that the chimpanzees had arrived at a parti.....»»
33 Years Ago Today...
... Mount St. Helens exploded with a fury that surpassed expectations.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Mount St. Helens in eruption on May 18, 1980 showing portion of crater and Mount Adams in background. Skamania County Washingto.....»»
Dogs and Cats in the Home: Happiness for All?
'Dogs and Cats in the Home: Happiness for All?' was a Finalist in the inaugural ScienceSeeker Awards * in the category Best Post About Peer-reviewed Research (winners and finalists listed here ). Congrats to all those recognized and many thanks to the.....»»
Dear American Consumers: Please don t start eating healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry
Dear Consumers: A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you're starting to do something about it. This cannot continue. Sure, there's always been talk of health in America. We often encourage it.....»»
Who"s Paying the Price for Global Warming?
Climate change is already melting the Arctic, queering weather and threatening food supplies. So who's paying the price for all these global warming impacts? [More].....»»
What Is It? Mystery Spots
Mystery spots: In southwestern Africa's Namib Desert, the lack of rainfall keeps vegetation sparse. Yet in some areas, mysterious rings of grass with bare centers appear and thrive. Now scientists have discovered these so-called fairy circles are inde.....»»
Very Fine Art: 6 Stunningly Beautiful Nanoscale Sculptures [Slide Show]
Artists and material scientists alike bend, melt and mold materials into useful and aesthetically pleasing forms. But nothing human hands have made can match the intricacy of convoluted corals or the delicate and unique geometry of a snowflake. In a study.....»»
Unusual Offshore Octopods: The See-Through "Glass" Octopus [Video]
[caption id="attachment_483" align="alignleft" width="291" caption="Glass octopus courtesy of R. Larsen/Fish and Wildlife Service/R. Harbison, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/YouTube"] [/caption]Octopuses that live in the deep open ocean are diff.....»»
Swiss Cheese and Dust Devils: 7 High-Resolution Shots of Surface Activity on Mars [Slide Show]
The arrival of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) at the Red Planet in 2006 ushered in a whole new era of Mars observation. With its ultrapowerful HiRISE camera, the orbiter has spied on the Martian surface to study curious features, some of t.....»»
Why Do Top Athletes Suddenly Develop the Yips --a Tendency to Choke under Pressure?
Why do top athletes suddenly develop “the yips,” a tendency to choke under pressure? [More].....»»
Antarctic Neutrino Observatory Detects Unexplained High-Energy Particles
Hot on the heels of detecting the two highest-energy neutrinos ever observed, scientists working with a mammoth particle detector buried in ice near the South Pole unveiled preliminary data showing that they also registered the signal of 26 additional hig.....»»
An invasive ladybug uses a biological weapon to kill off competitors
[caption id="attachment_1449" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Harmonia axyridis, a colorful beetle that is turning into an invasive species (Image: Wikipedia Commons)"] [/caption]When the Europeans discovered the "New World", they infamously brou.....»»
C"mon Baby Light My (Magnetic) Fire
Living in Los Angeles for the last six years, I've become quite familiar with the spread of wildfires, with a corresponding deepening respect for Nature's power. Given the devastation an out-of-control wildfire can cause, it's not surprising that there's .....»»
Invasive Ladybug Thanks Its Parasite For Competitive Advantage
Ladybugs love to snack on aphids and other pests. So people began importing an Asian species called the harlequin ladybird as natural pest control. But in their new environments, the harlequins wiped out native ladybugs. And they have their parasites to t.....»»
MIND Reviews: The Autistic Brain
The Autistic Brain: Thinking across the Spectrum Temple Grandin Richard Panek Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013 ($28)When Grandin, best-selling author and autism activist, began giving lectures on the disorder in the 1980s, it wasn't.....»»
Audubon"s Birds Live On Long after His Death [Slide Show]
A portrait of John James Audubon shows the artist and naturalist in a dark wolf-skin cloak, cradling a gun and sporting curly dark hair that was likely smoothed back with bear grease. The picture was painted during Audubon's 1826 trip to England and S.....»»
Why Barns Are Red - The Countdown #22
Why Barns Are Red, Light Pollution Gets Crowded, An X-Classy 'Af-flare', The Moon and Earth's Common Water Source, An Ancient Underground Oasis.....»»
China Gives Environmental Approval to Its Tallest Hydro Dam
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish.The dam, with a height of 314 met.....»»
Mars Rover Breaks U.S. Record for Off-Planet Driving
NASA's long-lived Opportunity Mars rover is the new American champion of off-planet driving, breaking a distance record set more than 40 years ago by an Apollo moon buggy. [More].....»»