Watch Nemo Move Through New York City In This Stunning Time-Lapse Video
In the past 24 hours, Snowstorm Nemo has wreaked havoc on the Northeast.It left behind nearly a foot of snow in New York City, canceled thousands of flights, left hundreds of thousands of people...
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Four Major Newspapers Used The Same Front Page Photo Of A Person In The Blizzard
The photo above of a pedestrian in Boston battling wind and snow from the major winter storm that rolled through the northeast last Friday was taken by Thomas Reuters' senior photographer Brian Snyder....
View ArticleSatellites Show Alarming Water Loss In The Middle East
For seven years, researchers used NASA's GRACE satellites, which measure Earth's gravitational pull from space, to monitor rising and falling water levels in the Middle East along the Tigris and...
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Monsanto Has Been Suing Small Famers To Protect Its Seed Patents
The agricultural giant Monsanto has sued hundreds of small farmers in the United States in recent years in attempts to protect its patent rights on genetically engineered seeds that it produces and...
View ArticleSea Turtle Gets Artificial Flippers
Yu, a 25-year-old loggerhead sea turtle, lost her front limbs in a shark attack. She was found in 2008 and brought to an aquarium in Japan. Since then, scientists have been trying to fit Yu with...
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Russian Meteorite Not Related To Record-Close Asteroid Zooming By Earth Today
A meteorite that exploded in the sky over Russia Friday morning is not related to the asteroid expected to fly by Earth this afternoon, a European Space Agency spokesman told the Associated Press. It's...
View ArticleThis Crater Was Not Made By The Russian Meteorite — But It's Still Cool To...
A big meteor exploded over eastern Russia Friday morning. A video of the 11-ton meteor hitting Earth's atmosphere, illuminating the sky with a giant glowing orange ball, is pretty amazing. In the...
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Here's Why Astronomers Did Not Detect The Russia Meteor Ahead Of Time
It was an incredible day for near-Earth objects, with two rare cosmic events occurring on the same day. First, a tiny asteroid actually hit Earth, creating a significant explosion over eastern Russia...
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Another Heavy Snowstorm Heads For The Northeast
One week after a blizzard buried much of the Northeast, another storm system is strengthening off of the Northeast coast. From the National Weather Service:Light snow is forecast in the Mid-Atlantic...
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Nuclear Storage Tank In Washington Is Leaking Radioactive Waste
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The long-delayed cleanup of the nation's most contaminated nuclear site became the subject of more bad news Friday, when Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that a radioactive...
View ArticleFreediver Jumps Into The Ocean With A Great White Shark
The ocean is still mysterious place, but one thing we know: The Great White shark is a fearsome predator. Why would someone willingly jump into the water with one, as we see freediver Ocean Ramsey do...
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Man Arrested For Harassing Baby Manatee In Florida
The incriminating images show Ryan William Waterman, 21, and his two children petting a manatee calf at Taylor Creek in Fort Pierce last month, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
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NASA Killed A Bunch Of Fish In Zero-G Experiments
Last October, three astronauts and 32 small fish were sent to the International Space Station, or ISS. The astronauts included commander Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg...
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This Is What 45 MPH Winds And Whiteout Conditions Look Like In Antarctica
Ian Prickett is a technician in the six-man group attempting to be the first cross Antarctica during the winter. He tweeted the photo below on Feb. 9.Underneath all that white is a 25-ton Caterpillar...
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Gigantic Goldfish Are Taking Over Lake Tahoe
Researchers at Lake Tahoe have discovered a number of gigantic goldfish breeding in Lake Tahoe and they're worried it could ruin the lake's crystal-clear water, reports NBC's KCRA-3 in Sacramento."You...
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Gigantic Sunspot Grows In 48 Hours
During a 48-hour period, between Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, scientists watched a massive sunspot form on the surface of the sun. The spot is more than than six Earths in diameter, and could potentially be...
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This Owl's Egg Is Going To Hatch Any Second!
Popular Science's Emily Elert has posted a great live stream of a Great Horned Owl, named "Mrs. Tiger" whose two eggs could hatch any second. 3:13 p.m. EST Mrs. Tiger just seems to be snoozing. Don't...
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Leader Of Historic Antarctic Expedition Pulls Out With Severe Frostbite
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the leader of an expedition to cross the Antarctic in winter, has been forced to pull out due to severe frostbite, the BBC reports.Fiennes, 68, and five other men arrived...
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A Day In The Life America's Sexiest Bee Scientist, Noah Wilson-Rich
This is part of our series on the Sexiest Scientists Alive.A buzzing bee is not always something to swat at.Even though 30-year-old Noah Wilson-Rich was afraid of every creepy-crawly passing by when he...
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Red Lobster's Owner Is Taking A Big Step Toward Complete Global Lobster...
Darden Restaurants, the owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and LongHorn Steakhouse chains, announced last spring that it was investing in the world's first commercial lobster farm in Malaysia. In an...
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