PROFESSOR: Here's Why Insects Won't Solve World Hunger
A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said that eating insects, known as entomophagy, can reduce world hunger. Not everyone agrees: Insect eater and researcher Tom...
View ArticleDevastating Oklahoma Tornado Was A Mile Wide With 200 MPH Winds
The mile-wide tornado that hit Oklahoma City suburbs today is reminiscent of the the May 3, 1999 tornado that wreaked havoc in the same area — killing 46 and causing $1.1 billion in damage.It could...
View Article'Crazy Ants' That Eat Electrical Equipment Are Taking Over The Southeast
A new invasion of circuitry-eating "crazy ants" is beginning to wreak havoc in the Southeastern US."These ants, commonly called Rasberry crazy ants, probably will be the worse insect that we've ever...
View ArticleShocking Before And After Pictures Of How Climate Change Is Destroying The Earth
Almost all scientists now agree that global climate change is caused by humans. A steadily-warming planet impacts the environment in many different ways. Rising global temperatures, largely due to...
View ArticleFlorida Man Captures Longest Python Ever In A Fight To The Death
It was nighttime when Jason Leon pulled a record-setting Burmese python out from behind some brush on the side of the road in Florida City, located in Miami-Dade county.The 23-year-old was spinning...
View ArticleGoogle Bought A Company That Collects Wind Power From Airborne Turbines 2,000...
Google confirmed to Bloomberg Businesweek today that it bought Makani Power, a company that makes airborne turbines that collect wind power and delivers it to the ground via a tethered cable.Makani...
View ArticleA Teenager Built His Own Working Submarine [PHOTOS]
Justin Beckerman, an 18-year-old high school student from New Jersey, built and wired a fully-functional, one-man submarine, mostly made of the lightweight, yet strong, grooved plastic usually used in...
View ArticleThis Cicada Live Cam Will Gross You Out
The 17-year cicadas are taking over the East Coast, and there's nothing we can do about it. (They've already been spotted in New York!)So, Animal Planet decided to embrace the unstoppable cicada...
View ArticleThe First Heat Wave Of Summer Will Engulf The East Coast On Wednesday
Those complaining about the recent spate of cold weather and rain in New York will likely get their due this weekend, when the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions are hit with a three-day heat wave.The...
View ArticleThe Hottest Inhabited Place On Earth Will Dazzle You With Its Bright...
The Danakil Depression, located in Ethiopia's Danakil Desert, has been called the hottest inhabited place on the planet and dubbed "The Cruelest Place on Earth" by National Geographic. The basin is...
View ArticleHere's The Fake Documentary That May Convince You That Mermaids Are Real
On Sunday, Animal Planet aired a follow-up to last year's television special called "Mermaid: The Body Found."The two-hour documentary-style program — described by the network as "science fiction based...
View ArticleGiant Fluorescent Pink Slug Discovered In Australia
The '80s called and they want their slug back.This giant fluorescent pink slug from a mountaintop in Australia was just recently identified as a variety of the species Triboniophorus aff. Graeffei.The...
View ArticleMeet The Man Who Accidentally Convinced People That Mermaids Are Real
In 2004, a young boy found the body of something on the shore. He knelt down to get a closer look. The body had the features of a man, but it was not human. As a friend filmed, the body suddenly sprang...
View ArticleThe River That Created The Grand Canyon Is Going Dry
The Colorado River, which famously carved the Grand Canyon, is beautiful to behold and amazing to raft. Unfortunately, this crucial water source is also slowly going dry.Average annual rainfall has...
View ArticleA Beautiful Australian Lake Is One Of Earth's Last Untouched Waterways
Blue Lake on Australia's North Stradbroke Island has barely changed in the last 7,000 years, a scientific rarity given the impact of environmental changes and man-made global warming on freshwater...
View Article'Andrea' Is The First Tropical Storm Of The 2013 Hurricane Season
Tropical storm Andrea is the first named storm of the 2013 hurricane season, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts will be either above normal or possibly extremely...
View ArticleNow There's A Way To Recycle Your Old E-Cigarette Cartridges And Batteries
In a press conference on June 6, RJ Reynolds announced a new e-cigarette, the VUSE. It also unveiled an eco-friendly recycling program for used batteries and empty cartridges.The company says that at...
View ArticleThe World's Most Dangerous Oceans
The South China Sea and East Indies, eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Sea, and British Isles are the most dangerous seas in the world, with the greatest number of shipping accidents in the last...
View ArticleAwesome Rare Supercell Thunderstorm Caught On Film [VIDEO]
The incredible video above is probably best watched full screen.It was caught by photographer Mike Olbinski on June 3, near Booker, Texas, after four years of searching for such a stunning supercell...
View ArticleA Big Shark Jumped Into A New Jersey Boat
A 300-pound Mako shark jumped and landed in the boat of two New Jersey fisherman last week, MyFoxNY.com reports. Clint Simek and Capt. Tom Rostron Jr. were fishing about 35 miles off the coast of New...
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