Posts by Eleanor

Niagra Falls. Photo credit:  Bob Lennartz
Apr 22, 2012 Earth 6 Comments

Gallery: Rainbows around the world

Images of rainbows from all over the world taken by EarthSky’s Facebook friends. Beautiful!

April 14, 2012 tornado outside Crawford, Kansas via Manuel Fores on Twitter
Apr 18, 2012 Space Leave a comment

View from space: Satellite movie of Great Plains tornado outbreak

A video that shows the massive tornado outbreak in the U.S. Great Plains on April 14-15, 2012 – the way it looked from space.

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Apr 13, 2012 Human World 3 Comments

Video: Alive inside! Man in nursing home listens to music

Alive inside! Watch this wonderful video of an elderly man in a nursing home reacting to music.

Photo credit: cybaea
Apr 03, 2012 internal 5 Comments

More twins: 1 in 30 babies born in U.S. is a twin

In 2009, one in every 30 babies born in the United States was a twin. That’s compared with one baby in every 53 in 1980.

Photo credit: Javier Corbo

We’re more like gorillas than we thought

Researchers have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla. It turns out that about 15% of our genome more closely resembles the gorilla’s than the chimpanzee’s.

Photo credit: Utah Department of Health
Mar 07, 2012 Human World 1 Comment

Bed bugs are back

Be careful what you bring home in your suitcase. These days, you might unpack a tiny vampire. Bed bugs are back! And they feed on human blood.

Coral Trout. Photo courtesy of James Kerry.
Feb 16, 2012 Earth Leave a comment

Reefcam shows favorite big fish hangouts

Like human beings, big reef fish have strong preferences on where they like to hang out.

Photo credit: storymary
Jan 25, 2012 Human World 1 Comment

Powerful people think they’re taller than they are, says study

A new study suggests that people who feel powerful tend to overestimate their own height… that is, they feel physically larger than they actually are.

Image credit: NASA/Earth Observatory
Jan 18, 2012 Space Leave a comment

Photo shows two Earth satellites: Big and small, old and new

This photograph, taken January 4, 2012 from Houston, Texas, juxtaposes Earth’s oldest satellite, the moon, with one of its newest, the International Space Station.

Photo credit: FFI/BANCA/PRCF
Jan 17, 2012 Earth 3 Comments

First ever photos of newly discovered primate

Here are the first ever photos of the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey, a species new to science, discovered by conservationists in 2010.