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Blogs | Videos | May 13, 2013

Alchemy, beautiful nature video

A tour of light and landscape in the American Southwest

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FAQs | May 07, 2013

Why were prehistoric insects so huge?

Do you complain about dead bugs on your windshield? Well, be thankful that insects today are considerably smaller than some of their prehistoric ancestors.

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Blogs | Videos | Apr 29, 2013

Video: Extreme closeup of a Giant Galapagos Tortoise

Tortoise notices the camera and comes over to investigate.

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Blogs | Videos | Apr 25, 2013

Video: Three years of the sun in three minutes

This video includes two eclipses by the moon, the largest flare of our current cycle, the Comet Lovejoy and the transit of Venus.

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Blogs | Apr 21, 2013

Video: Meteor shower in high California desert

Can’t wait for tonight’s Lyrid meteor shower, or can’t watch due to clouds? Check out this beautiful video of the 2010 Geminid shower.

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Blogs | Videos | Apr 15, 2013

Video: The science of cute

Did you know that looking at cute pictures activates the same part of the brain as using cocaine or meth?

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Blogs | Videos | Apr 12, 2013

Video: Bird ballet of starlings over Marseille

This short video shows clouds of starlings flocking over Marseille, France, at dusk.

Peter Cook trained Ronan to keep beat. Photo: C. Reichmuth
Blogs | Videos | Apr 05, 2013

Sea lion is first non-human mammal shown to keep a beat

Previously, only birds with talents for vocal mimicry were thought to possess rhythmic ability in the animal kingdom.

Credit: US NPS
Blogs | Videos | Mar 23, 2013

Monument Valley timelapse

Enjoy this timelapse video of the American Southwestern landscape as shot by Les Projections de la Cabane in September of 2009.

Image credit: ESO
Blogs | Mar 13, 2013

Powerful ALMA Telescope officially goes online

When running at maximum observational power, ALMA will see the universe in a resolution 10 times greater than that of Hubble Space Telescope. Its altitude – above 40% of Earth’s atmosphere – is part of what makes it so powerful.