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Penguins resistance to climate change
Penguins have thrived in Antarctica's extreme environment for thousands of years, but they still rely on relatively stable weather and ice conditions, and those conditions are changing.
July 30, 2011
Insect-like flying machines for surveillance
Scientists are developing tiny aerial vehicles with innovative flapping wings based on those of natural insects. Read more about flying machines.
July 29, 2011
Active weather continues across the United States
Flooding in portions of Iowa and Illinois, active tropics, and more heat across the United States this week: Enough is enough! Read more on active weather.
July 29, 2011
A Trojan asteroid for Earth?
Astronomers have discovered the first known Trojan asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth.
July 29, 2011
The end of the universe in simulations
Researchers at the University of Maryland just tried to simulate the the Big Crunch - the end of the universe. Who knew all you needed was gold and plastic?
July 29, 2011
Steven Platnick: Clouds both cool and warm Earth
Some clouds help cool the Earth, but other clouds help keep Earth warm – in part depending on how high up they are in our atmosphere.
July 29, 2011
After 10,000 year absence, wildfires have returned to Arctic tundra
The huge stock of carbon contained in tundra could increase atmospheric CO2 drastically, when released by a fire. Read more about wildfires.
July 28, 2011
Mining and cancer linked in Appalachia
A July 2011 study finds increased cancer rates near the Coal River Valley mountaintop removal in West Virginia. Read more about mining and cancer.
July 28, 2011
Tamarisk leaf beetles along the Colorado River
Tamarisk leaf beetles - a non-native species - are eating and killing non-native, invasive salt cedar along the Colorado River. Read more here.
July 28, 2011
Tropical Storm Don forms in Gulf of Mexico
Tropical Storm Don is aimed for Texas by Friday or Saturday. The National Hurricane Center forecasts it will become a strong tropical storm with winds around 65 mph.
July 27, 2011
