Monument Valley timelapse

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

Shrinking wings keep swallows from becoming road kill

Decreased wingspan in cliff swallows may be an adaptation to the threat of motor vehicles.

Officially spring, but feels like winter for many in U.S.

If you like warm weather in the eastern U.S., then you won't like the forecast for the upcoming week. Below average temperatures will be the norm!

View down an ice borehole

What does it look like to descend hundreds of meters into a deep hole of Antarctic ice?

NASA on asteroid defense: If it’s coming in three weeks, pray

The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee met in a hearing on March 19, 2013 to discuss threats from space.

Auroras seen at high and mid-latitudes this weekend

As expected, the March 15 coronal mass ejection or CME from the sun caused auroras, or northern lights, at high and mid latitudes.

February 2013 was ninth warmest February on record

Globally, last below-average temps for February were in 1976. Last below-average month was December 1984. If you're 27 or younger, no month of your life has had below-average temps.

Caffeine buzzed bees have better memory

Caffeine-infused plant nectar helps honeybees find the right flower.

Michael Young on water resources in Texas

Severe drought in 2011 and 2012 raises questions about the present and future water resources of Texas.

Recap of the 2012-2013 U.S. winter

Yes, this winter was cooler than last winter. But it still ranked as the 20th warmest winter recorded since record-keeping began.

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