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Genetically-engineered mosquitoes find humans less attractive
Scientists worked with Aedes aegypti, which transmits dengue and yellow fever. Modified mosquitoes showed a reduced preference for humans' smell.
May 30, 2013
As Earth warms, Arctic is warming fastest
The Arctic has been warming about twice as fast as the rest of the globe. A new map from NASA illustrates this uneven warming.
May 29, 2013
Top ten new species 2013
This list includes a glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth.
May 28, 2013
Four amazing tornado videos in May 2013
Always go to your safe spot and avoid filming the storm, if you are in harms way. Always keep your path of travel from intersecting that of a tornado!
May 28, 2013
Scientific campaigns to reduce the incidental catch of seabirds
The incidental catch of seabirds, a common phenomenon bound to some types of fisheries, is one of the main threats suffered by seabird populations.
May 28, 2013
Severe weather across U.S. Plains likely week of May 27
Severe weather looks likely all week long from May 27 through June 1. Be weather ready if you live in any of the slight or moderate risk areas.
May 27, 2013
NOAA expects an active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season
I'm not a fan of long-term weather projections. But all of the signs that typically make an Atlantic season active are present in 2013.
May 26, 2013
8.3-magnitude earthquake in Sea of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far East
Emergency agencies in the Far East issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands, but lifted it soon afterwards.
May 24, 2013
5.7-magnitude earthquake in northern California last night
This is a relatively large quake, even for California, but there are no reports of injuries or damages so far from the May 23, 2013 quake.
May 24, 2013
Small, speedy plant-eater extends knowledge of dinosaur ecosystems
A team of paleontologists have described a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.
May 22, 2013
